So, the arena version of Jace still has a lot of metal and tentacles. The story only really mentions him having plugs still, but I assume the amount of metal on him is canon? If so, it’s kind of weird that it’s only found on arena.I’m not sure what the deal is with two different versions, but the idea is that Jace isn’t fully healed. Getting the nuances of that across in art is tough - the markers on other formerly compleated were sometimes missed by folks, so maybe they decided subtle isn’t better.
zanthr:
Wait, sorry, what *were* the markers on the other formerly completed? Ajani's only shown up post-completion on Negate (you can kinda see his crafted tendons under the skin?), but Nissa's art doesn't show her scars anywhere, does it? It's hard to tell with the magic effect on her arms. Nahiri & Vraska look pretty clean too, though Vraska had that phoenix magic that regenerated her.
Apologies if it's obvious and I'm just missing them, but a clearer mark somewhere would've been nice. I've seen the effects of de-compleation on each character since I read all the stories, but i know that's a minority of people.
This is offhand, so I may have forgotten something:
Nissa - Ribcage exoskeleton, Brass Forearms
Nahiri - Glowing Scars, possibly glowing eyes
Ajani - Scar lines in flensed skin (hard to tell what else)
Vraska - Reworked Forehead/Eyebrows, glowing chest piece
Jace - Sigil Button “plugs”, possibly more based on the above conversation