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Been thinking a lot about how Vigorbloom's flawed approach to biomancy echoes Jace's approach to the Multiverse. Unlike Witherbloom, Vigorbloom refuses to face death or decay, and attempts fervently to pull back anyone and everyone from the brink, regardless of consent. (1/X)

Vigorbloom art by Dmitry Burmak of a horned woman crouching with a flower. Pieces of wood and foliage are growing out of her body, and she has a Jace eye brooch at her neck.

Roy Graham: So I think the central theme of this story is identity. Who you are, whether the good parts of you can be separated from— where did you go Alison Luhrs, already knee-deep in the Eldritch Moon card file: gonna see how fucked up I can make the ship of Theseus

The innkeeper doesn't seem to care. "My uncle merged with his whole town."

"Merged?"

"Oh, yes. Two dozen of us cathars joined up to hunt down Hanweir—the Town—and slay it."

Appalled, Tam can't hide the look on her face. "You killed your own uncle?"

"My uncle died the day the town became the Town. Way I see it, my devoted brethren and I slayed the monster that took him."