Okay, so after three days I finally finished this picture which is the key artwork for my MtG project. Besides this pic including Nicol Bolas and Ajani, it is -of course- absolutely fictive and my own mind game. I try of course to fit my story into the canon of MtG tho.

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The struggle between good and evil is eternal and as old as humanity. And also the world Ceos had created so long ago as an unharmed sacntuary in the mulitverse is not spared from that and while he back then made sure his world would be protected, darkness always reaches out for it. Now Ceos, as a planeswalker of old and master of enchantments, weaver serveral powerfull spells around Adastra after it's creation that made the world invisble to planeswalkers, who didn't knew of it's existance. One could imagine it as a sphere around the world that had the very same color as the blind eternities surrounding it. On the world this grand enchantment appears as the living and eternal nightsky of Adastra. Due to it's closeness to Ceos' homeworld Theros however it rubbed off in a way and created the realm of Nyx, althoug the appearance is today mostly the only parallel of the worlds as they seperated again over the ages. Now Ceos has long wandered the multivers before the planar chaos and he had often founds the seeds of corruption. Whenever he could he ceased those before they could spread, however this of course did not went unnoticed by the master of corruption and schemes Nicol Bolas, who more then once saw his plans entire worlds taken out, when Ceos cleansed another world. So, even without ever meeting in person, they became enemies and the elder dragon had spies on probably every world to tell them if they saw a leonin planeswalker to fit his describtion, yet sometimes for years there was no trace of the planeswalker who had become such a bother to the dragon and as Bolas had created worlds on his own, he figured that there must have been a place in the multiverse that the leonin had especially tended so it would be sheltered from other planeswalkers. Long did the dragon search for this world or have his pawns look for it, but it was in vain as they just couldn't find it, because Adastra is hidden and shall only be found by those who are invited in by Ceos himself and the protective enchantment would fight every intruder who might still come across this world by chance. Now time passed and the great planar chaos took place.While Ceos had not been directly involved, but yet he had felt the great disturbance, swiftly he set into the blind eternities to protect his world when needed, but before he could reach the savety of his world, a wave of chaotic energy hit him. Blind, limb and confused he crashed against the sheltering dome, he once had created himself around the world, as in this state of numbness even he was unable to enter and a scar would furthermore remind him of this day. Long he drifted through the void until he hit Theros once again. The one world he had never seen again since he had left, as the pain still screamed out to Ceos when he saw this world and images of the last scene he had witnessed there would haunt him in terrible nightmares for days after. Yet now it was this very world that saved him. He woke up, surrounded by stars and yet those were not those of his making. He had woken in Nyx that was then still wild and chaotic for the most part and people on the ground were often equally amazed and terryfied by the nightly storms of light. Then the gods of this world approched. Young they were back then, but rich on power and ambition. They greeted Ceos as he has been the first who had entered their realm and as they nod had names back then, they introduced themselves with the virture they felt strongest in their hearts. Then it was on Ceos to speak, but weak he was and the planar surge had cost him a lot of power he once wielded. He felt the emptiness where he once felt his great powers and the mana he commanded and he felt who this void drained the life from him. Yet he refused to surrender to his death while his world may lie and chaos. Long the gods of Theros watched his struggle, uncertain what to do, as they had never seen someone like him. It was the goddess who had named the virtue of passion, who had stepped forward then. Green were her robes and red was her hair and she knelt besides the dying one and spoke.
"Will your desire to protect ever cease burning inside you?" She asked, her voice warm and hot like a bonfire and wild like the dance around it.
With one eye blinking and the other an ever vigilant star, Ceos looked upon her fair face. Beautiful and free.
"No."
It was the one word he could muster, but it had been strong and honest and none of the divines would ever doubt this word.
"Then you shall take my own strength, because I know that my passion will life ever on in every sould you protect from harm."
Her divine strength then filled him and his strength grew while hers faded and when it had been done and the lights around them faded it was he, who held her in his arms and she, who was dying and her siblings were shocked and once more uncertain of their actions as they had never dared to imagine one of them would die that day.
But Ceos spoke, honest and strong once more and he swore that he won't let her die for his own life and he would return the favor and save her life. He rose, but stopped and one last time turned around and as he saw the gods young and insecure he spoke one last time and promised their world a protection as he would never return to this world. Then, upon his command, the nighsky gave birth to a rider on a winged lion, the first of few who would stand watch upon this world in his name and they tamed the nightsky for the gods and men alike.
At last, clad in stars and night, Ceos left Theros one last time with the dying goddess and they set foot on Adastra where he let the magic of the forest around them bind with her and her spirit become one with those of the people that lived there as they were as free and passionate as she was and they would take her among them and she would become their queen.
But Ceos had then parted and he felt that his world had changed. Long he had been on Theros as then, in Nyx the time had passed different and what had been long moments of vain had been years on Adastra and a great war had torn wounds into this world of peace as the great disturbance had caused ripples upon the sheltering spell which had fallen down onto the world as twisted versions of the nightsky's children and even today some of them linger in hidden corners of Adastra and since that day the world under the stars had known war and danger and Ceos would long travel his world to heal the wounds this war had caused upon his world and in the center of the highest mountains he would cast an ocean of sand and it should then be the home of the remaining monsters of Adastra and their even they could live and serve as guardians because Ceos was then to built the most sacred place on his world and he would build it save in the center of the desert, hidden and untouched by any besides those to guard it and it was a great library that would furthermore store texts of lore to never be forgotten. And Ceos had brought this library from a dying world to save it at least in memory. A golden dragon would then stand watch upon this place, and he would be the most pure of Ceos' children and the wisest son of Adastra.
But only few should ever see this place and even less who were not children of the stars. Years after only three more had set foot upon Adastra's sacred ground, that were born on worlds beyond. The last one would be a great hunter and most loyal and he came with his people from a grim dark world. Before him had come a warrior who Ceos had to show his way of balance. But yet before them had been the most trusted friend of Ceos as they were of same mind and blood. He should become the most dearest to Ceos since his family had died on Theros and together they would stand against dark often and strong.

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And there we have it, a little more lore about Adastra and Ceos that I wove into the MtG universe. The origin of Nyx on Theros, where the archons there came from and why there had been no r/g god before Xenagos in the story. Where Ceos got his scar and how he experienced the planar chaos, why people on Adastra even knew weapons if it's a world of peace and what role the library has. All those are questions I tried to answer in this little story and tried to make it as fitting as possible. I hope you might have noticed to which planeswalkers I referred in the end.
Cian http://www.furaffinity.net/view/26546167/
Amur http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25347915/
And Ajani who is also shown in the picture
And the dragon at the end was of course Razahn http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25184984/

Of course I don't owe MtG or any of it's original chars

I really hope you enjoy this pic and the little story and that the three days of work were worth it. If you have any thoughts on it I would love to hear them please.
What did you think about the story and the pic? And how do you feel with fanmade stories and chars being entvined like this into the MtG lore?
Thank you all in advance folks and I wish you all a great day!