Magni

Magni is the Rotwortan God of Spells, Stars, and Stories adopted by Pasha as a God of *The Structure.* Magni is viewed in a positive way by most of the continent as the layman's God of Magic and is often described as the Patron God of Sorcerers.

*"Hear my words Agmar, hear them in their honeyed tones. You shall abandon your quest for Gee. You shall return home. Let your adventure here inspire ballads and songs and be remembered till the last star falls. If you do not, no one shall remember you other for the corpse that falls from the heavens above... "* - Magni in the Play "*The Steps to Gee"*

## Origin

Worship of Magni dates back to before the Rotwort Empire and was the patron God of Rotwort until his worship was outlawed by *The Usurper .* He survived thanks to worship by refugees who chose to wander the wilds guided by the stars. Thanks to Magni's influence on the stars they were never caught by Red Hearts.

## Realm

Gee is the realm of Magni. In the grand halls and spiraling cities among the constellations many of Magni's chosen study the essence of wild magic itself. These few are known as the *Magni-Gee* and rarely leave the realm for anything other than the most dangerous of situations. During *The Usurper's* invasion of the continent an artifact known as the *Coin of Paths* was placed carefully between the *Realm of Shadows* and *Gee* in order to trap *Magni-Gee* who tried to leave the realm. The coin remains there to this day, trapping Magni's chosen.

## Notable Myths

### Magni Creates the Stars

Long before there was a sun to light the sky, the moons silently crossed the dark sky. Mortals and Divine alike could not see and often got lost. Magni at this time was a young god who only had power over stories. He would keep mortals and Divine entertained with stories since they couldn't wander at the risk of unseen dangers. After 100 years Magni was struggling to tell new stories about being in the dark. As such he decided to do something dangerous, something that would be a great story to tell. He would steal from Cere, Goddess of Magic. He spent 14 nights creating a cage made out of the strangest stories he could tell. Stories of the sound of colours, the smell of the inside of the nose, and dreaming of dreaming.

He tried sneaking up on Cere but was quickly caught. She had not noticed the cage however so Magni distracted her with a story of magic. Magic tamed and controlled. This upset Cere, magic was not meant to be controlled. It is as wild as the deer that roam the forests. She went to strike Magni and in her haste didn't notice him place the cage on top of her. Magni attempted to take Cere's magic but Cere started throwing blinding bolts of raw magic at him. Magni dodged these and they punched through the sky, creating stars.

Looking at these stars Magni asked for the magic that created them. Cere gave them to him in exchange for being freed. This gave Magni the first spell, often called *Magni's Light*. The long night was brighter with the stars, and the light from them while dim, was enough for Faria and Vulkan to work on the greatest machine to ever be built.

### Magni and the Pear

Rotworts first king, *Tzuvach Pasha Wrend*, wished to conquer all of the continent. However, his political conquests were being thwarted by the Bards Guild who spoke ill of him. His army was too weary to continue and Tzuvach was running out of options to complete his goal. He sought to humiliate the Bards Guild and their sway over the people. He gathered the greatest minds from across his empire and they gathered in the Temple of Psion.

Using the blessings of Psion they planned 14 different schemes, each of which, with the blessed foresight of the Psionic Priest, told them would fail. It wasn't until Tzuvach watched a performance by a Giggliac Bard from the street that he was inspired with the 15th scheme. A scheme they were told would only work if the stars of Magni were blotted out.

Tzuvach then traveled to the Astronomilia and proceeded to paint over the large glass dome that magnified the sky for the astronomers. Outraged the Astronomilia gathered their brother guild the Bards Guild to confront Tzuvach and his soldiers. This is when Tzuvach pulled a box draped in cloth from the soldiers he brought with him. He told the guilds he did not believe their God was as powerful as they claimed, and that Magni had no right to have any worship in his empire.

Magni took offense, and appeared before the two groups as a mouse with the neck of a snake and the feet of an elephant. He knew of Tzuvach's planned trickery but not what the trickery would be. Tzuvach offered Magni the chance to prove his power by naming what was in the cloth covered box he was holding. Magni knew what was in the box and answered without hesitation.

"A pear."

Tzuvach grinned as he opened the box, revealing a gold coin stamped with his face. The Magni worshipers could not believe it. Their God was wrong. Magni however was not looking at the box, instead looking at the pear that had fallen to the floor from the box when the cloth was pulled off of it.

This scheme worked, and while the deception was soon learnt by Magni's followers their reputation was tarnished. Rotwort expanded and the Bards Guild would never again have a guild house inside a Rotwortian City.