Tauqan

Tauqan (known as Thaugon in human and highling contexts, Thaugand for the duagar, and Táguinn in Tirnanoch) is the god of magic and science in the Imperial pantheon, as well the chief god of duagar. He is credited with the creation of E2 and its satellites La and Sin. He is most often depicted as a bearded old man, typically holding a planet on his other hand and a flame on the other.

Thaugon was originally the wizard-king of the Elolins. Upon hearing of the aeons' plan to destroy the planet in order to exterminate Hii, he joined forces with the elven queen Ilma and created a new artificial planet called E2. He offered to trap Hii inside the planet, which the aeons were forced to accept. On E2, he established the theocracy of Theilon together with his close associates. Their rule lasted until the Draconic War, after which he disappeared. It it speculated that he might have jumped into another world-iteration.

Tauqan is often called the first wizard. He understood the worldsong in a way that made it possible to elevate other people into gods, and was capable of great feats of metaphysical engineering. Among his creations were, aside from the planet and its moons, the Akasha system and its supporting grid, the Aerosphere, as well as the Twilight (the metaphysical veil which he made to contain the worldsong tangle on Tirnanoch) and the Automachae, sentient android soldiers controlled by an AI known as the Will.

Thaugon appears in most religions in some form. He is the most popular non-Wind King god among highlings. In Tirnanoch, he is known as Táquinn, the Mad Wizard of the Veil, who represents logic and reasoning in contrast of the nonsensical mythological entities of the Fey.

Thaugand is the chief god of duagar, governing a vast array of domains from crafts to science to spirituality to masculinity to the duagan concept of hagannait or the "will to overcome". In duagan mythos, Thaugand is the husband of Maggda and reigns in the Braithalla, the Halls of Illumination, along with Aumadir, Laggtri and Gauldrunas.

The Imperial cult of Tauqan holds the monopoly on wizard magic in the Empire. Other cults of his tend to be in charge of setting up theoretical education for youths in urban areas.

The monastic Order of Physics and the Order of Magick study their respective fields in quiet monasteries, while the Order of Metaphysics prefers philosophical musing.