Surrak

Surrak's History

Surrak is a brave man from Tarkir. He epitomizes the savage nature of the Temur Frontier and the Atarka clan.

In the original timeline, as the khan and First Father of the Temur, Surrak once bested a mighty bear in single combat (by punching it), earning himself the title Dragonclaw. After a time, he, his clansmen, and the same bear he defeated on his trial, repelled Sultai interlopers. Surrak, however, euthanized the animal, which had been hit by an arrow coated in poison, and wore its skin as a cloak afterwards, in order to honor it in a symbolic union of the clan, the bear, and Surrak himself.

In the new timeline Surrak never became khan, but instead the Hunt Caller of the Atarka, the one responsible for leading hunting missions as specified by the Dragonlord, and her chief feeder. In this timeline, his epic confrontation is against a dragon, who tried to steal the meat Surrak and his party hunted for Atarka. It is revealed that, regardless of species, Atarka considers that the strong are always above the weak, hence why she spared Surrak after he killed and ate that interfering dragon.

During the New Phyrexian invasion of the plane, Surrak worked alongside Goreclaw to defend their homes.