Our heroes stand victorious against Kambal, and Kaladesh is liberated.
But with the Immortal Sun in hand, the real work has only just begun.
The Friends Of Ravnica begin their first of four weeks of downtime, prior to Bruna's wedding to Vali.
Gabriel gets in a fight, Zola gets in some relaxation time, and Alpha gets into the world wide web.
We forgot to do the nightly question this week, but I'll paste the answers below for posterity.
What is your character’s opinion on nobility? On authority? Answer in at least three sentences.
For Gabriel he views the nobility favorably due to his knightly background. The only thing he dislikes about it is when they become incompetent. When it comes to authority for him it depends who's leading at that point in time. If the leader is ludicrous and incompetent Gabriel will absolutely not follow the orders of the leadership. If the authority is at least competent and responsible he has no issues following orders. (edited)
Alpha has no real issues with nobility, coming from a wealthy and prominent family herself. Authority however is a different story. She always had this need to be the one making the rules, and lusting for those positions the rule makers had due to her family's push for her to eventually attain such a position.
Louie respects authority and nobility when it's earned and deserved, not simply because of titles. In Niv-Mizzet's case, not only is he the Parun/Guildmaster of the Izzet League, but he's also incredibly powerful, smart, and unique. He has a hard time respecting people who gained their positions of power through shady political dealings, murders and money.
As for Jerrick, authority in the Simic has always been to those who have intellectually succeeded in projects or the managing of. When he was under the Eldrazi impression, the 3 primordial titans held the power because they were the oldest and biggest mother fuckers of them. But, now that he is enlightened, he has seen nobility more as a social construct and authority as a primal construct with alphas dominating groups of animals. At the end of the day, he believes that those who CAN lead, should. If it feels right for him to follow someone else, like Zegana, then he will. If someone's leadership ruins the cohesiveness of the community, then he will probably have a problem with it.
For Vali the concept is an inherently stupid concept. A person proves they can lead by the decisions they make improve other people's lives and not who you were born to. Also authority needed if the majority of people approve of a individual or group to help protect them.
