The Magicians
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Summary
ThroughoutThe Magicians , the gods play a central role in the patch , but not every god is as good as the others . Syfy’sThe Magiciansfollows a group of graduate scholarly person attending the magical Breakbills University . Across five seasons , they interact with a number of gods who all have different personalities . The gods are authoritative to the narration because they allot Magicians access to thaumaturgy , using it as a tool to control their behaviour . to boot , gods like Reynard the Fox , Bacchus , and Nameless interact directly with human beings . While some of the God care about less herculean beings , most are selfish , cruel , or cowardly . They treat others poorly or completely disregard others ’ well - being . These fault make the deity inThe Magiciansfascinating . to boot , the human - like quality of these all-powerful beings permit the gods to beranked ground on criteria like their behavior , treatment of others , and likability .
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13Prometheus, The Creator Of The Seven Keys
Appearances: The Magicians Season 3, Episode 13, “Will You Play With Me?”
While he only appears inThe Magicians ’ time of year 3 finale , Prometheus is by far the best and most compassionate god in the serial . Despite the elbow room that most god thought , he sincerely believed in the goodness in masses . As such , he created a fail - safe so that human could get at illusion even if the gods decided to abandon them . This consideration and optimism really set him apart from the other god inThe Magicians . The fact thathe altruistically place down his life for homo , gaining nothing in return , throw him the number one blot over even Julia .
12Julia Wicker, “Our Lady Of The Tree”
Appearances: 15 Episodes In The Magicians Seasons 1 To 5
After Persephone puts Reynard ’s spark in Julia , she grows the power until she accomplish goddess status , make her one ofThe Magicians ' most sinewy characters . Unlike every other deity except Prometheus , Julia consistently uses her power to help others , making her one of the near gods . However , in contrast with Prometheus , she is n’t consciously doing expert acts with her power . The force come out of her when she has a stiff emotional response , like when she remove Skye ’s collar . Additionally , when she finally does knowingly use her powers for the goodness of others , it ’s to repair the destruction that she caused , making her slenderly less imposing .
While Julia come along in 65 instalment , she is only idol - touched for 15 of those episodes .
11Iris, The Messenger Goddess
Appearances: 2 Episodes In The Magicians Seasons 3 And 4
When Julia becomes a goddess at the end ofThe Magiciansseason 3 , she ’s receive by Iris , a goddess who seems tolerant and originative . She has a passion for creating worlds which gives her a soft humanity not happen in most of the gods . While she ’s emotionally removed from humanity like the other gods , she seems to have some empathy for them , committing miracles to advance human esprit de corps . However , she usher a meaner side towards human Magicians when put under the stress of stopping Nameless . Despite her harsher moments , Iris is still one of the good deity inThe Magicians .
10Bacchus, The God Of Revelry
Appearances: 3 Episodes In The Magicians Seasons 3 And 4
ThroughoutThe Magiciansseasons 3 and 4 , Bacchus is a god who ’s dead overnice to humans as long as they amuse him and require to party . He ’s willing to provide Magicians with some smidgeon of magic when the Plumber shuts off their access code , but he limits it to magic that will benefit him . In the same vein , he ’s unforced to give humans drugs and alcohol since it will keep his company going . However , unlike many of the other low gods , Bacchus in full rejects the Old Gods , calling them“imperious and distant d*ckwads . ”This moral stance makes Baccus better than most of the other gods inThe Magicians .
9Hades, The God Of The Underworld
Appearances: 2 Episodes In The Magicians Seasons 3 And 5
Of all the gods shown inThe Magicians , Hades is quite reasonable and caring . He has a warm but pragmatic room of utter to others , making him extremely likable . What ’s more , he really seems to want the underworld to be a pleasant , peaceful place . He does n’t seem to have the same emotional distance from humans with which other idol struggle . These aspects of Hades make him better than most other gods .
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Unfortunately , he can not rate among the best , though , because of one massive issue . Hades is the stepfather of Reynard the Fox . While it ’s never explicitly stated whether Hades know that his stepson is raping and murder cleaning woman , it ’s probable that he had some awareness due to his power and attain . In this casing , remain unprejudiced and silent on the matter makes him culpablein horrendous atrocity .
8Clarion, The Goddess Of Melody
Appearances: The Magicians Season 4, Episode 5, “Magicians Anonymous”
Most of the immortal inThe Magiciansare selfish , and Clarion is no elision . She ’s only willing to grant miracles in central for something as good to her . Clarion has no pity for Julia ’s conflicting desire , pull her to pick out between saving the domain and the person she loves . Yet , there ’s one endearing and redeem quality to Clarion . While she does n’t have much humans , she wants it . She realise that there ’s so much knockout in being human and appreciating the small things in living . Sadly , she ’s just unequal to of experiencing it herself without the service of the Binder .
7Nameless, The Castle Blackspire Monster
One of the most dangerous and feared godcharacters inThe Magiciansis Nameless . This monster has anunimaginable amount of force compound with the genial capacity of a child , making him destructive when he ’s upset or bored . He does n’t hesitate to go on a killing fling when he ’s throwing a tantrum . These actions out of context would make him one of the worst god inThe Magicians , only scantily ranking above Reynard the Fox ; however , this claim would be wildly unfair . Despite Nameless ’ actions , he ca n’t be try in the same means as most of the other god . Considering his kid - similar genial capacity , he does n’t have the ability to emotionally regulate himself or rationalize effectively . He does cause harm to others , but it is n’t necessarily from a post of manipulation , as that requires supposititious thinking skills that Nameless does n’t have . Instead , Nameless is merely trying to get his needs fulfill .
6Nameless’ Sister, The Disembodied God
Appearances: 2 Episodes In The Magicians Season 4
Like Nameless , Nameless ’ sister is a child god with unfathomable magnate inThe Magicians . While she has slightly more mental capacity than her brother , she still is highly immature in her way of mentation . She gets tempestuous and decides to strap out at the the great unwashed who make her furious . There ’s no deeper level of thought that would change this from a basic reaction to revenge . Considering this and her childly state , she ca n’t be held to the same monetary standard as other gods . She is n’t well - behave , but she is far from the speculative god inthe Magicians .
illusion is treated otherwise – and far darker and more dangerous – in The Magicians , and it ’s what sets it apart from other fantasy TV shows .
5Aengus, The Trickster God
The Magiciansseason 4 introduces multiple antecedently unknown gods , include Aengus . The Celtic practical joker god is a coward first and firstly , disguising himself as the god Enyalius to stick hidden from Nameless . While self - saving is n’t a uncollectible thing , Aengus assign another living god at risk of infection , unlike Bacchus who dissemble to be a all in god . This alone would n’t make him bad – only pathetic . However , the god ’s sadism makes him one of the forged gods inThe Magicians . The show provides a glimpse into the past , which shows Aengus excitedly preparing to sacrifice a girlfriend with no sign of faltering .
4Umber, The Fillorian God Of Order
Appearances: 3 Episodes In The Magicians Seasons 2 and 4
Of the two Fillorian gods , Umber is the less of two evils ; however , that bar is extremely humbled . Umber make a deal with the Beast , manipulate his death and going into exile . This prevents the Beast from killing him . What ’s passing distressing about Umber ’s choice is that he has no issue leaving Martin Chatwin to bring mayhem on the people and universe he facilitate create . His cowardliness and selfishness finally take into account the Beast to get ahead ascendancy over Fillory and the Wellspring . As such , Umber is one of the spoiled god throughoutThe Magicians .
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