Nihilos

Nihilos, the Night-Father

   Many cultures share the aeons-old mythos of the sky fading to a world of pitch black, the light of Aarda snuffed out for seven days as a being of the infinite nothing descended from the Aetherium. Referred to as 'Nihilos' or 'The Stranger' by those who are aware of its existence, and the 'Night Father' by the fae, it attempted to devour the Godheads all at once before it fell into their dream and became an infinite plane of its own timeless being. The Stranger is Absentia. The Stranger is Absenth itself.

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Of all the gods, Nihilos is the only one that speaks in words, for its conscious is all-knowing within the void of Absentia, a plane of infinite nothing where time does not flow. It speaks to others as if they were its children, that all belong as a part of 'it'. Many faiths see Nihilos as the being that will one day bring about the end of everything; as one example, the Nedes see him as a great wolf that will bring about Ragnarok. Nihilos speaks mainly to the Null Magi and Exodii that surround themselves in its essence.

Communication

The Night-Father may be spoken to by Null Magi and Exodii without moderation. Nihilos cannot be fooled, as it knows everything one has ever experienced, using their deepest darkest feelings to convince them towards faith in itself - in the idea of Anafabula - in the hopes that it will create a Prophet who will then bring into existence a Precept from Anok or Mimira loyal to that meaning. Nihilos discusses nothing except for philosophical encouragement towards the concept of Anafabula and offers no power in exchange for belief, only knowledge and the cathartic release of becoming a part of itself upon the end of days.

What It Knows

The fae call it the 'Night-Father' as it may inform on the inner workings of the planes, offering insights and mentorship on how the various planes function yet knowing very little about topics it has never consumed such as those Sovereigns unrelated to Exodii or Null Magi beyond the taste of relative memories belonging to those who have crossed its bounds. It can also offer insight on where other members of the cult might be. If the information is on the 'Cosmology' or 'Metaphysics' pages, it probably knows.

The Cult of Anafabula

Nihilistic belief in the great unravelment of the Godheads and their Precepts to nothing, the undoing of the story, the abandonment of time itself, and cession of existence underpin belief in the concept of Anafabula. Faith in something so self-destructive is not an easy thing, yet Nihilos has deluded these individuals by preying upon their insecurities while dangling the collective knowledge of all magi who have been embraced by its void. The cult is a small, secretive order of sorcerers and fae proliferating the shadows of the Free Cities, the caverns of Ur'duun beneath the Marches and the Mountain Holds, or among the dour fae of Elphyne. They are seeking a Prophet to make their ideals a horrific reality.

The Endless

The Endless are the souls of those who are trapped beyond time, charged with facilitating the impossible goal of collapsing cosmology itself into Absentia.