#thedracogenius

[thedracogenius]

What are recruitment procedures for the izzet? Any advice to anyone wanting to join?

There are four primary ways to join Izzet League:

Fill in application form at League’s Recruitment Office and start off almost immediately as one of League’s valiant Attendants. My best advice for those pursuing this path is former motto of Izzet Observation Corps: Die Trying!

Be spotted by one of our Guild Trade and Patent Integrity Monitors. Officially and legally they are there to detect and sue anyone who infringes on one of My Guild’s countless patents. But unofficially it’s not infringement if you are one of us, so they double as recruitment agents. My best advice for those pursuing this path: May Audacity be Your Guide!

Anyone who can solve the unsolvable riddles concealed in the Cluestones of My Guild are automatically sent an invitational letter to my Guild. If that’s your bet my advice to you is: Common Sense Is Nothing But Bias.

Be invited by any of the members of Izmagnus Council, the best of the best. They generally only take notice in most exceptional minds and talents, so my best advice to you is same as to everyone: Impress Me.

[thedracogenius]

Hey niv, I have a couple of questions. First off, could you help me destroy sunhome so I can get my files and second is nicol bolas your pa?

Dear “Lasav,” unlike you I have a (mostly) positive public image, and you may or may not know this, but public images take lot of hard work and effort to upkeep and maintain. If I would attack Sunhome I would be written down into channels of history as bigger warmonger than that pompous ginger! And if I arranged an “accident,” I would be known as more incompetent than, well… Your Predecessor.

…Besides all that, the Living Guildpact specifically forbid me from declaring wars or performing “impromptu urban renovations” without consulting him first.

Next Question!

[thedracogenius]

I hope the mun is feeling better and that nothing particularly disastrous hit nivix this new year^^

((I appreciate it.))

Wouldn’t recommend betting on it. Our Statistics and Divinations Department have declared that by all plausible probability models it’s a miracle that Nivix hasn’t spontaneously ceased to exist yet. “Too many explosive substances and temperaments per square meter,” they say.

[thedracogenius]

You're about... A tenth larger than ramoth, the largest we've got. And yeah, they're intelligent. They've got short memories but well, that's what the riders are for

They let themselves be rode on? That’s just embarrassing. And are dependent on other beings? Vulgar. 

They must have split off from the family tree long ago.

[thedracogenius]

Let's get started, shall we?

(Huh, interesting. It had completely slipped my mind that I had created this blog in first place. No wonder, after all I am an incredibly busy Dragon. Well, the year is winding down and important projects have reached their required quotas, so I suppose I have time to entertaining this silly blog.)

Greetings passionate mortal thinkers of Multiverse! It is I, Niv-Mizzet the Dracogenius Firemind.

After rather surprising conclusion of my Implicit Maze -project roughly two years ago, running my Guild has once more grown bothersome. As always thousands of brilliant minds are doing their best to break the boundaries of reality, magic and science in honest attempt to impress me. Still no one seems to have slightest idea what I want from them (beside meeting the deadline, archiving the minimum quota, and avoiding splattering themselves all over the walls).

After (not so) recently discovering this microblogging social media website called Tumblr I have decided to start this account to kill some of my nearly limitless spare time.

I would love to share some of my nearly limitless insight about science, metamagic, elementalcrafting, my glorious kin, Ravnica, and my Guild, so don't be afraid to inquire me if your curiosity got better of you. (And if you wish to start a "roleplay" with me don't be afraid to send request or write a starter prompt and tag me in, because believe me: even ancient Dragons love to engage in play of pretend now and then.)

[thedracogenius]

Why didn't you keep the guildpact going?

I am afraid it wasn’t matter of what I didn’t do but what I could have done at that point. I learned about Azorius Senate’s decision to overrule original Guildpact only when I arrived to my safe house location after tactical retreat from a fight with Nephilim (during the whole incident that spawned Rubbenbelt). Several months later Karlov heiress tried to establish non-magical peace treaty which lasted exactly as long as such venture could have last. (That is as soon as it became more beneficial to stop pretending to be on board with this faux-Guildpact.)

Could I have tried to use blackmail and threats to get six other Guildmaster’s play nice for several years longer?Not without making my presence in the background known and leaving myself vulnerable for such pleasantries in return. 

[thedracogenius]

Oh! That makes sense^^ I guess the stupid ones earn Darwin awards fairly quickly huh?

Surprisingly less common than one would expect. It takes certain kind of mixture of common sense, survival tactics, and pure genius to have a child while meeting League’s minimum quotas, so hereditary Guildmages tend to be taught do’s and dont’s of safe fringe science practice before they can even learn how to walk. 

You do know that Izzet Clan has best life expectancy of any Goblin Clan on Ravnica, right? 

[thedracogenius]

So I have a question bout-well some of your people have kids right? Are the kids counted as izzet or do they have to jump through the same hoops as everyone else?

Guildmage status is hereditary. Common practice, really. Many Guildmages prefer that the protection offered to them by their Guild would be extended to their children, and turn here at Izzet League we expect that parents, like any irresponsible Magewrights, will pass all their trade secrets to their children (And it’s such great habit to have spares just in case, you know?).

So, yes they count as Guild member, no they don’t need to go through usual channels (though we do screen and exam them before they are let anywhere near lab equipment, as required by Azorius regulations…) unless they choose to disown their Guildmage status in adulthood and change their mind later.