First post and I think this is where this goes. Before anyone tears me a new one on why I haven't done my research and whatnot, I have done minimal research through the wikis and light reading. Some of the things I ask are due to me just being utterly stupid and unable to comprehend what I am reading. I just have these 10 questions to ask the peoples of the forum. Do let me know if I am in the right area for asking all these questions. Still new here. Thank you and here are my questions.
[1] The rubble of the Mana Rig of Halcyon, the Capitol of the ruined Thran Empire, does it just lay in Terisiare as ruins? Did the Mana Rig fall apart and fall atop the Caves of the Damned (Caves of Koilos) and leave the entire island completely devastated, especially after the Stonechargers (Death Cloud)?
[2] Can Changelings merge with one another? I ask due to Chameleon Colossus and not just its art, but the activated ability as well. Side note: anyone know how they reproduce? Mitosis maybe?
[3] Shandalar and Lim-Dul. Does the story end with Arzakon advising the Guildlords into killing the Guardian and having one of them cast the spell "Spell of Dominion", in which he described to grant the caster either immortality or complete rule over Shandalar, but instead revealed the location of the artifact containing Lim-Dul's spirit? Does it end there? Or does it continue? If it does, where (and if someone may link where) could I find the story to continue it?
[4] Post-Mending Powerstones. What can they do? Before hand they could power a city, be split in half and cause a portal to another plane that would stay open just fine until the stone was put back together. I'm wondering what they do right now? What is the fathomable range one could experiment with a Powerstone? Create a P-Bomb? Like a nuke but Powerstone wise? Power much less/much more?
[5] Humans. What planes are they not on? Mainly I want to know if they are on Lorwyn and Shandalar, but it would be nice to know the rest of the planes. Plus if anyone may have known where the Humans might've come from on Serra's Realm when that plane existed? It was pre-mending so could Serra technically bring people to her plane or did she somehow create them, portal, what?
[6] Why the heck is everyone so afraid of Yawgmoth? Now I don't want to hear from anyone that he is dead/alive. I don't care, and that subject has already been talked to death. But what I can't understand is why everyone fears him so. Or have I misconstrued the information I have gathered to be that everyone just hates him? Because I've had friends, although not the brightest of the bunch, tell me that Nicol Bolas even fears the day for when Yawgmoth will come back. Once again, not talking about whether he is dead or alive, or coming back for that matter, but why everyone seems to fear him.
[7] Elder Dragons. What are they? Why are they different from normal dragons? Are they extinct/close to it? Or are they just normal dragons that "leveled" up their power levels and just lived for an insanely long period of time? I'll repeat my second question in this onslaught of questions: Why are they different from normal dragons? Can they do cooler, more awesome stuff? Are normal dragons no longer feared if there are beings like Elder Dragons? This is a subject nobody has explained to me correctly.
[8] Is Memory Magic a thing? I'm asking due to cards like Memory Jar. I understand there are magics like Psychics, Telepathy, and Dreamstuff (what the Fae from Lorwyn and Ashiok use), but I am wondering if there is some sort of proof behind the lore, WotC creative talking about it, speculation that has been accepted by the masses, etc that could help me figure out if Memory Magic is actually in the Multiverse. If you don't know what Memory Magic is, you can sort of gain a slight insight, but not the real deal, with Fairy Tail's Rufus Lore and possibly Doctor Who's Fob Watch.
[9] Can a planeswalker carry a soul into the Blind Eternities, let's say in a jar or even their own body, and then into another plane? Maybe I said that wrong: can a planeswalker planeswalk with another soul bottled up within them or on their person? I know that Post-Mending Planeswalkers can't carry another living creature into the Blind Eternities without them being torn apart.
[10] The Planeswalker Spark. Is the Spark part of the person's soul? If so, and if not, how can the Spark be forcibly removed from the Planeswalker? In what ways can a Planeswalker give up their Spark? What exorbitant amount of magic can they perform while giving up their Spark? If the Spark is not attached to the soul, and if someone were to take the soul and leave the body + Spark, what would happen then? And any other theories/actual lore that I may not have thought up?
[2] Not to my knowledge. Someone who has read the books might know more, but we didn't get much worldbuilding for Lorwyn.
[5] The only plane without humans, as far as I know, is Lorwyn (and by extension Shadowmoor). Maybe Equilor, or some other long-forgotten plane?
[6] When he was alive, everyone feared him because he was the leader of a massive army of mutated, genocidal Borg-demons who manifested as a giant cloud of death. After his death, though, I don't think anyone (besides maybe the people who live around his corpse) is scared of him anymore, seeing as how he's, well, dead and everything.
[7] The Elder Dragons were a race of RIDICULOUSLY powerful (they rivaled Oldwalkers) dragons that ruled interplanar empires. All "normal" dragons are descendant of the Elder ones. Long story short, a war was fought between these empires, *and only 5 Elder Dragons were left. Those that weren't killed were stripped of their wings and powers and became elder land wurms. 4 of the remaining ones were then killed by Nicol Bolas (the fifth one), who was (is) a planeswalker.
[8] If what you mean by "memory magic" is just magic that alters memories, then yes. Most mind mages (Jace included) can change people's memories.
[9] I guess? I don't think there's really any precedent for this though.
[10] The spark has been explained as being a part of the soul, yes. I'm not sure how the spark can be removed forcibly. As far as I know, the only way a planeswalker can give up their spark is by sacrificing it to a time rift, and those have all been closed.
*It should be noted that the 5 elder Dragons (the little e is important) from DTK are NOT Elder (big E) Dragons. They are normal dragons that lived a very long time. Also, it has been theorized by many that Ugin is an Elder Dragon, but this isn't confirmed.
First post and I think this is where this goes. Before anyone tears me a new one on why I haven't done my research and whatnot, I have done minimal research through the wikis and light reading.
We don't get mad at people for asking questions here. If anyone does, I get angry. And they won't like me when I'm angry.
To your questions!
[1] We don't know what happened to the mobile piece, the rest is presumably still at Shiv.
[2] Changelings on Lorwyn reproduce at Velis Vel. We don't know how.
[3] Lim-Dul's actions on Shandalar are all pre-revisionist (meaning they could be changed). Don't worry too much about that, and you're not missing much. The Shandalar comic was two issues and okay at best, while if you google 'MTG Microprose' you'll see exactly how much went into that game. Arzakon is defeated at the end.
[4] Powerstones retain their power (assuming they're still intact). The mending would not have affected them.
[5] Humans are on most inhabited planes, Lorwyn being an exception. Serra brought and/or created the people in her realm. The people there at least believe she created them. I think it's more likely she brought them.
[6] Yawgmoth spent millenia amassing power in Phyrexia's core, to the point where when he emerged during the Phyrexia invasion he simply a cloud of black mana. I know you don't care, but he's dead - Wizards is VERY clear on that. He was more powerful that entire groups of old walkers, and possibly the most powerful known being outside the Eldrazi (and possibly stronger than them).
[7] What sub-zero said, with the caveat that Bolas didn't kill the remaining Elder Dragons, we know at least two died battling other planeswalkers, one probably died fight the final one, who last we heard was slumbering beneath a town.
[8] Memory magic is real, various magics can affect memory. If you mean memories powering spells, ALL of magic is powered by memories, specifically memories of the land, which are called mana bonds, and are how mages pull the different colors of magic. It's what the lands you play represent.
[9] Oldwalkers yes, neowalkers... maybe. Shades are able to survive hitching a ride, so presumably yes.
[10] The Spark is part of someone's soul, but there have been several occasions where it has been transferred or contained artificially. Powerstones could contain them, and soul magic and teleportation have shown the ability to transfer one. It's usually pretty hand-wavey though. Read about Glissa/Slobad if you want to know what can be done with it. Overall, just keep in mind that the nature of the spark has changed over the years, and not just because of the mending.
[1] The rubble of the Mana Rig of Halcyon, the Capitol of the ruined Thran Empire, does it just lay in Terisiare as ruins? Did the Mana Rig fall apart and fall atop the Caves of the Damned (Caves of Koilos) and leave the entire island completely devastated, especially after the Stonechargers (Death Cloud)?
[2] Can Changelings merge with one another? I ask due to Chameleon Colossus and not just its art, but the activated ability as well. Side note: anyone know how they reproduce? Mitosis maybe?
[3] Shandalar and Lim-Dul. Does the story end with Arzakon advising the Guildlords into killing the Guardian and having one of them cast the spell "Spell of Dominion", in which he described to grant the caster either immortality or complete rule over Shandalar, but instead revealed the location of the artifact containing Lim-Dul's spirit? Does it end there? Or does it continue? If it does, where (and if someone may link where) could I find the story to continue it?
[4] Post-Mending Powerstones. What can they do? Before hand they could power a city, be split in half and cause a portal to another plane that would stay open just fine until the stone was put back together. I'm wondering what they do right now? What is the fathomable range one could experiment with a Powerstone? Create a P-Bomb? Like a nuke but Powerstone wise? Power much less/much more?
[5] Humans. What planes are they not on? Mainly I want to know if they are on Lorwyn and Shandalar, but it would be nice to know the rest of the planes. Plus if anyone may have known where the Humans might've come from on Serra's Realm when that plane existed? It was pre-mending so could Serra technically bring people to her plane or did she somehow create them, portal, what?
[6] Why the heck is everyone so afraid of Yawgmoth? Now I don't want to hear from anyone that he is dead/alive. I don't care, and that subject has already been talked to death. But what I can't understand is why everyone fears him so. Or have I misconstrued the information I have gathered to be that everyone just hates him? Because I've had friends, although not the brightest of the bunch, tell me that Nicol Bolas even fears the day for when Yawgmoth will come back. Once again, not talking about whether he is dead or alive, or coming back for that matter, but why everyone seems to fear him.
[7] Elder Dragons. What are they? Why are they different from normal dragons? Are they extinct/close to it? Or are they just normal dragons that "leveled" up their power levels and just lived for an insanely long period of time? I'll repeat my second question in this onslaught of questions: Why are they different from normal dragons? Can they do cooler, more awesome stuff? Are normal dragons no longer feared if there are beings like Elder Dragons? This is a subject nobody has explained to me correctly.
[8] Is Memory Magic a thing? I'm asking due to cards like Memory Jar. I understand there are magics like Psychics, Telepathy, and Dreamstuff (what the Fae from Lorwyn and Ashiok use), but I am wondering if there is some sort of proof behind the lore, WotC creative talking about it, speculation that has been accepted by the masses, etc that could help me figure out if Memory Magic is actually in the Multiverse. If you don't know what Memory Magic is, you can sort of gain a slight insight, but not the real deal, with Fairy Tail's Rufus Lore and possibly Doctor Who's Fob Watch.
[9] Can a planeswalker carry a soul into the Blind Eternities, let's say in a jar or even their own body, and then into another plane? Maybe I said that wrong: can a planeswalker planeswalk with another soul bottled up within them or on their person? I know that Post-Mending Planeswalkers can't carry another living creature into the Blind Eternities without them being torn apart.
[10] The Planeswalker Spark. Is the Spark part of the person's soul? If so, and if not, how can the Spark be forcibly removed from the Planeswalker? In what ways can a Planeswalker give up their Spark? What exorbitant amount of magic can they perform while giving up their Spark? If the Spark is not attached to the soul, and if someone were to take the soul and leave the body + Spark, what would happen then? And any other theories/actual lore that I may not have thought up?
[5] The only plane without humans, as far as I know, is Lorwyn (and by extension Shadowmoor). Maybe Equilor, or some other long-forgotten plane?
[6] When he was alive, everyone feared him because he was the leader of a massive army of mutated, genocidal Borg-demons who manifested as a giant cloud of death. After his death, though, I don't think anyone (besides maybe the people who live around his corpse) is scared of him anymore, seeing as how he's, well, dead and everything.
[7] The Elder Dragons were a race of RIDICULOUSLY powerful (they rivaled Oldwalkers) dragons that ruled interplanar empires. All "normal" dragons are descendant of the Elder ones. Long story short, a war was fought between these empires, *and only 5 Elder Dragons were left. Those that weren't killed were stripped of their wings and powers and became elder land wurms. 4 of the remaining ones were then killed by Nicol Bolas (the fifth one), who was (is) a planeswalker.
[8] If what you mean by "memory magic" is just magic that alters memories, then yes. Most mind mages (Jace included) can change people's memories.
[9] I guess? I don't think there's really any precedent for this though.
[10] The spark has been explained as being a part of the soul, yes. I'm not sure how the spark can be removed forcibly. As far as I know, the only way a planeswalker can give up their spark is by sacrificing it to a time rift, and those have all been closed.
*It should be noted that the 5 elder Dragons (the little e is important) from DTK are NOT Elder (big E) Dragons. They are normal dragons that lived a very long time. Also, it has been theorized by many that Ugin is an Elder Dragon, but this isn't confirmed.
To your questions!
[1] We don't know what happened to the mobile piece, the rest is presumably still at Shiv.
[2] Changelings on Lorwyn reproduce at Velis Vel. We don't know how.
[3] Lim-Dul's actions on Shandalar are all pre-revisionist (meaning they could be changed). Don't worry too much about that, and you're not missing much. The Shandalar comic was two issues and okay at best, while if you google 'MTG Microprose' you'll see exactly how much went into that game. Arzakon is defeated at the end.
[4] Powerstones retain their power (assuming they're still intact). The mending would not have affected them.
[5] Humans are on most inhabited planes, Lorwyn being an exception. Serra brought and/or created the people in her realm. The people there at least believe she created them. I think it's more likely she brought them.
[6] Yawgmoth spent millenia amassing power in Phyrexia's core, to the point where when he emerged during the Phyrexia invasion he simply a cloud of black mana. I know you don't care, but he's dead - Wizards is VERY clear on that. He was more powerful that entire groups of old walkers, and possibly the most powerful known being outside the Eldrazi (and possibly stronger than them).
[7] What sub-zero said, with the caveat that Bolas didn't kill the remaining Elder Dragons, we know at least two died battling other planeswalkers, one probably died fight the final one, who last we heard was slumbering beneath a town.
[8] Memory magic is real, various magics can affect memory. If you mean memories powering spells, ALL of magic is powered by memories, specifically memories of the land, which are called mana bonds, and are how mages pull the different colors of magic. It's what the lands you play represent.
[9] Oldwalkers yes, neowalkers... maybe. Shades are able to survive hitching a ride, so presumably yes.
[10] The Spark is part of someone's soul, but there have been several occasions where it has been transferred or contained artificially. Powerstones could contain them, and soul magic and teleportation have shown the ability to transfer one. It's usually pretty hand-wavey though. Read about Glissa/Slobad if you want to know what can be done with it. Overall, just keep in mind that the nature of the spark has changed over the years, and not just because of the mending.
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