Gonti

Gonti is an aetherborn former crime lord who presided over Ghirapur's Gonti's Night Market, where Renegades flocked to obtain illicit goods and siphoned aether. Gonti provided aid to the Renegades in exchange for services rendered later. After New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse and the creation of the Avishkar Assembly, Gonti was legitimized as the night minister of Ghirapur.
==Description==
Gonti's skin appears like a cracked stone, hard and strong, encasing an aether heart that allows them to live long past an average aetherborn's lifespan. Gonti wears all black, save for a faceplate of finely inlaid gold.
==History==
Ghirapur's most infamous night market is named for the equally infamous aetherborn crime lord, known as Lord Gonti. Gonti has amassed a fortune as a smuggler of illicit inventions, and in the process acquired an aether-powered artificial heart apparatus that sustains their existence. Despite a reputation for ruthlessness, the crime lord is constantly surrounded by the most entertaining or interesting people they can find. Members of this entourage get to enjoy a whirlwind life of carefree luxury, until Gonti tires of the relationship and brings it to an abrupt and often deadly end.
Lord Gonti lives in a converted warehouse adjacent to the night market, utterly ordinary from the outside, but full of all the luxuries, comforts, and delights that money can buy: a small menagerie of animal-like constructs, a fully animated kitchen that serves every meal to Gonti and their guests, a theater featuring regular performances of music and drama, a trophy room to display their most prized inventions, and a spacious garage to hold Gonti's collection of airships, walkers, and other vehicles. This vast collection of inventions serves to take the edge off Gonti's boredom when the company of sycophants grows tiresome. As a result, Gonti is constantly on the lookout for the next big thing, something exciting and brilliant that has never been seen before, to add a unique flair to its collection.
Gonti once enlisted the help of Saheeli Rai to fix their aether heart, holding her family hostage to ensure her cooperation. However, after Saheeli finished the operation, the crime lord revealed that the Rais had never been in danger, and they had called off their enforcers before the operation even began.
===Thunder Junction===
After New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse, a wealth of stable Omenpaths appeared in and around the city of Ghirapur. The city was poised to become a center of Multiversal trade, travel, and industry. Gonti was able to pressure their way into an official post as one of the plane's Multiverse emissaries.
In their satellite office on Thunder Junction, Gonti worked along two tracks. Their first project focused on advancing Avishkar's interests regarding Thunder Junction by promoting its culture and industries. Their second project advanced Gonti's interests by promoting their endeavors and industries. In time, they'll be called back to Ghirapur to report their contracts and findings, but until then, they plan to take advantage of the frontier's untapped potential.
===Ghirapur Grand Prix===
Since the collapse of the old Consulate in the Indigo Revolution, the Ghirapur Grand Prix has been championed by Gonti in his new capacity as the new night minister of Ghirapur. Under Gonti's stewardship, the race has leveled up its presentation and now is a legitimate sporting event, albeit one that is more inclined to pay out damages than accept conditions on its conduct, route, or the aftermath of its participants' passage.
==Planes visited==
Through the Omenpaths, Gonti can travel between planes.
*Avishkar/Kaladesh
*Thunder Junction
==Gallery==
File:GontiOTJ.jpg|Product art for Thunder Junction Commander.
Gonti Aether Heart.jpg|<c>Gonti's Aether Heart</c>
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor.jpg|<c>Gonti, Canny Acquisitor</c>
==Story appearances==
Title	Author 	Publishing date	Set 	Setting (plane) 	Featuring
 	Alison Luhrs 	2016-11-30 	Aether Revolt 	Kaladesh 	Yahenni, Nived, Gonti, Farhal, Vedi, Dhriti, Najm, the Gatewatch, Rajul
 	Nik Davidson, Kelly Digges & Kimberly J. Kreines	2017-01-02 	Aether Revolt 	Kaladesh 	Chandra Nalaar, Pia Nalaar, Gonti, Sram, Rajni, Kambal, Kailash, Rashmi, Mitul, Avaati Vya, Kari Zev
 	Reinhardt Suarez 	2022-10-24 	The Brothers' War	Dominaria, Kaladesh	Saheeli, Kaya, Gonti, Jodah, Jhoira, Sharaman, Teferi
 	K. Arsenault Rivera 	2025-01-13 	Aetherdrift 	Avishkar 	Ishikari Bindra, Rashmi (mentioned), Spitfire, Mohar Varma, Pradesh, Gonti (mentioned), Pia Nalaar, Chandra Nalaar, Nissa Revane, Winter, Valgavoth
 	K. Arsenault Rivera 	2025-01-14 	Aetherdrift 	Avishkar, Amonkhet 	Chandra Nalaar, Nissa Revane, Pia Nalaar, Sita Varma, Vin, Lalan, Caradora, Lagorin, Mohar Varma, Far Fortune, Kolodin, Liliana Vess (mentioned), Loot, Winter, Suraj Chaudry III, Gonti, Vraska, Jace Beleren
==In-game references==
==References==
Category:Thunder Junction characters
Category:Aetherborn
Category:Rogues
Category:LGBT characters