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fandomhigh2024-03-14 04:05 am
deathsmajesty) wrote in fandomhigh2024-03-14 04:05 am
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Necromancers Guide to the Undead, Thursday, Period 1
Class met in the Danger Shop today, Liliana giving the class a bright smile. "Today, rather than continuing to visit Innistrad, although it's a truly lovely place for zombies, we are instead going to visit Ravnica, an ecumenopolis or a planet-wide city." Like Coruscant, if Liliana had known to make that comparison. "On Innistrad, ghouls remain, for the most part, outside of the social structure. They are the works of necromancers, Stitchers and ghoulcallers alike, and most necromancers tend to keep to themselves more often than not." There was a reason Vess Manor was all by itself and not in a bustling town somewhere.
...And that reason was because angels were obnoxious, but that was another story.
"In Ravnica, things are different. Ravnica was - and is again - ruled over by ten Guilds who wield immense power and claim dominion over different parts of Ravnican city life. With a plane-wide city, two of the most important aspects of keeping a population healthy and viable are sanitation and sustenance. Meat is at a premium and so is fresh produce, the latter often supplied by the Selesnya Conclave, which is just as much a cult as their fellow guild, the Cult of Rakdos, but don't have the manners to be open about it."
Tell us how you really felt, Liliana.
"But for those who cannot afford the astronomical price of meat or magic-grown produce - and, shocking no one, that's most of the world - the Golgari Swarm is the guild that provides it. They are also the city's main source of sanitation. Today, we're going to shadow a group of Golgari Street Swarm, the Golgari labor class that includes corpse scavengers, low-ranking street shamans, rot farmers, tunnel trolls, various elementals, and fungal horrors - and, of course zombies, as the Golgari welcome both the intelligent and mindless variety as members. The Golgari aren't the only guild that welcomes undead, of course. The Orzhov Syndicate is run by a council of ghosts; the leader of House Dimir was a vampire before he got imprisoned and killed, I believe; the Cult of Rakdos count plenty of types of undead amongst their ranks...but of all of them, the Golgari are by and far the largest and most welcoming of the undead, likely because the guild was founded by the necromancer Svogthir, humbly referred to as the god-zombie." Whoops! Tangent again! "Anyway, each neighborhood of Ravnica tends to have its chapter of the Street Swarm, and each chapter is led by a local swarm boss. Each Street Swarm is divided into two sections. Spore Druids specialize in fungi, moss, molds, and other decomposers, to help rid the streets of filth and garbage, and Reclaimers are scavengers who patrol different areas of the city and gather the dead to be recycled."
Yeah. She said recycled. Don't worry about it.
"It's all a simulation, of course, but I've still programmed in waders and tall boots for you," she said with a grin. "Suit up, this is going to get a little messy."
...And that reason was because angels were obnoxious, but that was another story.
"In Ravnica, things are different. Ravnica was - and is again - ruled over by ten Guilds who wield immense power and claim dominion over different parts of Ravnican city life. With a plane-wide city, two of the most important aspects of keeping a population healthy and viable are sanitation and sustenance. Meat is at a premium and so is fresh produce, the latter often supplied by the Selesnya Conclave, which is just as much a cult as their fellow guild, the Cult of Rakdos, but don't have the manners to be open about it."
Tell us how you really felt, Liliana.
"But for those who cannot afford the astronomical price of meat or magic-grown produce - and, shocking no one, that's most of the world - the Golgari Swarm is the guild that provides it. They are also the city's main source of sanitation. Today, we're going to shadow a group of Golgari Street Swarm, the Golgari labor class that includes corpse scavengers, low-ranking street shamans, rot farmers, tunnel trolls, various elementals, and fungal horrors - and, of course zombies, as the Golgari welcome both the intelligent and mindless variety as members. The Golgari aren't the only guild that welcomes undead, of course. The Orzhov Syndicate is run by a council of ghosts; the leader of House Dimir was a vampire before he got imprisoned and killed, I believe; the Cult of Rakdos count plenty of types of undead amongst their ranks...but of all of them, the Golgari are by and far the largest and most welcoming of the undead, likely because the guild was founded by the necromancer Svogthir, humbly referred to as the god-zombie." Whoops! Tangent again! "Anyway, each neighborhood of Ravnica tends to have its chapter of the Street Swarm, and each chapter is led by a local swarm boss. Each Street Swarm is divided into two sections. Spore Druids specialize in fungi, moss, molds, and other decomposers, to help rid the streets of filth and garbage, and Reclaimers are scavengers who patrol different areas of the city and gather the dead to be recycled."
Yeah. She said recycled. Don't worry about it.
"It's all a simulation, of course, but I've still programmed in waders and tall boots for you," she said with a grin. "Suit up, this is going to get a little messy."
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