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Urza continues to build a collection of artifacts that will defeat the Phyrexian invasion. After descovering the Thran mana rig in Shiv and begining to rebuild the Tolarian Academy, Urza splits his time between two projects.

With the assistance of his studnt Jhoira and karn, the silver golem, Urza surveys the Thran mana rig in shiv and uncovers its primary purpose: to create the rare Thran powerstones. They also discover that key parts of the facility were specifically designed for use by goblins. Urza and his party conclude that the hostilities between the viashino and the local goblins are territorial, the goblin's incursions into the rig are an effort to reclaim their "home".

To operate the rig at full capacity will require the rig's current residents (the viashino) and its previous ones (the goblins). Urza finds himself in the uncomfortable role of peacemaker as he attempts to convince both groups to work together under his guidance. Urza negotiates with the goblin chieftain and the viashino bey, and through barter, compromise, and force of personality, manages to

unify all the area's residents behind his cause. The goblins and viashino agree to work together to produce the Thran metal framework of the weatherlight and a functionla, but uncharged, powerstone.

Meanwhile, Tolaria still suffers from the fallout of Urza's disastorous time-travel experiments, and many of the Academy's students and tutors are trapped in time rifts. Some, like Teferi, are frozen in

"slow time" and appear to move hardly at all. Others in "fast time" have grown old and raised several generations of descendants. A Phyrexian sleeper agent named Kerrick is caught in one of these bubbles of accelerated time. As quickly as their limited resources allow, he and his small squad of negators are evolving into creatures that can survive the crossing back to normal time.

With the manufactured portions of the weatherlight underway and Barrin keeping Kerrick's forces in check, Urza journeys to the sentient forest of Yavimayato enlist its aid. Yavimaya and many of its denizens remember Urza's role in decimating Argoth, however, and he's taken captive by the power of the forest and its emissary, Multani. Urza's

consciousness merges with Yavimaya's, and he's forced to experience firsthand the destruction he visited on Argoth. This also enables the forest to see and feel what Urza experienced during his failed raid on Phyrexia. The communion lasts for several years, but Urza's projects in Shiv and Tolaria continue, guided by his closest aides.

Urza's link with Multani and Yavimaya is interrupted when Kerrick's horde finally breaks free. Urza rushes to his Academy's defense, inadvertently bringing Multani with him. Urza gathers all the Shivan and Tolarian forces he can muster and, with Multani's help, they destroy Kerrick and his minions. Urza's cause has been.

graphically demonstrated to Yavimaya: if the forest doesn't help him, all of Dominaria may face the horror of Phyrexia. Through Multani, Yavimaya gives Urza the Weatherseed, a large organic construct that will grow onto the

hull. Multani will guide the weatherlight's growth, and Yavimaya also provides the template for a