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IzzET NPCs NIV-MIZZET

Though the lzzet League officially serves the function Possessed of arrogance and vanity that matches his vast
of maintaining the city's public works, most of its mem- intellect and tremendous power, Niv-Mizzet is the an-
bers join the guild to indulge their insatiable curiosity cient dragon who founded and continues to control the
for magical knowledge. Using the guild's extensive re- Izzet League. From his private laboratory at the top of
sources and sturdy facilities, researchers pursue their the lzzet guildhall, Niv-Mizzet directs the research and
studies through reckless experimentation, which often experiments of his countless underlings. He coordinates
ends in destruction of property. loss of limb, or at the a tremendous number of apparently unrelated projects,
very least, a loud boom. Nearly all Izzet members have working toward some mysterious end.
some capability with magic. There can be little doubt that this ancient dragon is
Izzet NPCs include chemisters, who work extensively one of the most intelligem beings on Ravnica and one
with the magic alloy mizzium, and their attendants. The of the world's most powerful spellcasters. He is just as
Izzet NPCs table summarizes key roles within the guild. acquisitive as any dragon, but his treasure is scientific
Statistics for these NPCs are found in the Monster Man- and magical knowledge. His ambition is a looming
ual unless the table states otherwise. threat in the minds of all the other guildmasters, but
confronting him directly is almost unthinkable thanks
IZZET NPCs to the combination of his awesome magical power and
the sheer physical threat of a fire-breathing, sword-
Role Appropriate Stat Block
toothed dragon.
Attendant Commoner
Chemister Mage Nrv-M1zzET's TRAITS
Guard Scorchbringer guard* Ideal: "Innovation. Don'tjust have an idea- have
Magic tester Flux blastseeker,* cosmotronic blastseeker,* all of them."
counterflux blastseeker,* or galvanic blast- Bond: ·'J have spent more than ten thousand years re-
seeker* searching the mysteries of the world around me, but
there is much more to discover."
*Appears in this chapter
Flaw: '"I find it tedious to converse with simpletons who
lack vision."
MASTER C H EM ISTER GROZCROX
Master Chemister Grozgrox is a viashino (lizardfolk) mage BLASTSEEKERS
with a talent for shaping mizzium. His genius has earned
commendations from Niv-Mizzet himself on two separate While chemisters focus on inventing new tools, weap-
occasions, a fact that Grozgrox tries to work into conversa- ons, and other devices for the guild to use. the role of
tion as often as possible. a blastseeker is to put those devices to work. Despite
the name, not all such devices produce explosions,
but all the most interesting ones (from the Izzet per-
spective) do.

COUNTERFLUll
BLASTSEEKER