Thestus

> "*They call me "**Magic**"... They call me "**God**"... They have no words for my **true** form." ― Thestus*
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## Thestus

### Aliases

The God of Magic
Thestus, The Great

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

Shortly after The Five's self-creation, The Multiverse was still very young and did not fully form. Certain spatial dimensions and planes of existence didn't materialize yet: The Astral Plane was one of these such planes. It was a plane of existence from which nearly all metaphysical phenomena in The Multiverse originally occurred from. The most prominent of this was the mysterious governing force of nature known as magic. This force was known by many monikers: Magik, Magicks, Sorcery, Wizadry, and Witchcraft. However, it all follows the same premise as the original. Magic was a force that could determine and re-write the laws of The Multiverse's very physics themselves. Needless to say, it was very important, almost as much as the five cosmic energies, despite magic being different in nature from them. From this primordial force known as magic, a consciousness manifested itself from it. This consciousness named itself "Thestus" a being who serves as the living manifestation and embodiment of both The Astral Plane and magic itself, embodying all magic in The Multiverse. That being said, Thestus was an enigmatic being, very few have heard of him.

And even far fewer have actually met him, even to some other cosmic entities, Thestus is incomprehensible. Surprisingly not even The Grand Serpahim knew little about him, only knowing of his existence, and never even meeting him in person. Thestus holds an impressive deal of what seems to be infinite powers. Thestus himself is responsible for the existence of every known spell, ritual, and magical ability within The Multiverse. He can re-write any fundamental law of magic, and deem it as fundamental. He is -- without a doubt -- The God of Magic. No other being in existence could compete against his infinite knowledge on arcane powers. Few knew the secrets Thestus bared within him, as he not only does have an infinite knowledge regarding magic, but also a near-infinite knowledge about The Multiverse itself. He comprehends The Multiverse in unorthodox ways, that The Five cannot compete with. In fact, he was the only known being to bear the secret of The Multiverse's creator. Thestus knew about The Architect, though, he did not divulge this knowledge to any other being, as it was quite a dangerous and powerful secret to be kept.

There are other impressive deals of secrets Thestus knows about the unexplored multiverse. However, much he did not share with anyone, if at all. But at some point in his life, Thestus would meet an interesting individual. He was an Infinite, one of the five cosmic species, and much like Thestus, his being was wrapped in an enigma that intrigued even the likes of Thestus, The Great, himself. The being was named Thaal, and he was on a self-proclaimed mission to find all the knowledge he could about magic. It was then, when the two finally met in The Astral Plane. This plane of existence was another different universe in its own right. This universe was stated to be "Magia" by Thestus himself. Magia was a world that was the richest in terms of magical energies. It was stated by Thestus that Magia, was the world from where all mages, sorcerers, wizards, and mystical beings alike draw out their magic from the birthplace of all magic. Thestus took Thaal under his apprenticeship and taught him everything he knew about magic. Thaal expereinced first hand the infinite knowledge of The God of Magic. To better uphold this information, Thaal was given a book by Thestus, dubbing it "The Book of Thaal" which marked it the greatest magical artefact in the entire multiverse.

With this book, Thaal proceeded with his studying and practicing magic, while being tutored by Thestus. Nevertheless, Thestus' greatest students fell quite far from his graces. The knowledge he accumulated corrupted him and Thaal thought himself as a being equal -- if not above -- Thestus. However, Thaal couldn't be more wrong than ever. With this betrayal, Thestus imprisoned him in The Book of Thaal, before casting it out of Magia, letting it wonder for eons to come. In which Raziel would be among the first to pick it up. That being said, during the events of 2059: The Invasion, near the end, Thaal managed to break free from the book.