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Predator,
Flagship & Skyship Weatherlight
by Miguel Caron
Predator, Flagship
No other object has struck so much fear into the hearts
of those who would
cross it none other the massive Predator flagship.it's
awesome size and
distinguishing terrorizing appearance setting apart from
even the most
fearsome beasts in the tides of Magic..truly deserving
the title of
Predator.
Commanded by the dreadlord Greven Il-Vec, it serves as
both sentry and
assault for the Stronghold and the Evincar of Rath.it's
long range cannons
able to make fodder out of almost anything, be it sinew
or metal. Although
it lacks the planeswalking engine of the Weatherlight,
it's firepower and
speed easily make up for it.
Most notably, the Predator was used by Greven Il-Vec
during the rescue of
the femme fatale Sisay to attempt to destroy the
Weatherlight. However,
Greven and the evincar Volrath were ill prepared for
such a feat, and the
Weatherlight escaped.but not before being hounded by
Predator.which nipped
at it's heels, causing the mage Ertai to miss his leap
to the Weatherlight.
Damaged by the battle, the Predator was nearly
destroyed, if not for the
works of Ertai.who used his magics to slow the descent
of Predator and
navigate it into the Stronghold as it lost almost all of
it's flight
capabilities. After being repaired, it was sent into
battle once more when
the Rath and Dominaria planes overlaid each other.
However, this time it was
not as successful, and was shot down, crashing into the
Stronghold.
Skyship Weatherlight
A symbol of hope and light, the skyship Weatherlight is
one of the most
notable artifactual machine in the tides of Magic,
sleek, powerful, and
heroic, it's presence is unmistakable, as is her crew.
Commanded by Gerrard Capashen, her crew included at one
point the Urborg
nobleman Crovax, the navigator Hanna, the fair Captain
Sisay, the silver
golem Karn, the annoyance known as Squee, the healer
Orim and the mage
Ertai. Her gentle but powerful appearance sets her apart
from most other
ships, not to mention the planeswalking engine she
holds, which lets her
jump from plane to plane, like the planeswalker Urza. It
lacks any
superdestructive weaponry like it's nemesis Predator,
but it's speed and
planeswalking abilities make it a force to be reckoned
with.
It's notable exploits occurred when Gerrard and his crew
voyaged to the
artificial plane of Rath to rescue the captain Sisay.
For this event, the
mage Ertai was recruited from Barrin's academy of magic
in Tolaria, as he
would be needed to man the portal for the ship. After
Sisay had been
successfully freed from Volrath's dungeon, the
Weatherlight made it's
escape. However, the Predator and it's crew were hot on
the heels of the
fleeing ship, the Weatherlight barely making it out of
Rath before the
Predator caught up to her. Later on, when the planes of
Dominaria and Rath
had become overlaid, the Phyrexians blew a plague bomb
aboard the ship,
poisoning the navigator Hanna, after fighting the
poison, she was finally
killed by it. In a later battle, the Weatherlight was
critically wounded and
sent crashing into the apex of a volcano. The maro
sorcerer Multani had been
present aboard the Weatherlight, fortunately, and using
his gifts from Gaea,
repaired the damaged vessel.
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