Banesaints
I wrote this passage about the idea of taking a “banesaint” back around 2009, for the Scars of Mirrodin world guide. I don’t think the idea never made it onto Magic cards, and the world now known as New Phyrexia certainly has bigger fish to fry these days than the maintenance of certain Auriok cultural practices. But I’ve been thinking about the idea a lot lately:
--Scars of Mirrodin world guide excerpt
I like how the idea feels both infuriatingly unjust (like, “why should it be THEIR responsibility?!”) and also, in a way, painfully noble. I think I would tweak some things about the idea before applying it directly to the real world (like maybe you should start by selecting a banesaint from whose acts you have somehow benefited, for example). But I keep thinking about it in relation to the real world, and I think it’s an intriguing little nugget of worldbuilding, so here. YOU think about it now.
