everyone's least favorite wizard
if you know anything about cosine, you already know that these plans went off the rails
he would shift between lawful good and lawful neutral, pulled in both directions by either acts of daring heroism, or by being complicit in war crimes of the deep state
there was that balladeer who made art of him, i guess
this was pretty cool
he converted to izdu so the priest would bless his homework
cosine's first horror mystery
the early astronomers had a lot of great scenes
so did our friendly neighbors, the early banda rossa
we don't talk about the parrot
spoiler: he laughed
they didn't laugh, though, something far worse happened here
the greatest of all inventions...
...wielded with great purpose...
...
...
cosine's early career really didn't go well
but he did his best
i do need baublium. and licenses. wanna know why? i have a dream! that one day, every wizard in this desert will control their OWN destiny! a land of the TRULY free, damn it! a citadel of ACTION, not words! ruled by STRENGTH, not committee! where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around! where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of spellcasters! where every mage is free to think, to act, for himself! fuck all these limp-dick legates and chicken-shit scribes! fuck this 24/7 bellow spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! fuck "cinquefoil pride!" fuck asterabadi! fuck all of it! the sultanate is diseased. rotten to the core. there's no saving it. we need to pull it out by the roots! wipe the slate clean! BURN IT DOWN! and from the ashes, a new caliphate will be born. evolved, but untamed! the weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive! free to live as they see fit, they will make ephia's well GREAT AGAIN!
soundtrack not related to the rest of this obituary
some other stuff happened, i guess
velan forever
a lot of old faces
the shade is serious business
cosine having a bad time #23662856
the shade is very serious business
the shade is very, very serious business
vergal mendista had a lot of style but don't tell estellise i said that
we don't talk about the oration slab
bad time central
cool ghost stuff
we don't talk about the polycule
boutta turn in a quest to sergeant rennik for 30 silver
in retrospect it makes a lot of sense that necromancers and brookers would refuse our benevolent protection, given that we'd have killed them anyway for being necromancers and bnrookers
that was less fine.
perhaps my favorite faction base of all time
could cosine hate any two people in this world more than mari and qari? no. no he could not.
the krak was hopping, made me happy to see.
we do not talk about the polycule
the sisterhood of the dweeb, gathered together in russian nesting doll formation
wow sergeant kinney, lord velstra let you have two adrians?
eagle's mount is so stupidly pretty
weekly saturday night showdown
cosine the world-eater
the foe returns: condottiero azimi
oppenheimer didn't do it alone
this guy flexed on cosine so hard man you don't even know
long live the king
what's that, miss oppenheimer, we need more uranium?
seems fine
forget about blood aliens, watch out for mind chickens
war
peace
meetings
destiny
selsi you seem to have gained some weight
definitely wasn't
proof of concept
it wasn't serious actually
it was fine actually
warning: qa'im may have more giant robots than pictured in this dream quest
only top healthcare for our nadiri
some meeting about how much we hate elves
what a night
the fam
tuesday afternoon exorcism
some guy
you heard it here
damn it, feo
our boy oscar
it would be so sad if you destroyed the sand gate
black ops
spoiler: it was not fine
liberation day
popular tourist destination
xon... xon, please...
epitome of the class fantasy
our faith in ibn ghalish
revolutionary techniques being invented right now
justice never sleeps, never blinks
justice rides shiny and chrome into valhalla!!!
ffs xon
fire may not solve everything, but it solves a lot of things
let us take a moment to appreciate how much bigger lynneth's statue is
bottom, 7787, colorized
completely normal assembly
plati plix, hero
normal place everyone will go to
tulpa
majestic
paranoia
vacation
confronting evil
facing death
tasting defeat
gathering strength
Quote from: Initial ConceptCosine is a young refugee from the Wizard Warrens. He traces his descent to a group of Lantanna technomancers who awoke within the City of Rings many generations ago and founded the Vatic Order of Mathemagicians. Unfortunately for Cosine, it is a whimsical tradition within his family to name children after mathematic concepts, and he has been bullied relentlessly over this by other children.
As a child, he witnessed the coming and going of many luminaries in Wizard Warrens. But more importantly, he has also witnessed the unspeakable tragedies that continually brought about suffering and disaster in his homeland, brought about by egomaniacal, selfish archmages whose hubris wreaked havoc upon reality itself.
He has witnessed so much suffering, so much death. It haunts him every day. It gnaws at him. All he can want is for the world to be kinder and better, so that no one else will have to endure the horrors that he has survived.
Although their names are a matter of great discomfort and embarrassment to them all, Cosine, his sister Tangent, and his brother Sine, have all enrolled as Nadiri students in Eagle Mount. The two siblings will remain NPCs that my character refers to obliquely, to flavor and color his life off-screen.
Their father, Grandmaster Hypotenuse Mevura, and several of his apprentices, sacrificed themselves ten years ago to hold back the thirsting shadows of the apocalypse, so that his family might survive. Their mother, Kyllene Konphas, died sometime in the intervening years between surviving the cataclysm and the arrival at Ephia's Well.
In addition to a notion of maths-based wizardry, Cosine emphasizes themes of magical gadgetry and clockwork mechanisms, particularly as those devices might contribute to the manipulation of time; in his heart of hearts, Cosine dearly wants to travel back to that fateful moment in the past and rescue his father from the grasp of darkness.
Cosine has an unrealized potential for great eloquence and leadership, but is burdened by crippling, unresolved trauma that manifests in shyness, anxiety, lack of self-confidence, discomfort with speaking up or showing his face, etc.
Properly cultivated by a caring mentor, he could be eventually become an extraordinary force of personality among the Astronomers.
Regardless of how far his confidence has or has not developed, Cosine is righteous by nature and will always want to do the right thing. He will always suggest fighting evil, helping those in need, and respecting the rule of law.
if you know anything about cosine, you already know that these plans went off the rails
he would shift between lawful good and lawful neutral, pulled in both directions by either acts of daring heroism, or by being complicit in war crimes of the deep state
there was that balladeer who made art of him, i guess
this was pretty cool
he converted to izdu so the priest would bless his homework
cosine's first horror mystery
the early astronomers had a lot of great scenes
so did our friendly neighbors, the early banda rossa
we don't talk about the parrot
spoiler: he laughed
they didn't laugh, though, something far worse happened here
the greatest of all inventions...
...wielded with great purpose...
...
...
cosine's early career really didn't go well
but he did his best
i do need baublium. and licenses. wanna know why? i have a dream! that one day, every wizard in this desert will control their OWN destiny! a land of the TRULY free, damn it! a citadel of ACTION, not words! ruled by STRENGTH, not committee! where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around! where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of spellcasters! where every mage is free to think, to act, for himself! fuck all these limp-dick legates and chicken-shit scribes! fuck this 24/7 bellow spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! fuck "cinquefoil pride!" fuck asterabadi! fuck all of it! the sultanate is diseased. rotten to the core. there's no saving it. we need to pull it out by the roots! wipe the slate clean! BURN IT DOWN! and from the ashes, a new caliphate will be born. evolved, but untamed! the weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive! free to live as they see fit, they will make ephia's well GREAT AGAIN!
soundtrack not related to the rest of this obituary
some other stuff happened, i guess
velan forever
a lot of old faces
the shade is serious business
cosine having a bad time #23662856
the shade is very serious business
the shade is very, very serious business
vergal mendista had a lot of style but don't tell estellise i said that
we don't talk about the oration slab
bad time central
cool ghost stuff
we don't talk about the polycule
boutta turn in a quest to sergeant rennik for 30 silver
in retrospect it makes a lot of sense that necromancers and brookers would refuse our benevolent protection, given that we'd have killed them anyway for being necromancers and bnrookers
that was less fine.
perhaps my favorite faction base of all time
could cosine hate any two people in this world more than mari and qari? no. no he could not.
the krak was hopping, made me happy to see.
we do not talk about the polycule
the sisterhood of the dweeb, gathered together in russian nesting doll formation
wow sergeant kinney, lord velstra let you have two adrians?
eagle's mount is so stupidly pretty
weekly saturday night showdown
cosine the world-eater
the foe returns: condottiero azimi
oppenheimer didn't do it alone
this guy flexed on cosine so hard man you don't even know
long live the king
what's that, miss oppenheimer, we need more uranium?
seems fine
forget about blood aliens, watch out for mind chickens
war
peace
meetings
destiny
selsi you seem to have gained some weight
definitely wasn't
proof of concept
it wasn't serious actually
it was fine actually
warning: qa'im may have more giant robots than pictured in this dream quest
only top healthcare for our nadiri
some meeting about how much we hate elves
what a night
the fam
tuesday afternoon exorcism
some guy
you heard it here
damn it, feo
our boy oscar
it would be so sad if you destroyed the sand gate
black ops
spoiler: it was not fine
liberation day
popular tourist destination
xon... xon, please...
epitome of the class fantasy
our faith in ibn ghalish
revolutionary techniques being invented right now
justice never sleeps, never blinks
justice rides shiny and chrome into valhalla!!!
ffs xon
fire may not solve everything, but it solves a lot of things
let us take a moment to appreciate how much bigger lynneth's statue is
bottom, 7787, colorized
completely normal assembly
plati plix, hero
normal place everyone will go to
tulpa
majestic
paranoia
vacation
confronting evil
facing death
tasting defeat
gathering strength