Niv - Randomly gives goblins magical power

Even being near the power that magelords like Zomaj Hauc could wield was an honor. And though it hadn’t happened in a generation, every once in a while a goblin gained the gift of Niv-Mizzet, was touched by the Firemind, and became a magelord too. True, every goblin magelord in history had been killed by his or her human peers within a week of receiving that gift, but the point was that a goblin could really be someone in the Izzet League.

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Guildpact, Chapter 1