Izzet League

Structure

The dragon Niv-Mizzet is the Izzet guildmaster. His personal court, the Izmundi, comprises the most useful researchers in the guild. The Izmangus - Niv-Mizzet's personal council - are selected from the most powerful Izmundi.

Public Agenda

The Guildpact charges the League with systems maintenance, civil engineering, and public works projects. In pursuit of this, the League has poured their energy into wild experiments, ostensibly to improve Ravnican infrastructure.

Assets

In addition to maintaining laboratories and research facilities across the city, the League's guildhall, Nivix, is a bastion of magical wealth. Their gadgets, experiments, and machines are primarily housed here. Moreover, Izzet chemisters are the only people in the city who work mizzium.

History

Niv-Mizzet is one of the few current guildmasters who also signed the original Guildpact. In the beginning, the League was simply his personal research team. They had a deep, practical knowledge of applied magical theory and were eager to utilize their skills on a grander scale. As the city grew, so did their responsibilities and, consequently, their ambitions.
It was the Izzet who finally broke the planar seal around Ravnica and opened it to the multiverse. Their magical tinkering fundamentally altered the fabric of reality, which some believe the League's greatest achievement.

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In the ensuing chaos, few have asked questions regarding the experiment known only as "Planar Diplomacy." As the offworlders become a part of everyday life on Ravnica, however, concerned parties are looking to the League for answers; there was no formal mandate or request to study the planes.

Military

The League maintains guards and security for their labs, but no formal military force. However, most chemisters and engineers are familiar with combat magic.

Technological Level

The League has pioneered the vast majority of magical advancements since the signing of the Guildpact. They provide metropolitan comforts to most citizens within the Core and are working on expanding their systems to the more remote places of the world. They and the Simic Combine are the most magically and scientifically advanced of the guilds.

Foreign Relations

Izzet View on Other Guilds

To the lively intellect of the Izzet, the members of Ravnica's other guilds seem slow, dull, and utterly lacking in the spirit of scientific inquiry and experimentation.

Azorius: "The Azorius create regulations for everything, including freedom. What dull, shackled lives they lead."

Boros: "All too often when we're on the verge of setting off a little explosion or a spell that tears a hole in reality, the Boros show up to spoil the fun."

Dimir: "The less we see of the Dimir, the more we know that they are monitoring us."

Golgari: "They keep to themselves and clean up our messes, As long as they stay out of sight, it's hard to view them as a threat."

Gruul: "They're even better at wrecking our laboratories than we are!"

Orzhov: "Progress means taking risks. But when you gamble with the Orzhoov, you always wager more than coin."

Rakdos: "Steer clear of theses senseless riot-fiends. Their enthusiasm is best appreciated from a distance."

Selesnya: "These zealots run with beasts and worship figments of the past. They would be wiser to embrace the wonders of the future."

Simic: "The Simic are inventive, but their creations are bereft of soul and fire. They tinker with life but lack the inspiration to breathe true spirit into their inventions."

Agriculture & Industry

The League are the only producers of mizzium in the city.

Education

Most Izzet members study magic, metallurgy, astronomy, meteorology, alchemy, or other arcane science fields at a third-party university before coming to work for the Izzet. There is no formal training structure, and every skill a member of the Izzet acquires is in some way unique to them.

Infrastructure

The Izzet build and maintain all of the public works infrastructure for the city of Ravnica. The sewers, electromana lines, subterranean translocation inline zepplins (STIZ), and airship stations are all at least partially under their control.

Founding Date

1 ZC

Type

Education, Magic

Leader

Niv-Mizzet

Location

Nivix

Controlled Territories

• Nivix
• Pipe Tunnels
• Sewers
• STIZ Tunnels

Notable Members

• Niv-Mizzet