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Ral - Maps out Guildpact's power lines

Jan 2nd, 2023
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  1. What took shape was a huge map of the Tenth District, detailed enough to show every alley. Drawn on top of the street plan was a complex network of colored lines, thick and interconnected in some areas, sparse in others. The basic shape of it was familiar, of course; the Implicit Maze, the contest Beleren had somehow managed to win and become the Living Guildpact, only to abandon that responsibility when Ravnica needed him. This map, though, was much more detailed, and assembling it had consumed much of Ral's attention for the past week.
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  3. "The power network," Niv said. He did not sound impressed.
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  5. "Indeed," Ral said. "Which is, as we learned, the underlying structure of the Guildpact itself. It is laid out in the city, all around us, nodes and lines linked to create the power that binds us all."
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  9. "Only superficially," Ral said. He ran a hand through his hair, raising sparks, and walked across the vast map. "We can construct artificial lines of energy to alter the design. Most of the technology is already in place—power condensers, a resonating chamber, mizzium-coil batteries. It only needs to last for a moment. A machine that will span the Tenth District. The greatest creation the Izzet have ever attempted."
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  11. "And this . . . thing," Niv said. He sounded skeptical. "It will allow you to alter the Guildpact, enable my ascension, without the consent of all the guilds?"
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  15. The Gathering Storm, Chapter 11
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