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I wrote a whole thing on the Elders of Dominaria earlier this year. Chromium's in particular is very flavorful.

In terms of 'Likely to Happen' and 'Already knows a bunch about Magic Lore', I vote Ferret Steinmetz. Writes Magic articles and has few published novels out. His main character is basically an Azorius lawmage already.

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The story states that the that the death of Merrevia sal "smells like honey. Its sweetness is its power, although these hunters don't know that yet."
I wonder if this power can change the hunters (whatever race they may have been) into the viashino. They have some power over dragons and seem to be a hunter type race.

The viashino, as far as we understand it, have some sort of draconic ancestry, so they wouldn't predate the elder dragons.

My feeling is that the bipedal humanoids were elves. But also remember humans exist within the next 7-8,000 years because the Numena had to overthrow the Primevals.

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Alos, I think it is strange that there are two elder dragons that did not hatch. This will come back in the story later. The impact of Bolas contemplating "'Which death is worse?' he asks. 'Never to waken, or to waken and live your few moments in a frenzy of fear and fighting?'" could have been accomplished with just one.

I think the Elder Dragons that didn't hatch might be the origin of The First Eruption creation myth on Shiv. I think it's Chromium that ducks his head into the crater their impact creates and the implication is the mountain has become a volcano.

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Could it be possible that the fight between Darigaaz and Tarox Bladewing (stated by their bios) will be a consequence of the events of this story? I have a feeling that the primeval dragons could be the heirs to the first elder dragons.

The implication is that the Primevals are a later clutch of dragons spawned by the Ur-Dragon.

I'm not sure what the Darigaaz/Tarox fight you're referring to is. I don't see that implication in their bios. It might happen, because Tarox seeks supremacy and will eventually eat his siblings, but that version of Tarox hasn't happened yet (and may not come to pass).

Here is your official Core 2019 Discussion thread! We know the set explores the rivalry between Ugin and Bolas, features the original (not Tarkir) elder dragons, and seems to hit a lot of different time periods.

• I’m pretty sure the playmat art is a new Nicol Bolas creature card, set before his spark ignited! Note the orientation, the lack of the Gem of Becoming, and the Dominarian background.
• The Onakke Ogre is an interesting addition, and likely means that the Chain Veil plotline connects to Bolas more deeply than we’ve previously suspected.
• Vivien Reid is the green planeswalker for Core 2019. Bolas destroyed her world, Skalla
• Tezzeret, Ajani, Liliana, and Sarkhan round out the planeswalkers for Core 2019.
• Vampire Sovereign seems to be from Ixalan.

With elder dragons returning, are you curious about elder lore? I wrote about it earlier this year!

• Elders of Dominaria
• Elders of the Multiverse

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I've updated the original post with today's Ravnica article! Only one Archive Trap left!

And that's it! I'm done! Unless for some reason the lore of Odyssey and Onslaught becomes relevant, I doubt I'll be adding anything but the most recent story summaries and broad overviews.

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Regarding Argoth, from the wiki:

"With the release of Future Sight, Yavimaya was mentioned as being located where Argoth once stood. This has lead to some confusion with readers, due to the fact that this information hasn't been given prior to the book and that Yavimaya has another fixed location on several maps of Dominaria. The release of the official map in 2018 confirmed that the main part of Yavimaya was still in its original location, northwest of the Shattered isles.[5] It is now a seperate island, while a small remnant is transplanted to Urborg."

I always thought they were different because I recall Multani and Urza's first interaction being like "I heard about what you did on Argoth," instead of "I heard about what you did here way back." Shrug, man.

Yeah, this was a continuity error from Time Spiral. Caused a lot of consternation at the time (which you can find if you dive back through this very forum).

I've updated the original post with today's Ravnica article! Only one Archive Trap left!

Here's the link, you might be able to wayback machine it:

http://www.wizards.com/magic/expert/invasion/magicinvasion/apocalypse_storybook.asp

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and also wanted to show her what mtg storyline is like before it became a playground for planeswalkers.

Then showing a story that features a nine planeswalker super team is definitely the way to go, lol.

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Hey all, I'm ... back, I guess?

Retired admin circa forever ago, reformed narcissist, and still a sassy curmudgeon. I grew up a bit, now I run a nonprofit org in Alberta and work with kids. I used to joke that my time here prepped me for my job, and that's only partially a joke. Helping to keep MTGS running taught me patience, the limits of authority, how to deal with conflict (hahaha, there was always so much conflict!), and how to keep folks engaged. So thank you for that.

Back into the game after a very long sabbatical (literally the last cards I ever bought before this return were from Planeshift, so ...), really only for EDH and custom card design. Woooo.

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Jodah's art is sweet, although he's been de-aged somewhat (but then Jaya looked nothing like her novel cover appearances, either). I'm guessing they're making him flat-out ageless instead of severely slowly aged.

Re: Opt - I wonder if that's a powerstone? Besides the Immortal Sun, they're the only things we know can hold sparks.

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Oh hey the twist about Josu was a double twist. Groovy.

Good story, actually great story as I didn't hate Liliana through the entire thing.

Operation: Make the Gatewatch More Likable is proceeding as planned.

Yeah, I've been rooting for the Raven Man to take over Liliana for so long, it was weird and refreshing to root for her instead.

Oddly enough, in the process of making Liliana more likable, they're somehow making Gideon more likable too IMO. He's actually being extremely pragmatic and strategic about his choices here, while still helping out his (for the time being, at least) ally. I'm not going to say I ship them, but Gideon and Liliana do work well together.

Also, the prospect of Gideon wielding Blackblade as a replacement for his sural is pretty intriguing to me.

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Oh hey the twist about Josu was a double twist. Groovy.

Good story, actually great story as I didn't hate Liliana through the entire thing.

Operation: Make the Gatewatch More Likable is proceeding as planned.

Also: Blackblade Reforged looks sick. Can't wait for Narset to wield it.(in commander)

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Magic Story Dominaria excerpt today from Comics Beat!

Dakkon Blackblade #1 is dragged into post-revision canon!

Piru is an Elder Dragon!
Dakkon is still a Planeswalker!

Into post revision only to be revised out of Dominarian history by the Cabal.

Thanks for the response! I couldn't find the thread you mentioned, but I did manage to find the Ebook link in the Storyline Resources thread. I've never used Kindle, so I'll have to figure out how that works.

By the way, thank you for all your work on the Archive Trap. Your thread (A Vorthos Guide to Magic Story) has been my primary resource as I catch up on the last 20 years of the MTG storyline.

I *love* the most recent update (it must have happened yesterday)! I've been rummaging through dozens of disparate sources - your guide here, your guide on reddit, Squirle's Multiverse in Review, GatheringMagic (though I had not seen any of the articles I think you just added to this guide), etc. Love the addition of so many short stories in the middle of (for example) the pre-revision chronology. Thanks for all the hard work you do.

yeah to piggyback on that, the archive traps articles at this site have been great at providing comprehensive summaries of each of MTG's most important stories. in lieu of hunting down the books, these are great sources.

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It doesn't bother you that people involved with the story are saying things that directly contradict what we see in story?

What do you think your original quoted text meant?

Angrath is the furious and tone-deaf patriarch,

furious extremely angry.
tone-deaf unable to perceive subtle differences in atmosphere
patriarch the male head of a family or tribe.

What directly contradicts what we see in the story?