The Myriad

The Myriad refers to the incomprehensible force that exists within all things.
It may also refer to:

* *The Myriad (Game System)*
* *The Myriad (Aspect)*

## **Explanation**

The Myriad is an incomprehensible force that exists within all things simultaneously. Those who are driven insane by this force consistently report hearing the same voice speaking to them which is distinct in personality from many different perspectives. What The Myriad was thinking while it was a specific person, the chair that person sat on, or the breeze blowing by. It personifies everything with a unique personality that maintains The Myriad as an entirely separate entity while also being everything else concurrently.

## **Occult**

The Myriad is the source of all Occult magic and witchcraft.  *Reading* the written word is the easiest way to commune with this higher power and hear its voice. Any form of consistent information transfer that is created to be more permanent than spoken word transfers varying degrees of Madness to the mind of the observer. This madness, however, can allow users to temporarily benefit from the infinite power of The Myriad. At a very basic level, communing with The Myriad means hearing its voice clearly. The Myriad is all things, so you can get it to tell you a truth about anything in existence. You may hear of The Myriad's experience from a time when it was a specific chair to hear all of what that chair experienced. Each leg of that chair may also tell their perspective. And each atom may try and speak, mentally breaking the listener who has difficulty pulling themselves away from the connection they have created. The true power in Occult magic is learning what you need as quickly as possible, or capturing the power that flows through your mind when the Myriad speaks to you and manipulating it into otherworldly forces. The Myriad is all things, but it could also be anything else. Sometimes a crafty vermin can convince The Myriad that it is what they want it to be for just a moment.

## **Origins**

It is commonly accepted that The Myriad has always existed and is synonymous with time and the universe. Delving into the origins of The Myriad more easily point to the theory of Ambitious Evolution, which describes how vermin who sought to understand this higher power evolved into humans in an egotistical belief that they ever possibly could.

## **Cosmos**

If the Myriad is all things then one must also accept that The Myriad is also all Aspects within the Cosmos.
The interpretation of what an Aspect truly is varies from simply being one form the Myriad has temporarily taken,
somebody who is divinely influenced by a birth sign, or that Aspects themselves are divine entities. Those who
believe in the cosmic myths see Aspects as gods, but others simply see them as stories that teach moral lessons.

## **Opposition**

The Myriad may be represented as every star in the night's sky. The spaces between each star are considered to be The Void.

The Void is an absence of anything, in polar opposition to The Myriad.

## **Notes**

'The Myriad' refers to the intangible cosmic force within all things.
'Myriad' refers to the proper name for the planet.