#amaghelo lore

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I found like a dozen of my old custom magic sets, I was gonna do a post about them but I suddenly remembered how hard it was to do so. Without a several page world guide and a month long spoiler season there's no good way to display the information.

Gonna do it anyway.

Name: Lore: Mechanics

Amaghelo: Mediterranean prosperity and peace treaty threatened by sinister mystery: three colors, shards, Going wide vs artifact matters

Starfall: Gatewatch tries to stop Aliens from invading the Mediterranean: same as set 1 but updated for war

Lianhe: Gids and Jace end up as generals on opposite sides of Chinese Mythological war: wb vs rug, late game transform into dragons/gods

Destinies of Lianhe: Chandra must do world saving quest with Sun Wukong because her friends are idiots or injured: set 1 but now with quests!

Mykoriza: Nissa befriends a sentient mushroom world who has a terrible secret: gwb Land Creatures vs rw knights & ub merfolk

Shikulaq: Gatewatch accidentally wakes up an elder levitation planeswalker while defending Inuit folklore from Ob Nixilis: Casting creatures from graveyards as auras

Kizekon: WILD WEST BABY: legendary creatures matter, new exalted cowboys vs -1/-1 counters outlaws, guns

Qumatz: Gatewatch must stop Mayan apocalypse time travel cycle: enchantments matter and cycling

End of the Fatecycle: Well they failed at that AND accidentally left Liliana to repeat a full 100 year cycle: enchantments and graveyards matter

Milele: Wakanda/Atlantis reawakens, clashes with Polynesian islands and wubrg fish people: wub Instant and sorcery cards played as creatures vs wubrg soulbond

Abrunstat: The monotheistic assassins guild and new Wakanda witness the birth of a god: gwu Instant and sorcery cards as creatures, vs ubr opponent creatures death triggers

Unnamed Norse world: is several planes stacked like legos: rwu vs gub vs gw vs br improved level up

Unnamed Buddhist world: superhero monks keep world safe from greedy warring factions: No color & mono color vs multicolor

Unnamed Russian world: tbd story: a new take on tokens

#mtg #custom mtg set #amaghelo and lianhe were made while 2set blocks were a thing #Qumatz and end of the fatecycle are two separate sets on the same plane #abrunstat and milele are connected as they are homes to my blatant Wakanda knockoff

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Amaghelo story starts as a pre-Gatewatch story, they don’t come in till halfway. It is mostly Itri’s quest for answers and finding the gatewatch but also there’s Daretti and Makeba.

Daretti comes to Amaghelo after his Conspiracy 2 revenge makes him feel hollow. His story takes place in the diverse northern territory Viberia. He makes friends with the hobgoblin chief Douro. Douro has been leading the goblins to new hieghts of civilization while maintaining goblin traditions. Douro introduces Daretti to Casti, the goatman leader and Yuret, the sister of the ruler of Mageb.They end up investigating the elven leader Leuke because he’s an elf supremacist and has some shady shizz going on. Can they stop his plans or is Viberia doomed like the Cave Elves that Leuke purged 100 years ago?

Makeba is a leonin weapon and armor smith from Mirrodin. He abandoned Mirrodin long before the Phyrexia war because the place is all hard metal and like who wants to live on a mirror sheened plains when there are five damn suns. He likes Elba crafts and society so he settles down in what he names the Sunsforge. He sells his wares for a time until his superior craftsmanship gains him the attention of King Yamad. The King of Elba invites Makeba to live at the palace after Makeba catches on to a plot. The local demon-thrall-vampires are gathering. But somehow they aren’t the source of the mysterious disappearances. Beset on two sides by hidden threats can Makeba fight to save his new home?

But of course the main story is of Itri and the Fallen Stars. Magical gems that fall from the sky at night are suddenly coming to live after centuries of them not doing that. What’s worse is these gems are integral parts of each society on the plane. What’s even worse is the Crystalkin are violent. So far they only come to life in distant outlands but Itri is very worried this will spread to populated areas.  He breaks mid expedition after encountering an army of diamong guys growing in the remote Mageb mountain range. He planeswalks away to find the Gatewatch. He eventually gets to them on Ravnica.

Everyone is enjoying their downtime between saving worlds when Itri shows up. Gideon and Liliana are at Gatewatch headquarters when Nissa returns from a trip to Zendikar. Jace is busy, out with guildpact business. Chandra and Ajani are off checking on/visiting Kaladesh. Itri is impatient and he isn’t exactly sure what is going on so Gideon and Nissa go with him to check things out, y’know see if it is a Gatewatch matter.

Nissa immediately notices the problem. Fallen Stars are like beads strung across leylines, amplifying their magic potential. But another thing worries her. There are many leylines stretched thin and inaccessible. She cannot follow them beyond a certain point. The soul of the world is strained and in pain, as if someone was gripping it tight and trying to pull it somewhere.

While Itri was gone, Mardik and the entire expedition team was kidnapped. With help he tracks them down and rescues the few people left alive. Itri begs Mardik to end it but he presses on. Liliana shows up, saying Chandra and Ajani and Jace will be there later. She notices something odd in one of the villages they enter. Most the people are undead but acting normal. The zombies attack when she shares her realization, revealing they have stars embedded in their bodies. Itri and the Gatewatch face down the Village of the Starcursed (most are zombies but some are actually living humans with stars in their bodies, controlling their minds and sapping their energy) Things are looking up for them until an army of Crystalkin come to town. Eventually they find the leader of these hordes of monsters and take him out. Mardik leads the Gatewatch to the griffin people’s island based on clues he gleaned from the bad guy. The Island is the central hub of all fallen star and other magical research. So best place to solve a star based mystery.

#Amaghelo #amaghelo lore

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Amaghelo Story 01

The long-awaited (especially by me) first installment of the Amaghelo storyline. Amaghelo is my custom magic set and a world that has found itself in peace that seems to last. Culture and arts thrive here, in a world where magic infused crystals fall from the sky.

Qartag was the biggest port city in Mageb, though technically it still belonged to the kingdom of Elba. Originally, the land was taken by the Elba and heavily contested but since the treaties the two territories gladly share a sort of joint custody. The two cultures have intertwined in the trade city. Mageby citizens who cannot conveniently traverse the mountainous territory and the following desert that divides the two lands come to Qartag. Elba citizens travel by boat to partake in the city’s tourism and to marvel and purchase fine Mageb crafts.

This was the blurb Itri would ramble at planeswalkers he met. He adored explaining at length the facets of Amaghelo. Unfortunately, fate rarely seemed to cross his path with others of his kind. Qartag was his hometown and where his mother still lived.

Mardik had to gather supplies with his expedition crew so Itri took some time to visit his mom.

“Itri!” She cooed as he entered her kitchen. She wiped her hands on a towel and hugged him. “I saw a roc perched over in the mountain where I met your father this morning.” She walked back over to the steam pot gesturing excitedly as she talked. “I knew that was the Goddess telling me something. I told Izzu to get that Elba cinnamon from the market. I’m making your favorite dessert.”

“And people say the Goddess works in mysterious ways,” Itri quipped. He set aside his travel cloak and staff.

“Dear, do you really wear that when you travel? A vest is not a bottom layer,” His mother scolded playfully. “That’s your father’s style always showing off his muscles. That’s how he tricked me into marrying him.” She joked.

“Say what you want about Aradus, mom, but he had amazing taste in women.” He kissed her cheek.

“Aradus!?” A raspy voice said from outside. A gorgon slithered into the kitchen. Her head wrapped in a heavily decorated black veil. “I would spit if the man were worth the saliva.” Her demeanor instantly lit up. “Itri!” She hoisted him in her arms and into the air.

“Auntie Izzu!” He barely managed to cough. “How was the market?”

Placing him back on the floor she scoffed, “Don’t get me started. Elba rat of a man tried to haggle me up.” She let out another defiant scoff. “Like there are gorgons out there who would loosen their purse. I swear if it weren’t for you two I’d say legs made a person an idiot.” She too removed her heavier travel cloak and the face coverings of her headwrap. Her jewelry clanged as she passed Hennu the spoils from her market trip.

“Thank you Izzu. Now that you mention it,” Hennu chuckled, “every idiot I’ve met had legs.”

The gorgon beamed, “Y’see?”

The three of them put the finishing touches on Itri’s welcome meal.

Mardik made it to Hennu’s house as the sun was setting. His purse significantly lighter but his caravan full and waiting for him outside of town. This shopping trip hadn’t taken long but he almost set off without Itri and had returned to Qartag to fetch him. His walk had been filled with crossing off items on his list and devising a plan to keep Hennu from preparing a meal to celebrate seeing him again. True she was an amazing cook but he had places to be and stars to research.

“Mardik!? Is that you?” Hennu called, hanging out from her window. “Come in I’ll fix you something.”

Her head disappeared back into the building before he could protest. A calculated move. Mardik sighed and entered the building. Itri was stretched out on the floor laughing at something. Mardik almost jumped out of his skin when a gorgon came from the next room, she had to duck to navigate the doorframes.

“Izzu this is Mardik.” Hennu introduced, “Mardik this is Izzu.”

“Ah, the expedition boy.”

“Relax. She’s-” Itri paused, “Well not harmless but Auntie Izzu won’t hurt you. She just doesn’t like Elbites. Says they all tense up when they see a giant snake woman.” Itri laughed, “Yeah just like you’re doing now.”

They all laughed.

“Yes well,” Mardik tried to fake comfortable, “we really need to get on the road. Night is the best time to find fallen stars and track shooting ones.” If there was anything Mardik knew about people, they hated it when he talked about research. “Not only does the darkness reveal their glow but some theorize that at night they actually resonate at different and more detectable frequencies.”

With a loud grown Itri got to his feet and grabbed his things. Hennu left quickly and returned. He hugged Izzu then his mother. She passed him some leftovers and a small pouch. He opened it and looked in. An amulet fashioned in an eye shape with a glistening diamond at the center.

“To keep my traveler safe.” She whispered. They hugged and both badly fought back tears.

The road from Qartag was long and simple, perhaps the only flatland in Mageb. The sun was gone and Itri was surrounded by strangers and Mardik. He was always traveling, which meant leaving a lot of places but this was the only one that was hard. This time in particular stung. He guessed that was from leaving in a group with a set destination. Usually he’d grab a whiff of magic and follow it at full forcemage speed. Walking this slow was already getting to him.

“I know why I believe you but how did you convince all these guys to go on this journey?” Itri asked as he pulled up to Mardik’s horse.

“Believe it or not, while you were away I become a respected scholar and world authority on fallen stars.”

“I guess there are merits to sitting still.”

“Yes but not enough.” Mardik gestured to the caravan. “Hence the expedition. You seem tense already so I have to ask if you can keep up.”

Awkwardness flowed in Itri’s veins. He kept a lot of secrets but his face never showed them. “Please. I’m tense because of how slow we’re going. I’ve left Qartag a ton of times and I’m usually to Shawafa by now.” Itri flirted with revealing his secret powers like this. His tone made it sound like an exaggeration. But it was true, forcemagic made him impossibly quick but wasn’t something he wanted to reveal. Mardik was his friend but keeping things secret was easier than outing himself as different. Secrets are much easier than turbulence. He assured himself.

“We aren’t a nervous bride asking for a palm reading. We don’t need to go to Shawafa. Even if the rest of us could move at impossible speeds.” Mardik’s grumpy response meant he didn’t take Itri’s boast literally. “We’re cutting across to Malakal and then east on the edge of the city after we meet up with the fuyin to take us through the mountains.”

“You wanna go by Malakal? The gorgon capitol? After you freaked out when you saw Auntie Izzu?”

“I did not freak out. Reading a measurement and seeing it tower over you in person are very different things.” Mardik coughed at the rest of the team and they lagged behind. He didn’t want his reputation to these people bismurched. “Besides I didn’t know your mother lived with a gorgon. I know they’re at Malakal. No surprise, no ‘freak out.’“ He mocked Itri’s tone.

“Yeah after the-” Itri searched his mind for the least antagonizing word, “After the troubles she met Izzu and they became fast friends. Mageby folks don’t like to live alone especially in Qartag so they live together. Pretty simple. Gorgons are people, just way more naturally equipped at killing other people than most.”

“I just didn’t want to get accidentally turned to stone.”

“Izzu can’t even do that, she’s not a ‘royal’ gorgon. The veil is purely a gesture of good faith. Bare snake eyes scare people so they cover up in public. Excluding all the cruel stuff she said about your home territory she’s really polite.” Itri shrugged.

Awkward silence, Itri’s mortal nemesis, owned the night for a time. Rather than face his idle mind he spoke. “So the living stars?”

“Is that the end of your sentence?”

“Basically.”

“Crystalkin. I coined the term. Three incidents were reported in the Adrart mountain range that divides Major and Minor Mageb. Fuyin gossip but there were consistencies and half-proofs.”

“I don’t talk to a lot of people but aren’t those things flimsy excuses to fund an expedition.”

“That’s what I thought. Until I saw one myself. Ugarit’s repository had a break in. Technically a breakout. A broach tore down a door, tackled a guard, and scuttled into the sea.“

“A broach!?” Itri caught is loud laugh. “That’s hilarious as long as the guard is okay.”

“He’s fine. And well yeah it kinda was. All the scholarly anzu squacking and panicking. It was the first recording of a processed star coming to life. The Fuyin incidents were fresh landed. Said they crawled out of their craters and wandered off before they could be made into baubles.”

“Are they sick of being jewelry?”

Mardik laughed “I hope not. Diamonds are a timeless look.”

“So the broach was violent. What about the fresh crystalkin? Any fuyin casualties?”

“One was attacked. A crystalkin with arm blades cut a collector bad on the arm. But they only seem to attack if someone stands in their way. No one has been able to pursue so we don’t even know where they go.”

No one can move like me. Itri thought. “Maybe we’ll catch one.”

“That’s the plan, my friend.”

#Amaghelo #amaghelo lore #Itri the Traveler