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11 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 10:50AM
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I missed Jenna this week, too, but the story was good enough as a replacement 
"No curse we can't reverse; no spell we can't break; no demon we can't exterminate; no plane we can't reach"
- Motto of the Magnificent Order of the Planeswalkers, as said by the first time by Veritatis, its founder and the Grimmchester Brothers mentor
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11 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 11:57AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 11, 2008
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I will say that, even though I miss Jenna this week, this story was better than the chronomaton story, simply because the lack of confusion helped. Well done Ken.
Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights.
But you yourself are nothing so divine.
Just next in line.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 12:36PM
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Very good story, Ken. I must like your writing style as this is my favorite one so far. Good job.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 10:30PM
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The dragon's eyes dimmed.
Then he woke up immediately to find that another big dragon crunched the drake's neck, and a whole crapload of dragons were helping him live, and Talrand escaped.
Despite Talrand's arrogance, I was so inspired by this story I actually went out and bought his deck. But I still like dragons more.
still, excellent story. whoever it was who wrote this should be writing books for extra money. and alot at that. $$
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11 months ago ::
Aug 02, 2012 - 8:22AM
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True that a thesaurus would have helped the story, but it was still decent. I don't much care about callbacks to Microprose, if the world building they do now is well-done, and this was. I'll admit to liking dragons way better than Talrand, and being disappointed in the outcome, but it makes sense, story-wise. Usually when someone loses because they make terrible decisions (like Kalyntri relishing Talrand's impending defeat, rather than just ending it, over and over) I tend to get pissed off at the author for making one side too stupid to live just so the side he wants to win will win. But in this case I think it's more justified, just because it's very clear that Talrand's whole plan revolved around the dragon being too stupid to live.
I also like the setup here of basing Talrand's strength off of an alliance against dragons - it seems like he's put himself on rails running to a conflict with Bolas, a far more apt enemy than Thundermaw, and I'm looking forward to the rude awakening.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 02, 2012 - 5:21PM
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I also like the setup here of basing Talrand's strength off of an alliance against dragons - it seems like he's put himself on rails running to a conflict with Bolas, a far more apt enemy than Thundermaw, and I'm looking forward to the rude awakening.
An opposing mage limited to a single plane is hardly more than an annoyance to Nicol Bolas  anyway, unless Bolas has important plans for that plane.
He gave the Phyrexians attention because they have the capability to spread to and conquer other planes, despite a lack of direct planeswalking magic.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 03, 2012 - 6:39PM
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Yeah, exactly my point. Talrand bases his power off of a commitment to "end the tyranny of dragons" and displays an aptitude for abusing their arrogance to beat them. That by itself isn't a hugely interesting story; it's more of a backstory. But if he then discovers that he's grossly underestimated the commitment that he's made, and that the tyranny of dragons is as insurmountable for him as Kalyntri believed, then the possibilities for interesting character development start to expand - even if he's just killed outright after making the realization. THAT'S a story.
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