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Cosmus, God of Magic

Overview

  • Rank: Greater Deity
  • Symbol: Star in front of a book
  • Home Plane: The Astral Plane
  • Alignment: N
  • Portfolio: Knowledge, Magic, Balance
  • Worshipers: Wizards, sorcerers, archivists, bards, sages
  • Cleric Alignments: CN, LN, N, NE, NG
  • Domains: Knowledge, Magic, Balance, Spell, Mind
  • Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff

Origins
Cosmus was willed into existence by reality itself, an inevitable result of magic taking form across the Known Spheres. It was not created, summoned, or born — it simply emerged as the regulating force of arcane equilibrium, the still point within the weave of power and purpose.

Description
Cosmus does not have a body, nor does it ever manifest in physical form. It is sensed only through the use of magic — a guiding stillness in a chaotic surge, the stabilizing presence that makes control possible. It does not speak to its followers or appear in visions, and it demands no offerings. Its presence is strongest in libraries, scriptoria, and places where magic and learning are pursued in earnest. There are no temples raised in its name, only halls of study where balance and knowledge are honored through quiet discipline and inquiry.

Dogma
Magic is not a tool to be owned or a gift to be hoarded. It is a natural force that must be studied, understood, and balanced. Cosmus teaches that knowledge must serve clarity, and power must serve discipline. Its followers believe that in every mystery uncovered, a new question must be asked. Harmony, not dominance, is the mark of a true master of the arcane.

Home Sphere
No home sphere.