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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.




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