I get the feeling they want to place importance on Strixhaven because of Kasmina. I figure she will play a bigger role going forward after the Phyrexian arc, given that she has that cabal of Planeswalkers or something that was mentioned awhile back.
I can't quite place it, but Gandalf being Blue/Red just doesn't feel right to me. It feel more like Wizards saying "Wizards are Blue/Red so Gandalf is Blue/Red." rather than what alignment his personality would be. I'm pretty sure there will be a Gandalf the White that will be Jeskai but Gandalf always felt like a White/Green character with a splash of blue in him.
I'm most sad that Eomer doesn't look like Karl Urban, he looks more like he came from Gondor than Rohan.
I'm always curious about how they do interpret the colour by for these Universe Beyond products. Like what about the Fellowship is meant to be Abzan over say Bant, same for Rohan being Jeskai, when Naya is probably a better fit.
Well the art book "officially" comes out today, so everyone go and grab your own copies so you don't have to take my crappy word of mouth of everything. There is a lot of great fluff on the gods in the books.
He is mourning her death. Gideon was fighting next to Oketra when she was killed. Hazoret is the only surviving original God. For Jace, it says that Bolas crushed his mind, likely overwhelming it with his own power. Jace is probably a little brain scrambled now, most likely missing some memories.
As for the rest, Bolas is a massive jerk. He got what he wanted from Amonkhet (the army.) and he was done with it. Also he wants to show them Gatewatch his power, he wants to break their spirits.
The book actually offers a little bit of info on Bolas releasing the Eldrazi
"Bolas hoped that the presence of such a terrible interplanar threat would mobilize Planeswalkers to battle them and he could profit from seeing how a group of Planeswalkers would handle such a threat. Events on Zendikar didn't unfold as he had planned, since the appearance of Ugin, whom he had though dead. But the events on Zendikar and Innistarad, where one of the Titans had made it's way to-provided Bolas with a lovely gift: a little band of Planeswalkers he could manipulate."
It mentions that Bontu wants to be at the God-Pharaoh's side no matter what, even if she has to kill the others Gods to get to that spot. It is likely that she thought offering Hazoret, the supposed favourite would get her that spot. But Bolas doesn't share and it is likely he killed her for just thinking she would have any power with him around.
Yeah, they all live, but I dunno is unscathed is the word. We know Wizards just said they aren't gonna be as Gatewatch focused as they were, so this might be there way of letting them sit on the sidelines for a bit. We know using the Veil has a huge impact on Lili and it doesn't go into too much details about the damage, but Chandra and Gids are almost crushed to death, so I don't think they only got some cuts and scraps.
I'm always curious about how they do interpret the colour by for these Universe Beyond products. Like what about the Fellowship is meant to be Abzan over say Bant, same for Rohan being Jeskai, when Naya is probably a better fit.
Razaketh's Invocation
Razakeths' Sacrifice
Final Hour
The one of Bolas smiling is the Invocation of Damnation
and there are art pieces of the other Hours
As for the rest, Bolas is a massive jerk. He got what he wanted from Amonkhet (the army.) and he was done with it. Also he wants to show them Gatewatch his power, he wants to break their spirits.
"Bolas hoped that the presence of such a terrible interplanar threat would mobilize Planeswalkers to battle them and he could profit from seeing how a group of Planeswalkers would handle such a threat. Events on Zendikar didn't unfold as he had planned, since the appearance of Ugin, whom he had though dead. But the events on Zendikar and Innistarad, where one of the Titans had made it's way to-provided Bolas with a lovely gift: a little band of Planeswalkers he could manipulate."