Thaal

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Thaal was an Infinite, and the author of The Book of Thaal.
A mysterious and enigmatic being, Thaal had mysteriously vanished shortly following the completion of his book, having been trapped within it.

## History

Not much is known about the Life and Times of Thaal, other than that he had existed since the beginning of The Multiverse just like every other Infinite.
Thaal was very scholarly, even for the standards of The Infinites themselves. However, unlike most others, Thaal was less interested with learning about all the surface-level scientific components of The Multiverse. Instead, rather, he was intrigued by concepts of a more metaphysical nature. Thaal believed that the mysterious governing force of existence known as "Magic", was far less understood than it should have been, and that it study could yield highly valuable information and insight to The Infinites regarding the nature of The Multiverse and all its inner-workings.

And so, Thaal devoted a large portion of his existence to travelling all throughout The Multiverse, in a quest to discover all that he could learn about Magic. In his journeys, Thaal learned from the most powerful, renowned and famous of sorcerers, wizards, monks and other such practitioners of magic. The more insight he gained, the more about magic he understood, and the more all the puzzle pieces began fitting together. All throughout his expedition, Thaal recorded every magical spell, incantation and ritual which he had discovered and learned into a massive book, until he eventually learned and recorded every single spell and ritual in the entire Multiverse. Thaal himself eventually became a powerful user of magic in his own right, having self-taught many of the spells he learned.
Eventually, Thaal's undertaking brought him before the God of Magic himself, Thestus. Thestus agreed to take Thaal under his wing, and teach him all the secrets that would allow his work to reach full completion. The knowledge imparted to Thaal by Thestus was not light of weight, and could have potentially been enough to outright kill mortals with minds which were ill-tempered to comprehend them.
By the end of his expedition, Thaal's book was supposed to serve as proof and validation of his accomplishments, which he intended to present to his Infinite colleagues in an effort to prove wrong their criticisms of the studies he undertook. This, however, would never happen, as Thaal would suddenly and mysteriously disappear before being able to present his book.
How/why exactly Thaal disappeared is subject to much speculation, but one prominent theory persists: Somehow, after being filled with such a large amount of Arcane Knowledge, the Book of Thaal became a highly powerful magical artifact in itself. And Thaal, who somehow had made a mistake in a ritual or handled the book irresponsibly, became magically trapped with the book itself, as his soul was bound to it.

Whatever the case, The Book of Thaal would then come into the possession of Raziel, one of the only beings in The Multiverse who was both powerful enough and responsible enough to handle the book safely and properly; that is, until he fell from grace after being corrupted by Donatello, after which The Book of Thaal would then fall into the hands of Archangel Sabrael, Raziel's former apprentice, when he became his successor.

### The Last Resistance/Confrontation With Magnus

During the events of The Last Resistance, as The Council of Life battled The Xir'algath, Thaal took advantage of the chaos to escape from his book.