Chapter
One
The
first
thing
she
was
aware
of
is
the
sand
all
over
her
body
.
It
took
her
a
while
for
her
to
realize
that
she
was
face
down
on
the
beach
.
This
realization
came
when
the
umpteenth
wave
of
ocean
crashed
over
her
back
.
Salt
water
on
a
raw
back
can
wake
up
anybody
.
Even
planeswalkers
.
Her
name
is
Jasmine
Sparkfloe
.
Half
-
elf
Daughter
of
an
Fyndhornian
elf
and
a
barbarian
who
hailed
from
Keld
.
Ascended
at
her
thirteenth
summer
after
falling
off
a
tree
.
She
was
mentored
by
Freyalise
during
her
early
teenage
years
.
Over
time,
she
learned
how
to
use
her
gifts
of
manipulating
mana
at
the
Tolarian
Academy
.
Jasmine
was
one
of
the
few
people
there
who
knew
that
Master
Malzra
was
really
Ursa,
the
Great
Artificer
and
the
most
known
planeswalker
of
all
.
(He
was
still
a
geek
who
didnt
know
a
student
with
a
crush
even
if
she
fluttered
her
eyes
at
him,
and
shell
tell
anyone
that
she
tried
.
)
During
the
Invasion
of
the
Phyrexians,
Jasmine
was
among
those
charged
with
defending
the
less
powerful
folk
in
the
academy
from
Yawgmoths
monstrosities,
which
she
did
with
the
passion
inherent
in
her,
predominantly
Red,
magical
prowess
.
Her
fiery
and
passionate
nature
was
closer
to
her
father's
than
her
more
spiritual
and
contemplative
mother's
.