Monad

Monad

(Deity)

Titles

The Condition of All

Adjective

Monadic

Realm

Both within and outside the multiverse

Alignment

Neutral

Areas of Concern

Creation
The infinite
Truth

Edicts

Ensure balance between opposing forces, mediate disagreements

Anathema

Allow your personal motivations to determine a major decision

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Artifice, Darkness, Knowledge, Void

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Sanctification (2E)

None

Domains (2E)

Creation, knowledge, nothingness, truth

Favored Weapon

Fist

Symbol

Spiral galaxy

Sacred Animal

Trilobite

Sacred Colors

Black, white

Images of Monad

Source: Concordance of Rivals, pg(s). 11 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 214, 316–317 (2E)

The religious symbol, sacred animal, and sacred color for this deity are listed exclusively in the Divine Mysteries Web Supplement. On Lost Omens Gods & Magic 130, the Monad had the void domain instead of nothingness.

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The Monad is a demigod that represents the transcendental undersoul of all life and the supreme oneness between the aeons and the Great Beyond itself. Less a being than an ancient design omnipresent across all creation, the Monad is described by the aeons as simultaneously the void that predated existence, the cosmos itself, the future infinity, and the truth that binds existence, and is equated to both the cosmic fire of Creation's Forge and the consuming Void.

Relationships

The Monad is fixated upon the cosmic status quo. It seems content as long as the planes are in balance, but its aeon minions police the cosmos according to a design described as slightly out of synchronization with that of the gods. For this reason, it is speculated that the Monad seeks to recreate a previous existence through subtle, alien nudges.

Appearance

The Monad is intrinsically formless and operates through the aeons, for whom it acts as a guiding force and a source of thought. The Monad creates aeons' quintessence and recycles it when they are destroyed or accomplish specific goals; in that way, it behaves much like a plane.

Servants

The Monad is served by the aeons, and the relationship between them resembles that of a body and its constituent cells. Aeons are part of the Monad, and likewise the Monad exists in each. The Monad constantly informs each aeon about the instructions and information it needs, but the connection is imperfect, giving individual aeons some agency.

At some point, the Monad separated pieces from its own being and created the first arbitrators, the most powerful of aeons—demigods in their own right—who aid the Monad in protecting the sanctity of reality.

Aeons do not limit the concept of the Monad to themselves, but include all creatures within the Great Beyond within it. A human and an aeon are both emanations of the Monad, but the aeon is much closer to the source and is in direct communication with it, while the human is distant and focused on the Universe.

Cults

The Monad boasts no temples and counts few followers, and only those rare few mortal worshippers who approach an aeon's selflessness and detachment can hope to receive divine magic from it. They often experience flashes of insight and directives, like fledgeling aeons, and aid the aeon's work in preserving balance, usually focusing on an imbalance that common aeons do not oversee. Many of the Monad's followers are famous scholars who exert their influence to recruit new members and advance their goals, or judges and lawyers particularly capable of seeking a balance between both sides of a conflict. Because the Monad is a very distant patron (it is unknown if the Monad is even aware of its devotees), its followers often follow the guidance of lesser aeons; many are particularly adept at questioning them and interpreting their responses.