The thing is that I saw a thread which concerns Niv-mizzet's dissapearance in the rav novels.
I wanted to know, what did happen to him? Where the hell did he come from anyway? Did not see any dragon like beings in Ravnica block except for him. So how come this solitary Dragon aquired so many followers and had even made a guild all by his lonesome?
Just curious... if it really is a plotline of sorts then you can leave this question be....*Wink*
Most of those questions will have to remain unanswered for now, but he is definitely not the only dragon to pop up in the Ravnica trilogy. He's just the biggest, oldest, and all-around baddest by far. Kind of makes one wonder where a fellow like that gets off to when he's getting his hinder handed to him by ancient , dragon-juice-powered god-monsters.
With luck, I might get to explore that one day, but I have no idea if that will actually happen (or if I'd be the one to explore it). No wink, I really don't know.
Thanks! Allow me to wish you and several hundred thousand of your friends read them. Most of our royalties are going to pay for McGough's "Rolling Funk Machine of Funk" which is, I hear, quite pimped out. I wouldn't know for sure, he doesn't let me aboard when there's music playing, the swimming pool to be skimmed, and cocktails to be served to the guests. These li'l smokies don't put themselves on the toothpicks, know what I'm saying?
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I just wanted to add my thanks, and that Cory is overstating things a wee bit.
He's allowed in The Rolling Funk Machine of Funk, but he has to hang his head out the window and bark at people who cut me off. Otherwise, no Lil' Smokies for him.:D
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The thing is that I saw a thread which concerns Niv-mizzet's dissapearance in the rav novels.
I wanted to know, what did happen to him? Where the hell did he come from anyway? Did not see any dragon like beings in Ravnica block except for him. So how come this solitary Dragon aquired so many followers and had even made a guild all by his lonesome?
Just curious... if it really is a plotline of sorts then you can leave this question be....*Wink*
Him leaving is most likely a plant in hopes of Ravnica II. As for the dragon thing, wasn't he one of the Paruns who actually signed the Guildpact? There probably were many more dragons at one point, but they died out as the city grew.
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Underling Ethu's 263rd report read simply "Yes, my lord.Overwhelmingly, my lord." This marked the end of the Mirran-Phyrexian War.
I know you didn't write Scourge or the Onslaught books (and they are not my favourites I can assure you), but whatever happened to Kuberr and the others?
I know you didn't write Scourge or the Onslaught books (and they are not my favourites I can assure you), but whatever happened to Kuberr and the others?
Though I did consider an elaborate and utterly false answer, that's not really fair. The truth is, I haven't a clue. Sorry.
One thing I never could determine for sure was the transforming powers of the lurkers. Did they actually have to consume something to change into it, or could they morph into essentially any shape with the same mass?
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Here's something that's been bugging me for a while: Zomaj Hauc was the main villain in Guildpact... and yet WotC decided to print Tibor and Lumia in the Izzet henchman spot. My question is, how does the feedback for this kind of thing works between you and the creative team? Do you have any say in which character will be considered for printing and which one won't? Specifically regarding this case, do you know why they chose to print a bunch of whats-their-names rather than an important character like Hauc?
One thing I never could determine for sure was the transforming powers of the lurkers. Did they actually have to consume something to change into it, or could they morph into essentially any shape with the same mass?
The idea was that they had to consume what they impersonated, but once they did that the new shape was available to the entire, fractured organism.
Here's something that's been bugging me for a while: Zomaj Hauc was the main villain in Guildpact... and yet WotC decided to print Tibor and Lumia in the Izzet henchman spot. My question is, how does the feedback for this kind of thing works between you and the creative team? Do you have any say in which character will be considered for printing and which one won't? Specifically regarding this case, do you know why they chose to print a bunch of whats-their-names rather than an important character like Hauc?
When I was writing Guildpact, the cards didn't even have names yet, and so I went ahead and created my own villain for the book. That doesn't always happen, but this time it did.
It's tricky, the creative team is usually working on the cards after the manuscript gets submitted and the authors are usually working off of a style guide, some story meetings with creative, and art descriptions. In this case, Tibor and Lumia actually never came up in the meetings or the descriptions.
Also--I figure the card set doesn't represent the sum total of the world, nor do the novels. Each is a window into a much larger world. For what it's worth.
the other is.. it's perfectly clear that the species in Mirrodin are "kidnaped" from other planes.. but witch ones? for example..veldakens are now very comun in almost all expansions..but where are they from?
Ravnica would be most likely, since it's the only other plane we've seen them on besides Mirrodin. However, we can't really say for sure that all vedalken in the multiverse are native to one single world -- for instance, there are elves on both Dominaria and Ravnica; ogres on Dominaria, Ravnica, and Kamigawa; minotaurs on Dominaria, Ravnica, and Ulgrotha; and humans on practically every world. The vedalken could be spread across any number of planes.
I wish there was a world where there are no humans. For example due to extinction - they were bested by others or they killed off themselves. That'd be something!
Hmmm...that would be pretty interesting to see. I hope it happens some day.
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I wish there was a world where there are no humans. For example due to extinction - they were bested by others or they killed off themselves. That'd be something!
You know what I'd want to see?
A world where humans are the ultimate killing machines.
I want to see a human take on five dragons at the same time and win. Why?
Because I root for the home team!
"My warriors fought with all their hearts, but in the end they died. Even a thousand Orcs is simply no match for a human." -Orghul, Orcish General
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about the Veldakens...yes, they apear in Ravnica, but not even close to the Mirrodin ones (personality wise)...like..super smart, super studiing, fanatic for a leader..none of those caracteristics.. did they aqire that in Mirrodin, or is a Veldaken trait!?
Ravnica Veldaken seemed pretty close to the Mirridion ones to me for the most part. You had the secretive Dimir ones and the mad-scientist Simic ones.
"Fair? At what point in our negotiations did you convince yourself my goal was to be fair?"
-Vedalken Plotter flavor text
Do keep in mind that Mirridion Vedalken were basicly all walking around with tanks of Blinkmoth Serum on their heads. They were consuming crazy amounts of the stuff, which lead to things like growing extra arms.
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Most of those questions will have to remain unanswered for now, but he is definitely not the only dragon to pop up in the Ravnica trilogy. He's just the biggest, oldest, and all-around baddest by far. Kind of makes one wonder where a fellow like that gets off to when he's getting his hinder handed to him by ancient , dragon-juice-powered god-monsters.
With luck, I might get to explore that one day, but I have no idea if that will actually happen (or if I'd be the one to explore it). No wink, I really don't know.
CJH
I just wanted to add my thanks, and that Cory is overstating things a wee bit.
He's allowed in The Rolling Funk Machine of Funk, but he has to hang his head out the window and bark at people who cut me off. Otherwise, no Lil' Smokies for him.:D
McG
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"...if I woke up looking like that, I would just run towards the nearest living thing and kill it."
--Master Shake
Him leaving is most likely a plant in hopes of Ravnica II. As for the dragon thing, wasn't he one of the Paruns who actually signed the Guildpact? There probably were many more dragons at one point, but they died out as the city grew.
Though I did consider an elaborate and utterly false answer, that's not really fair. The truth is, I haven't a clue. Sorry.
CJH
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The idea was that they had to consume what they impersonated, but once they did that the new shape was available to the entire, fractured organism.
Hopefully, I didn't screw that up.
When I was writing Guildpact, the cards didn't even have names yet, and so I went ahead and created my own villain for the book. That doesn't always happen, but this time it did.
It's tricky, the creative team is usually working on the cards after the manuscript gets submitted and the authors are usually working off of a style guide, some story meetings with creative, and art descriptions. In this case, Tibor and Lumia actually never came up in the meetings or the descriptions.
Also--I figure the card set doesn't represent the sum total of the world, nor do the novels. Each is a window into a much larger world. For what it's worth.
CJH
Ravnica would be most likely, since it's the only other plane we've seen them on besides Mirrodin. However, we can't really say for sure that all vedalken in the multiverse are native to one single world -- for instance, there are elves on both Dominaria and Ravnica; ogres on Dominaria, Ravnica, and Kamigawa; minotaurs on Dominaria, Ravnica, and Ulgrotha; and humans on practically every world. The vedalken could be spread across any number of planes.
Hmmm...that would be pretty interesting to see. I hope it happens some day.
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You know what I'd want to see?
A world where humans are the ultimate killing machines.
I want to see a human take on five dragons at the same time and win. Why?
Because I root for the home team!
"My warriors fought with all their hearts, but in the end they died. Even a thousand Orcs is simply no match for a human." -Orghul, Orcish General
There is an imposter among us...
Ravnica Veldaken seemed pretty close to the Mirridion ones to me for the most part. You had the secretive Dimir ones and the mad-scientist Simic ones.
"Fair? At what point in our negotiations did you convince yourself my goal was to be fair?"
-Vedalken Plotter flavor text
Do keep in mind that Mirridion Vedalken were basicly all walking around with tanks of Blinkmoth Serum on their heads. They were consuming crazy amounts of the stuff, which lead to things like growing extra arms.
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Does anyone know how the flamekin are born?
By which I mean, do they grow?
The greater elementals of Lorwyn seem to just appear fully formed since they are ideas, but I was wondering if that happened with the 'kin as well.
... I can't really ask questions.
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