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Let’s Talk about Ravnica

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Return to Ravnica (Oct 2012)
Gatecrash (Feb 2013)
Dragon’s Maze (May 2013)
Modern Visual Culture Society of Leeds Met (MOVIC) went to play the Dragons of Tarkir pre-release event on April 27, 2013.

Leylines of the Tenth District?

By orienting the official map of the Tenth District to the North,
centred on the Tenth District Plaza (where Nicol Bolas would later erect his citadel,)
and rotating the symbol of the Guildpact to the sun aligns with the sunlight…

We found that several guildhalls were in their segments of the map:
Northern precincts where Boros and Grull are struggling;
the orderly Eastern precincts dominated by the Selesnya, Simic, Azorius, and Orzhov;
and the chaotic Western precincts dominated by the Golgari, Rakdos, Izzet, and Dimir.
DM's Notes: Since Benzer's Bridge, the main thoroughfare for cargo travelling to and from districts beyond the Tenth, heads southwards from the Wayport in Precinct Six. 

We could assume the Tenth is the North-North-East district among the districts; with the First District being the Centre, the Second district being the Northmost, and the other districts being numbered radially anticlockwise on the plane? e.g. Irbitov (Orzhov Mausoleum District?) and Jezeru (Simic Lake District?). 

(Which means Ravnica is a plane named after the city of interest, like Ixalan.) 
Precinct One
Orzhova
Precinct Two
New Prahv
Precinct Three
Vitu-Ghazi (and Old Phahv?)
Precinct Four
Sunhome
Nivix
Skarrg
Precinct Five
Zameck, in Zonot Seven*
Precinct Six
Gore House**
Undercity
Duskmantle
Korozda
Rix Maadi**
Undersea*
Azorius Senate
Towers of New Prahv, Guildhall of the Senate.
Approaching the Azorius Guild Hall.
Azor, Parun of the Senate.
Sample guild-letter.
Boros Legion
Sunhome, Guildhall of the Legion.
Approaching the Boros Guild Hall.
Razia, Parun of the Legion.
Sample guild-letter.
House Dimir
Duskmantle, Guildhall of the House.
Approaching the Dimir Guild Hall.
Szadek, Parun of the House.
Sample guild-letter.
Golgari Swarm
Approaching the Golgari Guild Hall.
Svogthir, the Parun of the Swarm, was entombed in
Svogthos, Guildhall of the Swarm.
Sample guild-letter.
GRUUL Clans
Skarrg, Guildhall of the Clans.
Approaching the Gruul Guild Hall.
Borborygmos, Guild Leader of the Clans,
a descendant of their Parun: Cisarzim.
Sample guild-letter.
IZZET League
Nivix, Guildhall of the League.
Approaching the Izzet Guild Hall.
Sample guild-letter.
ORZHOV Syndicate
Orzhova, Guildhall of the Syndicate.
Approaching the Orzhov Guild Hall.
Obzedat, the Parun of the Syndicate.
Sample guild-letter.
Cult of RAKDOS
Rix Maadi, Guildhall of the Cult.
Approaching the Rakdos Guild Hall.
Sample guild-letter.
SELESNYA Conclave
Vitu-Ghazi, Guildhall of the Conclave.
Approaching the Selesnya Guild Hall.
Mat’Selesnya, Parun of the Conclave, an elemental formed from the union of several dryads…
Sample guild-letter.
SIMIC Combine
Approaching the Simic Guild Hall.
The Combine's Parun was said to be a Vedalken by the name of Simic... 
Sample guild-letter.
Should the above #MoodBoard inspire Dungeon Masters to attempt to host a D&D campaign on Ravnica... 

Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering are two different games, but that doesn’t mean their Multiverses can’t meet.

Plane Shift

A perpetual haze of dreary rain hangs over the spires of Ravnica. Bundled against the weather, the cosmopolitan citizens in all their fantastic diversity go about their daily business in bustling markets and shadowy back alleys. Through it all, ten guilds—crime syndicates, scientific institutions, church hierarchies, military forces, judicial courts, buzzing swarms, and rampaging gangs—vie for power, wealth, and influence.

These guilds are the foundation of power on Ravnica. They have existed for millennia, and each one has its own identity and civic function, its own diverse collection of races and creatures, and its own distinct subculture. Their history is a web of wars, intrigue, and political machinations as they have vied for control of the plane.

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