[Tribute] Arnath: Creative

(Quotes on this page are not restricted to flavor text of active cards/cards in the skeleton. The idea is to have the quotes as a reference for later use in the set even if the card eventually gets culled from the set.)

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Assorted Notes

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Arnath

World Factions

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Government

Taken in the Night    C  Sorcery Exile target tapped creature. "Rebels like yourself have a tendency to be never seen again." -Talim, Supreme Inquisitor	Arnath's capital is heavily policed.	Interrogation Taken in the Night Imperial Mastodon Propaganda Poster Imperial Shieldmage Imperial Peacekeeper Eavesdrop Appeasement Sentinel Wurm Quiethouse Interrogator Propaganda Preventative Measure Angelic Peacekeeper Vicious Guardsman Pacify Emphatically Corrupt Commissioner District Adjudicator Public Investigation Angel of the Watch Coordinated Surveilance Sanction Use of Force Forceful Punishment Raid the Slums Pairs of Prying Eyes Hardhearted Guardsman

Clairvoyant Ooze    R  Creature – Ooze Whenever you pay a transparency cost, create a 3/3 green and blue Ooze creature token. 3/3	In state sponsored mage's laboratories ever new technologyand magic for the purpose of surveilance is developed.	Vision Drone Clairvoyant Ooze

Mayor's Gardener    C  Creature – Human Whenever a player casts a blue spell, untap Mayor's Gardener. 2/2	Citizens are concerned.	Mayor's Gardener Conspiracy Theorist Archive Assistant Favored Citizen

Locations: Quiethouse; government sector

Groups: Enforcer squads, Sakarth's watchers

Characters: Talim, Supreme Inquisitor; Senator Greyvald; Rodric Saffor, captain of inner defense

Races/Classe: Drone, Angel, Human, Advisor, Soldier

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Underground

Desolate Anarchist    C  Creature – Human Rebel , Exile a card named Desolate Anarchist from your graveyard: Desolate Anarchist deals 3 damage to target creature. We celebrate as heroes today the martyrs of tomorrow. 1/2	Civil unrest is a concern.	Saragath Renegade Rebellion Supplier Viva la Resistance! Excited Rabble Sudden Riot Benefer's Orphan Mob Justice Chainbreaker Ogre Turf Expansion Turf Runner Deface Improvised Pallisade Desolate Anarchist Revolution's Forerunner Forced Entrance Hostile Greeting Stir the Crowd Righteous Looter Dissenting Scholar Spiteful Attack Song of Angry Men

Workers' Representative    C  Creature – Dwarf Citizen When Workers' Representative dies, create two 1/1 red Rebel creature tokens. 2/2	The dwarven workers trying to unionize labor and stand up to the exploitation by the upper class are driven into the arms of the rebels.	Seize Production Workers' Representative Disgruntled Ironworker

Contraband Delivery    C  Instant Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player this turn, draw a card. "We cannot trust those smugglers. They are out for themselves and do not care for the greater cause. But we need them nevertheless." —Maryus Rafine, rebel leader	The underworld profiteers.	Evidence Hider Untimely Demise Contraband Delivery Blackmarket Lookout Scavenging Aven Dead or Alive

Ferocious Zheng    C  Creature – Cat Beast The only kind of opposition the administrator tolerates – even encourages – comes from the beasts specifically bred for exciting hunting sport in so-called preservations. 4/4	The wild prevails, but must serve a purpose. The druids reject the exploitation of the wilds.	War-Zheng Rider Ferocious Zheng Messenger Drake Bloom from Blood Spellmist Stag

Locations: Outer Turf

Groups: Gatewatch, turf rebels, Benefer's Orphans, Devotion of Orsalath

Characters: Maryus Rafine, rebel leader; Lucius, underground watchpost

Races/Classe: Goblin, Human, Rebel, Rogue

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Important Characters

Talim, Supreme Inquisitor

• "Rebels like yourself have a tendency to be never seen again." Taken in the Night

Maryus Rafine, rebel leader

• "The oppressors will fall, and a new era of prosperity shall dawn!" Viva la Resistance!
• "We cannot trust those smugglers. They are out for themselves and do not care for the greater cause. But we need them nevertheless." Contraband Delivery
• "The militia is no longer welcome in Saragath district." Hostile Greeting

Senator Greyvald

• "The real issue with the turf rebels is that they have no walls that define the borders of their territory. Their influence spreads through the sympathizing mind set of the populace." Turf Expansion

Rodric Saffor, captain of inner defense

• "The rabble may come, but they will never cross perimeter of the government sector." Imperial Shieldmage

Benefer

• The offspring of quieted rabble rousers learn from their adoptive mother the tricks to survive until the day of their vengeance. Benefer's Orphan

Lucius, underground watchpost

• "Their stun bolts are not deadly you say? I have seen so many men and women carried away by the drones and never return... I know that there is a worse fate than immediate death." Imperial Peacekeeper

Takylon, Voice of the Free

• "The spirit of those who would reject the leash evenually inspires more to reject the yoke." Revolution's Forerunner

Iuro & Cara

­Pairs of Prying Eyes & Spiteful Attack

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Assorted Quotes

• "The eye that is drawn on the poster is more than just a picture" Propaganda Poster
• "I know what they are planning. Come with me and I'll keep you safe... for now." Conspiracy Theorist
• (Storyline Spotlight?) "We've always been at war with the Gatewatch." Propaganda
• The building got its name from the permanent soundproof enchantment covering the whole premise. Quiethouse Interrogator
• Enforcer squads do not venture into the outer turf without heavy backup. Sentinel Wurm
• Pacification actions in the outer turf repeatedly end up provoking new surges of violence from the populace. Mob Justice
• It pays to pay the right people. Corrupt Commissioner
• After crackdown enforcers are always recruiting to sustain order with additional patrols. Pacify Emphatically
• Revolutionaries in times of desperation resort to the same means they despise in the enforcers of law. Either way bystanders suffer. Forced Entrance
• Insurgent notes tied to pigeons and rodents frequently become intercepted and leaked to the authorities. Administrative dispatches by the government rarely suffer that problem. Messenger Drake
• We celebrate as heroes today the martyrs of tomorrow. Desolate Anarchist
• Young freedom fighters would hurriedly build walls from scrap materials and furniture. The enforcer squads would tear down the walls just as quickly. Improvised Pallisade
• The paint on the wall and torn down pamphlets are a low form of defiance, but an important one: Always reminding the discontent populace that somebody shares their anger. Deface
• The only kind of opposition the administrator tolerates – even encourages – comes from the beasts specifically bred for exciting hunting sport in so-called preservations. Ferocious Zheng
• The Chief Chronicler's work involves collecting reports of disruptive behavior and 'processing' them before they are committed to the permanent record. Archive Assistant
• She keeps her eye open for law keepers entering the alley, but her eyes see far more than that and her whispers are heard by hidden masters. Blackmarket Lookout
• You have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide. Public Investigation
• When Sevim saw the library set ablaze, he knew he had to bring as many valuable from the flames as he could to a safer place: His private collection. Righteous Looter
• The official report blamed the rebels for the fire consuming the hall of knowledge; word of mouth speaks of a ruthless strike by the peacekeepers. Whatever your beliefs, you can find them confirmed. Scavenging Aven
• Don't they realize? The harder they push, the more violent a response they provoke. Forceful Punishment
• They confiscated nothing that wasn't probably stolen anyway. Raid the Slums
• TThe druids of the Devotion of Orsalath practice their defiance in their own small way, cultivating memorial gardens in the places of violence past. Bloom from Blood
• The difference between obedience and defiance lay not in the words of the rabble-rousers, but in the years of oppression that preceded them. Stir the Crowd
• The city guard on their routine patrol, the drones passing overhead, neighbours entering or leaving the house. How unnoticable they were befor Iuro joined the cause. Pairs of Prying Eyes
• Not everyone opposing the government takes to the street. Dissenting Scholar
• Pushed so far that not mental nor physical health was of concern anymore, Cara lashed out. Spiteful Attack
• At times corpsehaulers smuggle insurgents feigning death out of the scenes of their crimes. Dead or Alive
• It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again. Song of Angry Men

TODO:

• Belletristic Pyre, Hedge Maze Elk, Gaze of the Leader, Academy Instructor, Shining-Crown Stag, Grassroots Druid, Vinfeldt Scion, Coal Blast, Deter Action, Amnesith Hauler;
• Hauler Mastodon, Confessor, Centaur Liberator, Drone Machinist, Infiltrator Drone, Backalley Ally, Resignation Elemental, Stroll in the Park
• Silverwing Arbiter, Favored Innkeeper, Orsalath Disciple, Purge Contraband, Fortify Position, Coerced Worker
• Renegade Salvo

upcoming cards:

• Fervent Bookburner Do they know they burn down the path to their own true freedom?
• Decorated Vigilante Those whose feelings fall in line with the oppressors' ideology will willingly defend their oppressors with violent service.
• Children of the System, Boy/Girl Scouts