Where do you see the story arc going in the next few years?
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Posted on June 9, 2014, 9:12 p.m. by ExileThis
What it says on the tin, folks.I am personally hoping for:Some Lorwyn 5 variety. Give us a R/W Chandra, a R/B Lilliana, or even a U/R Jace!Ajani has started the trend, and I think it's going somewhere.2: Innistrad reform. After Avacyn Restored, Avacyn got out, beat the snot out of Griselbrand and the darkness, and then.... What? I think that the three Innistradian 'walkers (Sorin, Tamiyo and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named/Tibalt) should come together to rebuild their home, and... Uh... Do stuff. OK, I didn't think much about that one. But you guys are smarter than me, think some arcs up!
MindAblaze! indeed she did. shes the one who broke the Helvault to free Griselbrand so she could kill him
June 9, 2014 9:58 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
I'm sure we'll see Zendikar again in the next few years. I'd also be shocked if we didn't come back to Innistrad or New Phyrexia again sometime, especially if Koth somehow ended up surviving and Karn comes back.
June 9, 2014 10:04 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #5
Liliana has a few more demons to kill to get her soul back so I'm sure we'll see more of that.
June 9, 2014 10:26 p.m.
the3rdH0kage says... #6
Technically speaking Tamiyo, the Moon Sage isn't from Innistrad, she is a Moonfolk fro Kamigawa who came to Innistrad to study the moon. In the next 3 years I see a Return to another block (either Zendikar, Lorwyn/Shadowmoor, Alara). Then a block with a new plane that brings back Nicol Bolas as the main Antagonist (possibly Khans of Tarkir) , then one where the lore focuses on a walker who just got his Spark, and one that focuses on a current walker (like Theros was Elspeth's story) if there is one then the 3rd option will be the Return block.
June 10, 2014 12:27 a.m.
Annnndddd it looks like my dumb is showing.I'll just go read lore in my dark room for the next year...
June 10, 2014 7:48 a.m.
KrosanTusker says... #8
This is how you learn! Being inquisitive is not being dumb; quite the opposite.
And, for some lore to read in your dark room, look here for pre-M13 stuff and here for M13 onwards.
June 10, 2014 4:27 p.m.
I am ready for the challenge.Lilliana killed that one demon out of four, and the next one was Griselbrand!
Now the knowledge of lore is a curse.I NEED MORE.
June 10, 2014 11:25 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #12
I am a blue mage. And a green mage. And a red and black and colorless mage. But not really a white mage.
Guess I'm a jack of all mages.
June 11, 2014 12:06 a.m.
BoromirOfGondor says... #13
Eons after the Conflux, Maelstrom energy has become corrupt and unpredictable. This tainted force has radiated across Alara, causing drastic shifts in the essence of the world.
Esper, where once was the progress of White, now holds the decay of Green. Scholars and artificers have devolved into mad, reclusive alchemists. The vast expanses of metropolitan structures are becoming overgrown with the experimental plants spliced by their research, while the rest of the world's population lives in constant fear of the next catastrophe.
On Bant, the wisdom of Blue has been replaced by the fear of Black. Oracles and sages now see only darkness in the future of their realm, and the benevolent beasts of the forests and fields have been transformed into goulish horrors. However, hope is not lost. What remains of the Knights of the Reliquary order protects the civilians from harm, although often at a cost. They remain vigilant, and hope that one day their hero, Elspeth, will return.
Naya was once a haven of nature; now, it is a battlefield. Green mana has been usurped by the maelstrom, and (like Bant) black now replaces it. The foliage has been burnt away and replaced by barren wastelands, where bands of barbarians and tribes of shamans fight for resources.
Jund has evolved. Goblins, dragons, and other beasts still ravage the lands and mercilessly slay their opposition, but in a more calculated manner; blue now reigns where black once stood. Primitive research is being done into magic and "strategy" (at least as far as goblins are capable of it).
Grixis has transformed from a hellish necropolis to a world of blind justice and obedience. The ambition of black has mutated; the world is still evil, but in the context of white. Similar to Elesh Norn's Machine Orthodoxy on New Phyrexia, the citizens must now conform to strict laws and obey the every whim of their overlord. Who is this mysterious entity? That is yet to be seen.
The maelstrom is not the only driving force of change on the shards of Alara. Two planeswalkers who met while exploring the world now are searching for the source of its corruption.
A battered and beaten Koth has been wanderign the multiverse for months, searching for a clue on the fate of Elspeth. Eventually, he arrives on Alara, where he puts his quest on hiatus to join his acquaintance on her own journey.
Tamiyo, after her research concluded on Innistrad, felt an irregular pulse of energy coming from Alara. She immediately traveled there, where she found the shards in turmoil. She met Koth in a forest on Bant; they now seek to save Alara from the gathering shadow.
June 11, 2014 12:32 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #14
Well that sounds like fun...I'd love to go back to Alara for that.
June 11, 2014 12:41 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #15
That explains the Kaalia of the Vast story and the leonin in it. As well as the Shardless Agent
.
Evil America sounds about right...
June 11, 2014 12:43 p.m.
biggestmtgnerd says... #16
What if tezzeret got infected with the phyrexian contagion, escaped new phyrexia, and stumbled upon a new plane that got consumed by the contagion? It then kidnaps a cycle of demons who lost their spark, each on different planes: An escaped Elsbeth in Theros, Ob Nixilis in Zendikar, a demonic leviathan that was defeated by Bolas but was reborn without it's spark in Dominaria, and the two other demons who made a pact with Lilliana, who have planeswalked away to different planes and were forced to give up their sparks to keep the deal with Lilliana going because the two other demons were killed. The plane consumes their body and mind, then becomes alive and goes through a rampage though the multiverse. As the demons are consumed, Lilliana dies of old age because the pact is finally broken. Jace becomes grief-stricken, dons Lilliana's veil, and makes a deal with Eramakul, Kozilek, and Ulamog that he will be their slave as long as they destroy the rampaging plane as revenge for killing Lillianna. Meanwhile, Garruk's curse is broken, and as he realizes what had happened to him, seeks redemption. He planeswalks away to Theros, where Kruphix tells him that the Eldrazi are mobilizing to destroy the plane, and if the plane is destroyed, mana would burst out of the plane destroying every plane. Garruk is forced to battle the Eldrazi led by Jace, ending with a final duel to decide the fate of the multiverse.June 11, 2014 3:03 p.m.
Nicol Bolas vs Eldrazi (highly doubtful though, as power creep will be over 9000!)
June 15, 2014 5:50 p.m.
Kidding aside, I think once all the dust settles, the multiverse will be too peaceful and Nicol Bolas will come back to reclaim his seat of power
MindAblaze says... #2
Liliana killed Griselbrand did she not?
June 9, 2014 9:51 p.m.