Toben the Otherworldly

Overview
Toben Tebkuss was a gnomish scientist and arcanist who devoted his life to discovering, exploring and studying the dimensions beyond the Prime Material plane. Raised in a family of simple tinkers and hedge wizards, Toben rejected his family interests at a young age, taking a keen interest in mythology and deep arcana. He excelled in school as a boy, and was accepted into Monarch Academy at age fifteen. There he went on to research, explore, and eventually document the things that would earn him the title "Otherworldly."

Legacy
Before Toben's time, little was known about outside planes of existence, which were considered mythology rather than science. Toben expanded the planar knowledge of his day tenfold, opening new gateways for research and exploration of the worlds and concepts beyond the Prime Material. Because of this, Toben is considered the father of modern cosmology.

Toben's most notable publications concerning the planes are his two COSMOLOGON guides. COSMOLOGON A focuses on the Prime Material, Elemental,Positive/Negative Energy, and Ethereal planes, as well as the Feywild and Shadowfell. COSMOLOGON B is a larger tome, almost double the size of A, which details the Astral plane, as well as Toben's research on theoretical planes of existence, such as the Axis and Echo planes, as well as the Far Realm. These two tomes are considered by modern arcanists to be the foundational guides to cosmology as a whole, and are read through by arcane students of conjouration.

Death/Disappearance
Details concerning Toben's disappearance are mysterious and scarce. Professors of the Monarch Academy, the place where Toben was last seen conducting research, reported that the arcanist was experimenting with new forms of planar travel when he vanished. Experts speculate that Toben was hurled into the Astral, possibly by an astral vacuum. However, some argue that an arcanist as professional and learned as Toben would never have made such a mistake.

"Annihilation"
''BV: BENJAMIN VARTH : ARCANIST HUZZIR TO S14-B. POSSIBLE VOID EVENT; GATE = NEGATIVE. ARCANIST DOWN.''

''AHH: TWENTY FIVE WORDS, VARTH. USE THEM.''

''BV: ACCIDENT APPARENT. TOBEN IS GONE. EVIDENCE OF VACUUM. CHAMBER HIGHLY MAGNETIZED. UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECT IN ROOM, AND MOVING. REQUESTING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. VOID EVENT. COME QUICKLY. SPHERE.''