I honestly can't seem to find any official source for the idea that Avacyn and her magic somehow weakens as humanity grows more prominent on Innistrad or that her magic grows stronger as humanity falls. I've seriously just read the Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad and all of the sources on her MTG Salvation wiki page. Can someone point me to some evidence on this?
It was explained at length by Brady Dommermuth in the old Wizards forums in order to justify why Avacyn suddenly displayed abilities like creating the Wolfir, which she didn't seem to have previously.
That said, he no longer works for Wizards, so it might be retconed out, along with the robot-like personality that Brady described Avacyn had. But then, Wizards would have to find some other explanation for why she got the power boost in Avacyn Restored.
Oh, well personally I would consider that canon until it's definitely proven wrong. I'm thinking of asking Doug on his tumblr about this topic and hoping to Kruphix that he responds.
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I honestly can't seem to find any official source for the idea that Avacyn and her magic somehow weakens as humanity grows more prominent on Innistrad or that her magic grows stronger as humanity falls. I've seriously just read the Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad and all of the sources on her MTG Salvation wiki page. Can someone point me to some evidence on this?
It was explained at length by Brady Dommermuth in the old Wizards forums in order to justify why Avacyn suddenly displayed abilities like creating the Wolfir, which she didn't seem to have previously.
That said, he no longer works for Wizards, so it might be retconed out, along with the robot-like personality that Brady described Avacyn had. But then, Wizards would have to find some other explanation for why she got the power boost in Avacyn Restored.
Oh, well personally I would consider that canon until it's definitely proven wrong. I'm thinking of asking Doug on his tumblr about this topic and hoping to Kruphix that he responds.
Good luck. He answers one question, oh, every four months or so?
I honestly can't seem to find any official source for the idea that Avacyn and her magic somehow weakens as humanity grows more prominent on Innistrad or that her magic grows stronger as humanity falls. I've seriously just read the Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad and all of the sources on her MTG Salvation wiki page. Can someone point me to some evidence on this?
Interesting, they did indeed never explicitly state it in any official source, but I found this little snippet that maybe seems to imply the changing power of Avacyn?
This faith was rewarded with the shattering of the Helvault. Gisela's power not only returned, it increased dramatically.
Well her creation was ultimately for the good of the vampires. It wouldn't surprise me if it's only the vampires on the other side of the balance and not all non-humans. Hence her not really caring about the demons or about changing the werewolves.
I honestly can't seem to find any official source for the idea that Avacyn and her magic somehow weakens as humanity grows more prominent on Innistrad or that her magic grows stronger as humanity falls. I've seriously just read the Planeswalker's Guide to Innistrad and all of the sources on her MTG Salvation wiki page. Can someone point me to some evidence on this?
Interesting, they did indeed never explicitly state it in any official source, but I found this little snippet that maybe seems to imply the changing power of Avacyn?
This faith was rewarded with the shattering of the Helvault. Gisela's power not only returned, it increased dramatically.
It seems to be more like a throw away line, to be honest, but who knows. I guess we'll have to see how they handle it in Return to Innistrad.
There's also a line in the Plansewalker's guide to Avacyn Restored which says that Avacyn "returned at full power" and "there were more angels than ever before" which implies she's not usually a full power.
As far as how likely that idea is, I don't think any of us can reasonably guess at this point. Although I do think that the best argument against it (using the Eldrazi for two straight blocks risks really overusing them) carries at least a little more weight than the various arguments for it (indications that they plan more inter-block continuity going forward, the parallel between "Shadows over Innistrad" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" combined with the Cthulhu influences on the Eldrazi, etc).
But likelihood aside...
I think the idea of doing "Innistrad meets Lovecraft" is great. It's a vein of horror tropes and atmosphere that was left untapped the last time around, but still fits the setting very well. Ominous goings-on in some mist-shrouded town along the cold, stony Nephalian shore would seem right at home for Innistrad, or for a Lovecraft-inspired story or game of Call of Cthulhu.
My problem with the Eldrazi idea is that I don't think they fit with Lovecraftian horror stories, at least not with the same sort that fit in Innistrad. Yes, they've been explicitly described as "Cthulhu meets Galactus," and you can definitely see where they've drawn some inspiration from those things. But their mode of action in the story, and on cards, owes at least as much to something like War of the Worlds or kaiju films as to Lovecraft. They're a very physically present type of threat, whereas Lovecraft's old ones are there to provide a looming, hidden threat and a sense of dread. Stories about Cthulhu aren't scary because Cthulhu rises out of the ocean and levels Boston and kills everyone, but that's what the Eldrazi do.
It could probably be made to work if they reworked the Eldrazi somewhat, to say, for instance, that Kozilek sometimes works separate from the other two with a very different modus operandi. And that in those cases, he really only physically appears and creates armies of spawn after a long, slow approach to a plane, during which his looming presence is heralded in the dreams of madmen, creates cults of followers, destroys minds and manifests the occasional, well-hidden horror from beyond.
In other words, they could turn the Eldrazi (or just one of them, most likely Kozilek) into a suitable antagonist for a Lovecraftian horror tale, but they'd need to portray them in a fundamentally different way from how they have been so far. Indeed, they've laid some possible groundwork for this already by more clearly differentiating each of the titans and their domains. But folks have complained about egregious retcons for smaller changes.
That's true, and if they were to show us a new direction on them, I don't think it would have to include an actual retcon. But I do think it would widely be perceived that way, and not without reason.
We've only ever heard of the Eldrazi arriving on a plane together, and we've only ever seen them acting like an army of alien invaders. That doesn't mean they don't sometimes show up individually, or that Kozilek and/or Emrakul don't ever take a slower, subtler approach (that would raise the question of why they'd do that when just invading seems to be completely irresistible under normal circumstances, but you could always plead "unknowable eldritch horrors"). It would make it feel like a pretty sharp turn from their portrayal thus far for us to see them acting like slumbering elder gods, though.
We may get a better idea after Oath of the Gatewatch. In BFZ creative has laid a little of the groundwork they'd need to start making Kozilek and/or Emrakul into more explicitly Lovecraftian threats without it feeling like it came out of nowhere. Whether they're planning to do that or not we can't say, but if they are we'll probably see clearer setup in the OGW story.
I'll admit I'm not totally up on Magic lore although I love it and consume it when I can.
As far as Shadows Over Innistrad is concerned, here goes:
-I think, or maybe just want, for the Raven Man to be a return of Leshrac from of old. While it seemed like Bolas killed him in a battle back in the day, him finding a way to return would be awesome and introduce another threat to the multiverse and planeswalkers.
-I do not want, nor do I think it makes sense, for the Eldrazi to come to Innistrad. The plane is already frought with peril in the form of monsters, zombies, vampires, etc. Even though Avacyn and the angels made a resurgence, I sincerely doubt everything became rosy.
-On that last note, I think the Eldrazi would be much better introduced into another Mirrodin/New Phyrexia set, where now two evil superpowers are able to fight each other with the good guys trying to steer the battle to the lesser of two evils. After all, we still have Nicol Bolas mucking up things.
-I'd love to see Garruk again and perhaps Avacyn has been corrupted by the curse that plagues Garruk, because the process of curing him makes it attach to her instead?
-If Liliana is involved then perhaps the angels have been getting picked off by her, as she's previously stated on the card Killing Wave, that she hates angels, although I know she has bigger things to worry about, namely her bargains and the veil.
-As a huge fan of gothic horror, I hope they explore even more gothic horror with this set, such as what a previous poster mentioned, the creature from the black lagoon.
-I hope to see Sorin, Tibalt and Tamiyo return. Heck, I'd LOVE to see Narset come and be shown fighting hand to hand with zombies and such. It'd be pretty dope to see her punching through zombie skulls and breaking vampire necks.
-I'm also a huge fan of seeing politics play out in Magic, so perhaps with the church going away, groups including cultists are now vying for power.
-I think I was a fan of all of Innistrad block's mechanics as well. My big issue is that lore has to be first and foremost and things have to feel good from a "flavor perspective," i.e. it just feels right.
-Ashiok would be a great addition to the set since he fits right in with creating and perpetuating fear.
-I don't really think Avacyn was created from or is Nahiri. I personally would like to see Nahiri appear in a different way, perhaps Oath of the Gatewatch and she end up sacrificing herself which is why she's not in the art with Jace, Chandra, Nissa, and Gideon.
That seems like enough for now. I'm just super stoked for a return to Innistrad. And please just give me more Treefolk WotC. They're my favorite tribe, especially when given the gothic horror twist!
Avacyn went maverick and decided that humans are the source of all the evils. The spirits, vampires, werewolves, zombies, and heretic humans that worship demons all came from humans. She decides to go Barren Glory on this one.
The theory has been going on around the forums for a while now. I think it first started when we got Nahiri's second UR. There's no substantial evidence except that both of them are pale with white hair and connected to Sorin.
It could be possible that Nahiri built Helvault. The shape resembles a hedron and the function is similar, but so far we have seen her manipulate stone not silver.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but Is it not at all possible that the shadows over Innistrad might be Emrakul? Kozilek is more or less confirmed to be the Antagonist in the next Zendikar set. That leaves Emrakul unaccounted for. Also a side note: Emrakul is listed as the Eldrazi of corruption. Maybe seeking vengence on Sorin and/or Nahiri. Just a thought.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but Is it not at all possible that the shadows over Innistrad might be Emrakul? Kozilek is more or less confirmed to be the Antagonist in the next Zendikar set. That leaves Emrakul unaccounted for. Also a side note: Emrakul is listed as the Eldrazi of corruption. Maybe seeking vengence on Sorin and/or Nahiri. Just a thought.
It's not IMpossible. Though I seriously doubt that they are going to feature the Eldrazi two blocks in a row. I feel like they want to play the long game with the Eldrazi, so it makes more sense for them to put them on hold for a bit. Also, Kozilek is not necessarily going to be in OGW. I think the greatest evidence to suggest that would be the set expansion symbol.
I like the idea that Nahiri helped with the construction of the Helvault more than I like the concept of her metamorphosis into Avacyn. The Helvault approach would be helpful for relationships, I think, and would not feel as forced as the Nahiri-to-Avacyn transformation may feel.
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Is it just me, or does Avacyn look like a mixture of Nahiri and Sorin. Isn't it all possible that Avacyn is literally just their child? I think thats a lot better answer than just "nahiri is avacyn" even if the idea is kinda soap opera like. It pretty much deals with all the timeline issues. As far as Avacyn being an angel, i will let someone else figure that part out. I'm just surprised no one has vocalized this idea yet.
Is it just me, or does Avacyn look like a mixture of Nahiri and Sorin. Isn't it all possible that Avacyn is literally just their child? I think thats a lot better answer than just "nahiri is avacyn" even if the idea is kinda soap opera like. It pretty much deals with all the timeline issues. As far as Avacyn being an angel, i will let someone else figure that part out. I'm just surprised no one has vocalized this idea yet.
So a child, that Sorin turned into the catalyst for Avacyn when she died? They could actually interject LYSENE here by making her the child.
At this point I'm going for the wait-and-see approach. We still don't know Sorin's Post-Origins Retcon changes, so they could pretty much do anything with him right now.
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Another theory could be that humans on a planar-wide scale has somehow found a new religion, or have come to distrust angels/priests (due to some meddling from a walker/demon).
It must be an event so drastic that they'll turn against their beliefs. And it doesn't have to be an Eldrazi related thing.
Personally, having known that a cathar has known Avacyn's origin, it's far from impossible that this so-called shadow over Innistrad will be about the Avacynian religion taking a beating due to her origin being leaked. It's also said somewhere that even Avacyn doesn't know herself fully, such as her mission, and perhaps even what she is, so maybe she may go mad from the revelation and bad things happen.
Although by the way, who wrote that journal the cather found? As in, the journal that reveals Avacyn's origin? A heretic cathar? Demon cultist? Vampires? You-know-who? (sorry, directly mentioning the name would make people groan)
Having the freed demons causing problems in Innistrad seems too shallow.
Although by the way, who wrote that journal the cather found? As in, the journal that reveals Avacyn's origin? A heretic cathar? Demon cultist? Vampires? You-know-who? (sorry, directly mentioning the name would make people groan)
Considering the story was called 'The Lunarch's Journal', I assume it was Mikaeus' Journal.
I don't have a problem with the Demons causing problems, as long as there is more to it instead of a repeat of Dark Ascension. Like, for instance, the Skirsdag taking power.
In the Uncharted Realms titled "Kruphix's Insight", a discussion between Kruphix, the all-knowing being of Theros, and his Oracle, takes place, in which he tells his Oracle a few things. First of all he is aware of Planeswalkers, the other planes, and the threats of the Multiverse. Specifically, he speaks of 3 threats in this order.
1 : The Eldrazi
2 : Nicol Bolas
3 : Phyrexia
Now, I didn't think much of it at the time, but with our recent return to the Eldrazi, I think there's a chance Bolas is going to attend the party coming soon in Innistrad.
mmmm, doubtful but that's my take.
The title of the set harks back to Lovecraft and Lovecraft is associated with the Eldrazi. Regardless of what some on this forum have expressed
(and I'm not talking about you oogahound) Wizards considers the Eldrazi to be fair representations of Cthilu meets Galactus. Also Maro has oftimes states that the new shift in storytelling means that they are going to continue and tie up loose arcs rather than leave them hanging. For these reasons I expect fully that the Eldrazi will appear in SoI in some form/way.
That doesn't rule out Bolas's involvement in SoI as he did arrange for the titan's release but I'd bank more on Eldrazi reappearing than Bolas.
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If anything, by the way, I think you can assume Nahiri helped build Avacyn. I mean, no one ever wondered how Sorin "Created" Avacyn? Did he just go "Kapoosh white mana"?
Avacyn being a product of Lithomancy used on the Silver of Innistrad does not seem too unlikely.
As for the Helvault, if Nahiri was involved with Innistrad in any way, she probably made it.
Although by the way, who wrote that journal the cather found? As in, the journal that reveals Avacyn's origin? A heretic cathar? Demon cultist? Vampires? You-know-who? (sorry, directly mentioning the name would make people groan)
Considering the story was called 'The Lunarch's Journal', I assume it was Mikaeus' Journal.
Ah, I see; I forgot the article's title, so I never remembered it was called Lunarch's journal.
Still, giving Mikey the benefit of doubt here (even if we know he earlier tried to hide Avacyn's cause of disappearance), is that journal his personal diary? Or is it some excerpts of the previous Lunarchs' journals, up to and including the first gospels of Avacyn (if any?), seeing that it should be impossible that Mikey is the only Lunarch in the history of Avacynian church? And going slightly off-track here, does Lili has anything to do with the existence of that journal (as in, she necro-mindcontrolled Mikey to write the journal for whatever reason {I know that sounds stupid, sorry}; after all, she dug out the info on Griselbrand by necroing Mikey)?
Oh, well personally I would consider that canon until it's definitely proven wrong. I'm thinking of asking Doug on his tumblr about this topic and hoping to Kruphix that he responds.
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Good luck. He answers one question, oh, every four months or so?
Interesting, they did indeed never explicitly state it in any official source, but I found this little snippet that maybe seems to imply the changing power of Avacyn?
Source:
http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/feature/190c
It seems to be more like a throw away line, to be honest, but who knows. I guess we'll have to see how they handle it in Return to Innistrad.
There's also a line in the Plansewalker's guide to Avacyn Restored which says that Avacyn "returned at full power" and "there were more angels than ever before" which implies she's not usually a full power.
As far as how likely that idea is, I don't think any of us can reasonably guess at this point. Although I do think that the best argument against it (using the Eldrazi for two straight blocks risks really overusing them) carries at least a little more weight than the various arguments for it (indications that they plan more inter-block continuity going forward, the parallel between "Shadows over Innistrad" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" combined with the Cthulhu influences on the Eldrazi, etc).
But likelihood aside...
I think the idea of doing "Innistrad meets Lovecraft" is great. It's a vein of horror tropes and atmosphere that was left untapped the last time around, but still fits the setting very well. Ominous goings-on in some mist-shrouded town along the cold, stony Nephalian shore would seem right at home for Innistrad, or for a Lovecraft-inspired story or game of Call of Cthulhu.
My problem with the Eldrazi idea is that I don't think they fit with Lovecraftian horror stories, at least not with the same sort that fit in Innistrad. Yes, they've been explicitly described as "Cthulhu meets Galactus," and you can definitely see where they've drawn some inspiration from those things. But their mode of action in the story, and on cards, owes at least as much to something like War of the Worlds or kaiju films as to Lovecraft. They're a very physically present type of threat, whereas Lovecraft's old ones are there to provide a looming, hidden threat and a sense of dread. Stories about Cthulhu aren't scary because Cthulhu rises out of the ocean and levels Boston and kills everyone, but that's what the Eldrazi do.
It could probably be made to work if they reworked the Eldrazi somewhat, to say, for instance, that Kozilek sometimes works separate from the other two with a very different modus operandi. And that in those cases, he really only physically appears and creates armies of spawn after a long, slow approach to a plane, during which his looming presence is heralded in the dreams of madmen, creates cults of followers, destroys minds and manifests the occasional, well-hidden horror from beyond.
In other words, they could turn the Eldrazi (or just one of them, most likely Kozilek) into a suitable antagonist for a Lovecraftian horror tale, but they'd need to portray them in a fundamentally different way from how they have been so far. Indeed, they've laid some possible groundwork for this already by more clearly differentiating each of the titans and their domains. But folks have complained about egregious retcons for smaller changes.
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We've only ever heard of the Eldrazi arriving on a plane together, and we've only ever seen them acting like an army of alien invaders. That doesn't mean they don't sometimes show up individually, or that Kozilek and/or Emrakul don't ever take a slower, subtler approach (that would raise the question of why they'd do that when just invading seems to be completely irresistible under normal circumstances, but you could always plead "unknowable eldritch horrors"). It would make it feel like a pretty sharp turn from their portrayal thus far for us to see them acting like slumbering elder gods, though.
We may get a better idea after Oath of the Gatewatch. In BFZ creative has laid a little of the groundwork they'd need to start making Kozilek and/or Emrakul into more explicitly Lovecraftian threats without it feeling like it came out of nowhere. Whether they're planning to do that or not we can't say, but if they are we'll probably see clearer setup in the OGW story.
As far as Shadows Over Innistrad is concerned, here goes:
-I think, or maybe just want, for the Raven Man to be a return of Leshrac from of old. While it seemed like Bolas killed him in a battle back in the day, him finding a way to return would be awesome and introduce another threat to the multiverse and planeswalkers.
-I do not want, nor do I think it makes sense, for the Eldrazi to come to Innistrad. The plane is already frought with peril in the form of monsters, zombies, vampires, etc. Even though Avacyn and the angels made a resurgence, I sincerely doubt everything became rosy.
-On that last note, I think the Eldrazi would be much better introduced into another Mirrodin/New Phyrexia set, where now two evil superpowers are able to fight each other with the good guys trying to steer the battle to the lesser of two evils. After all, we still have Nicol Bolas mucking up things.
-I'd love to see Garruk again and perhaps Avacyn has been corrupted by the curse that plagues Garruk, because the process of curing him makes it attach to her instead?
-If Liliana is involved then perhaps the angels have been getting picked off by her, as she's previously stated on the card Killing Wave, that she hates angels, although I know she has bigger things to worry about, namely her bargains and the veil.
-As a huge fan of gothic horror, I hope they explore even more gothic horror with this set, such as what a previous poster mentioned, the creature from the black lagoon.
-I hope to see Sorin, Tibalt and Tamiyo return. Heck, I'd LOVE to see Narset come and be shown fighting hand to hand with zombies and such. It'd be pretty dope to see her punching through zombie skulls and breaking vampire necks.
-I'm also a huge fan of seeing politics play out in Magic, so perhaps with the church going away, groups including cultists are now vying for power.
-I think I was a fan of all of Innistrad block's mechanics as well. My big issue is that lore has to be first and foremost and things have to feel good from a "flavor perspective," i.e. it just feels right.
-Ashiok would be a great addition to the set since he fits right in with creating and perpetuating fear.
-I don't really think Avacyn was created from or is Nahiri. I personally would like to see Nahiri appear in a different way, perhaps Oath of the Gatewatch and she end up sacrificing herself which is why she's not in the art with Jace, Chandra, Nissa, and Gideon.
That seems like enough for now. I'm just super stoked for a return to Innistrad. And please just give me more Treefolk WotC. They're my favorite tribe, especially when given the gothic horror twist!
Go read "The Lithomancer". They act the same when they're invading a plane. Ulamog had his spawn ravage the plane before blowing it up.
Your mods are terrified of me.
The theory has been going on around the forums for a while now. I think it first started when we got Nahiri's second UR. There's no substantial evidence except that both of them are pale with white hair and connected to Sorin.
It could be possible that Nahiri built Helvault. The shape resembles a hedron and the function is similar, but so far we have seen her manipulate stone not silver.
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Reach out and torch someone . . .
Oh, right, I forgot that.
Maybe it's just Ulamog that is so physical? Don't know.
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It's not IMpossible. Though I seriously doubt that they are going to feature the Eldrazi two blocks in a row. I feel like they want to play the long game with the Eldrazi, so it makes more sense for them to put them on hold for a bit. Also, Kozilek is not necessarily going to be in OGW. I think the greatest evidence to suggest that would be the set expansion symbol.
So a child, that Sorin turned into the catalyst for Avacyn when she died? They could actually interject LYSENE here by making her the child.
At this point I'm going for the wait-and-see approach. We still don't know Sorin's Post-Origins Retcon changes, so they could pretty much do anything with him right now.
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It must be an event so drastic that they'll turn against their beliefs. And it doesn't have to be an Eldrazi related thing.
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Although by the way, who wrote that journal the cather found? As in, the journal that reveals Avacyn's origin? A heretic cathar? Demon cultist? Vampires? You-know-who? (sorry, directly mentioning the name would make people groan)
Having the freed demons causing problems in Innistrad seems too shallow.
I don't have a problem with the Demons causing problems, as long as there is more to it instead of a repeat of Dark Ascension. Like, for instance, the Skirsdag taking power.
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1 : The Eldrazi
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Now, I didn't think much of it at the time, but with our recent return to the Eldrazi, I think there's a chance Bolas is going to attend the party coming soon in Innistrad.
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The title of the set harks back to Lovecraft and Lovecraft is associated with the Eldrazi. Regardless of what some on this forum have expressed
(and I'm not talking about you oogahound) Wizards considers the Eldrazi to be fair representations of Cthilu meets Galactus. Also Maro has oftimes states that the new shift in storytelling means that they are going to continue and tie up loose arcs rather than leave them hanging. For these reasons I expect fully that the Eldrazi will appear in SoI in some form/way.
That doesn't rule out Bolas's involvement in SoI as he did arrange for the titan's release but I'd bank more on Eldrazi reappearing than Bolas.
The Vorthos community will await the consequences of the Eldrazi Titans' deaths/sealing. We will keep the watch.
“The wind whispers, ‘come home,’ but I cannot.”
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Avacyn being a product of Lithomancy used on the Silver of Innistrad does not seem too unlikely.
As for the Helvault, if Nahiri was involved with Innistrad in any way, she probably made it.
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Ah, I see; I forgot the article's title, so I never remembered it was called Lunarch's journal.
Still, giving Mikey the benefit of doubt here (even if we know he earlier tried to hide Avacyn's cause of disappearance), is that journal his personal diary? Or is it some excerpts of the previous Lunarchs' journals, up to and including the first gospels of Avacyn (if any?), seeing that it should be impossible that Mikey is the only Lunarch in the history of Avacynian church? And going slightly off-track here, does Lili has anything to do with the existence of that journal (as in, she necro-mindcontrolled Mikey to write the journal for whatever reason {I know that sounds stupid, sorry}; after all, she dug out the info on Griselbrand by necroing Mikey)?
The mind boggles. Six months is such a long time