Gnosi

Gnosi (pronounced Know-See) are intelligent Aetherials bound within a Phylaptic housing. Used for a myriad of functions, gnosi are most commonly used for communication, secretarial work and as advisors for their users.

They are capable of carrying messages, retrieving information, conducting communications, and weaving illusory magic to project images, such as the face of the person you are conversing with, maps of local areas and information the Aetherial has learned.

No single Gnosi is alike, each bearing their own distinct personalities and specialties.  Merchants may rely on Gnosi skilled with numbers, figures and data analytics where Shard Hunters use Gnosi skilled in tactics and tracking.

Gnosi trade servitude for the opportunity to exist on the material plane.

### Housing Construction

The Phylaptic housing for Gnosi come in every shape, size, form and function. All gnosi housing require at least two primary components: the binding array and a power source.

The binding array tethers the gnosi to the phylaptic and defines the restrictions, permissions and role.

The Aetherite power source within the housing keeps the binding active and defines the extent of power the gnosi can weild. Simple short-range communication gnosi don't need more than rice-grain sized shard of Aetherite. But giving the gnosi the power to project illusions, such as displaying written text, holographic maps or even projection of the facial capture of a person you in a direct call with, requires multiple shards of aetherite.

Projection gnosi, such as what might be found at a shard hunter broadcast, require much more power to shape the projected illusion and pair itself with the capture gnosi at the site of battle.

Transmutects use specialized phylaptic bracers to house the transmutation gnosi that help them with their transmutations.

### Usage

Gnosi are fairly common, even in rural communities where their primary function is short-range communication. There is usually a gnosi hub which is used as a relay for longer-range communication and information retrieval.

Nobility use Gnosi to record conversations, send communications, keep track of estates.

Transmutects use gnosi to aid them in the complex calculations required to analyze and transmuted raw materials into solid structures.

### Creation

The summoning and binding of a Gnosi is the easiest summoning that can be performed. The summoned sprites are the most amicable of the low aetherials and present very little danger to the summoner. The most complex aspect of creating a gnosi is evaluating the sprite to determine it's best usage.

### Limitations

Gnosi produce little power themselves but given the energy, there is little a gnosi could not accomplish. Restricting a gnosi to certain permissions is the safest way to ensure a gnosi doesn't accidentally cause harm. Gnosi have little in the way of ego and are really only driven by curiosity.

### Misuse

The Orphans Below, an anti-inequality group from The Bellows in Meridian incorporated a gnosi into the transmutation systems of Seventh, a club in The Pinnacle District. The gnosi was instructed to transmute the clubs interior to kill it's patrons. 73 people were killed in a manner of minutes, 9 others were severely injured. Investigations into the incident revealed the gnosi had been summoned and bound into a phylaptic housing that lacked the violence inhibitors normally found in the binding array.

### Example Names

Clutch-of-Biased-Lucidity

Echo-of-Repression

Glance-of-Candid-Sympathy

Shiver-of-A-Minor-Key

Return-of-Fancy

Trace-of-Lost-Piety

Pursuit-of-Scoured-Liberty

Shade-of-a-Known-Tangent

Mote-of-Skewed-Tolerance

Shard-of-Quiet-Purpose

Sign-of-Vague-Intent

Shred-of-the-Plentiful

Beat-of-Humble-Infinity