Summoners are no longer canon eh?

So I'll elaborate a bit on things because I was actually a part of a conversation about this very topic:

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Personally, I want to get Summoners out on the table. A few of us have been talking about that quite a bit lately. It's honestly hard for me to pin down a list of stuff I want us to work on first because there is so much. I prefer to see empowered teams make those decisions based on the needs of the player, the game, and the story world. I also prefer to see priority based upon what's the coolest shit that we just have to get to players now, damn it! NOW! When people are excited, we're usually onto something.

A person asked what that meant and I said:

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Basically Summoners weren't removed with the IoW removal, but remade for the new canon, and what that is has yet to be elaborated on.

Jaredan responded with:

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This!

And to reiterate for folks who aren't in the know (not specifically for youDoflamingoGT but for others that might read this) Jaredan's basically the head of Narrative, so that right there is the head of lore confirming Summoner's are indeed still a thing. He'd actually mentioned it a few months before this, but it's long been buried in boards posts so it'll be hard to find the exact quote right now. Suffice to say though Summoner's are a thing.