everyone's least favorite wizard
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
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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
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there was that balladeer who made art of him, i guess
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this was pretty cool
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he converted to izdu so the priest would bless his homework
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cosine's first horror mystery
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the early astronomers had a lot of great scenes
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so did our friendly neighbors, the early banda rossa
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we don't talk about the parrot
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spoiler:
he laughed(https://i.imgur.com/dslslji.png)
they didn't laugh, though, something far worse happened here
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the greatest of all inventions...
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...wielded with great purpose...
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cosine's early career really didn't go well
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but he did his best
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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! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72U-NFu44k)
soundtrack not related to the rest of this obituary
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some other stuff happened, i guess
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velan forever
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a lot of old faces
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the shade is serious business
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cosine having a bad time #23662856
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the shade is very serious business
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the shade is very, very serious business
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vergal mendista had a lot of style but don't tell estellise i said that
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we don't talk about the oration slab
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bad time central
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cool ghost stuff
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we don't talk about the polycule
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boutta turn in a quest to sergeant rennik for 30 silver
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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
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that was less fine.
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perhaps my favorite faction base of all time
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could cosine hate any two people in this world more than mari and qari? no. no he could not.
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the krak was hopping, made me happy to see.
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we do not talk about the polycule
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the sisterhood of the dweeb, gathered together in russian nesting doll formation
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wow sergeant kinney, lord velstra let you have two adrians?
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eagle's mount is so stupidly pretty
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weekly saturday night showdown
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cosine the world-eater
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the foe returns: condottiero azimi
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oppenheimer didn't do it alone
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this guy flexed on cosine so hard man you don't even know
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long live the king
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what's that, miss oppenheimer, we need more uranium?
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seems fine
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forget about blood aliens, watch out for mind chickens
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war
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peace
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meetings
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destiny
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selsi you seem to have gained some weight
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definitely wasn't
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proof of concept
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it wasn't serious actually
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it was fine actually
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warning: qa'im may have more giant robots than pictured in this dream quest
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only top healthcare for our nadiri
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some meeting about how much we hate elves
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what a night
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the fam
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tuesday afternoon exorcism
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some guy
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you heard it here
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damn it, feo
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our boy oscar
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it would be so sad if you destroyed the sand gate
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black ops
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spoiler: it was not fine
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liberation day
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popular tourist destination
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xon... xon, please...
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epitome of the class fantasy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGuDTRilKQ)
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our faith in ibn ghalish
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revolutionary techniques being invented right now
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justice never sleeps, never blinks
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justice rides shiny and chrome into valhalla!!!
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ffs xon
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fire may not solve everything, but it solves a lot of things
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let us take a moment to appreciate how much bigger lynneth's statue is
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bottom, 7787, colorized
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completely normal assembly
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plati plix, hero
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normal place everyone will go to
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tulpa
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majestic
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paranoia
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vacation
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confronting evil
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facing death
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tasting defeat
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gathering strength
One of my favourite PCs. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but it was so much fun how his own paranoia would infect Lightdew's and lead to some very far out theories.
The prologue has ended.
RIP to a real one. Our PC's had a constantly complicated relationship that made interactions always fun to play out.
Also. Hypotenuse?
Great job Stranger. Cosine was a real pillar of the setting for a very long time and truly set the tone for the entire faction of Astronomers!
Epic, incredible, absolutely marvelous. A mainstay of the setting. A character to be remembered for decades. We'll be talking about his schemes and actions for ages.
I'm kind of heartbroken.
Great job.
Didn't interact with Cosine much, but I think it's plenty clear from the reaction to the news - in this thread and otherwise - and the fact that you made an obituary when you rarely do, that he meant a lot and made an impact. Great work and I enjoyed the wild time capsule of screenshots a bunch.
the eternal foe, gone so soon. rest in peace king cosine
What a splendid PC.
You won the race to level 11 among wizardkind!
Cosine was wildly frustrating at times, but that's part of what made him seem to genuine was his reactions.
Some of my favorite moments with him :
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This one lasted long, right? Lol.
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Cosine Mevura - Ladies' Man
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What's behind you, Cosine?
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A royal Welcome.
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Cosine trying to infiltrate the polycule
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And finally, my favorite shot ever, because I was telling him the truth the whole time.
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Up there with Adrian.
Well-played and wonderfully characterized PC. He always made something interesting happen, and set a really tone for the Astronomers.
I'll miss having him around. Hope you had fun with him, as big a let down as a death like this is going to be.
Incredible pc and wonderful lightning rod to strike with whatever weirdness I could cook up, as he'd always roll with it. He will be missed.
cosine was really awesome, a terrific presence in the setting who was basically inescapable due to his way of getting ensnared in events. extremely influential on the astronomers, and i suspect his legacy will be felt for the remainder of the chapter
cosine was such a well characterized guy, i really enjoyed bantering with him when we ended up running into each other
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Cosine was such a one-man institution for the Mount that it's weirdly difficult to actually believe he's gone. Rest in Pi, polyprince (prick.)
Helped set the tone of the setting to a great extend. Good job!
I will miss him, perhaps, the most.
Amazing PC.
An incredibly done PC with endless schemes and who changed A LOT! My congratulations on some great work - he's definitely the kind of PC that left a mark!
Don't know how to play v6 without him. There's always gonna be a Cosine-shaped hole now.
no................ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Cosine was one of the first PCs I interacted with on EFU, and genuinely one of the reasons why I decided to stay, as his personality and his relationships with the rest of the Well were simply so entertaining. For Bashir's work in the Scribes, he was basically a constant presence, and even though ICly it was an irritating one, IRL I was smiling every time he arrived to the offices.
The problem with him being such a constant schemer is that I was avoiding taking spoilery screenshots, so, I'm surprisingly low on screenshots focused solely on him. However, here's two from one of the most memorable moments Bashir and others shared with him! Can people guess who he is in these...?
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Great job.
I really enjoyed Cosine. He was a great counterpart to Caddy, and our interactions coming from different viewpoints of the world was always stimulating. He was the main representative of the Astronomers for me learning about the factions of the server.
Just like FSP I don't have many screenshots of Cosine that don't include spoilers so I will just leave this:(https://i.imgur.com/duoov9x.jpeg)
Stranger, my hat off to you!
I loved him and he will be missed. Great screenshots also!
What an incredible PC from an incredible player.
Always an entertaining character to interact with. I'll miss him but I'm looking forwards to what you will do next.
A pretty cool dude and a fun frenemy to have. The server's not really going to feel the same without him.
Would sell secrets to him for seven gp again.
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see you on the other side king
I'm sad I saw so very little of Cosine, both with other chars, but also with my astro. The little I saw though, I liked it.
Three moments with Cosine across two different PCs with different perspectives were by far my favourite. They weren't anything too major to either character, but it was human and immersive. Eamon, Gausim and Cosine hanging out in the Temple of B'aara, Eamon pleading with Cosine for the support of the Astronomers and being told 'maybe next election', and all of Diadys' interactions with Cosine were really enjoyable. I know you wanted to live much longer on Cosine but I'm excited to see what you do next. Good luck!
Every setting there are PCs that are great, and cool, but maybe once in a setting's lifetime there are PCs that are definitional and fundamental to a faction or group or place. Cosine was one of those rare PCs.
Cosine was definitive, and spectacular, and you nailed it.
Cosine was a pinnacle of all I've come to expect from stranger's PCs in quality.
I cannot think of a single interaction I had with Cosine that I didn't enjoy every second of...
Apart from maybe the Negotiations in the Scribal Office. But at least after the first 2 hours you offered to let us stop for a drink.
A truly exceptional PC, and one who shall be deeply missed.