![]() ![]() The Worldsoul has not changed, nor has the will of Mat'Selesnya: the conclave's main goal is to grow, as it has always been. The Living Guildpact is absent, but the Guildpact comes and goes. Ravnica is troubled, but Ravnica has always been troubled. Ordinary members of the conclave spend a few hours every day training with a military instructor and studying with a religious teacher.ĭespite the growing tensions that now grip the world, in the long view of the Selesnya Conclave, not much has changed. In addition to the voda, military and religious leaders in each vernadi regularly communicate with its members. And since your voda is mystically linked to the guildmaster, Trostani, through communion with the Worldsoul, it's safe to assume that Trostani knows who you are as well. You have regular contact with your voda, who knows your name and has a good idea of your interests, goals, and strengths. ![]() A dryad, called a voda, is called forth from that central tree to be the leader of the community, connecting the vernadi and its devotees to the Worldsoul and uniting them with the will of the entire conclave.Ī voda is accessible to all the guild members in her care. ![]() The vernadi are smaller versions of the guildhall, the great city-tree Vitu-Ghazi. The Selesnya Conclave is organized into enclaves called vernadi, which are communes built around central trees. The original mission of the conclave involved conservation and charity, but its focus has long been on expanding its community, in which all members are cared for and nature is preserved in harmony with civilization. The current guildmaster, Trostani-three dryads fused together with Mat'Selesnya into a single being-is said to embody the will of the Worldsoul in a similar way. At the signing of the original Guildpact, Mat'Selesnya was embodied in an elemental form and acted as the guild's first guildmaster. In the meantime, they are growing an army, preparing to resist the ambition and destructive impulses of the other guilds and fight to defend their way of life.Īt the heart of the Selesnya faith and philosophy is the Worldsoul, called Mat'Selesnya, which its devotees believe to be a manifestation of nature itself. ![]() The members of the conclave dream of embracing all of Ravnica in their peaceful union. Like a thriving garden, carefully tended and abundantly fertile, the communities of the Selesnya Conclave are a harmonious union of nature and civilization. Doug Beyer, Return to Ravnica: The Secretist He rode his white war rhino, driving the Selesnya ranks forward, guiding them through the streets toward the Rakdos horde. Below her, Captain Calomir led the Selesnya army. Two more of the nature behemoths strode ahead of her, swinging their limbs in slow motion, indenting the streets with their footfalls as the other Selesnya troops ran between their legs. Emmara rode on the shoulder of a massive creature made of a snarl of marble, wood, and vines, her hand resting on its great head. Griffons and their riders swooped down out of a blanket of low clouds, strafing past the spires. Human and elf infantry flooded through the arteries of the district, streaming past intersections and flowing around buildings. The centaurs' hooves clattered on the cobblestones and the wolf-riders bounded over stone bridges. Selesnya troops poured into the streets, emptying the nature temples, wildlife preserves, and other green spaces controlled by the conclave. ![]()
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