Editing Cult of Kosmos

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|name = Cult of Kosmos
|image = Cult of Kosmos emblem.png
|founder = 
|locations = [[Achaemenid Empire]]<br>[[Greece]]
|related = [[Children of Cain]] <small>(predecessor)</small><br>
[[Cult of Hermes]]<ref name="ACOD novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]]</ref>{{c|predecessor}}<br />
[[Order of the Ancients]]<br>
[[Templars]] {{C|successor}}<br>
[[Achaemenid Empire]]<br />
[[Delian League]]<br />
[[Peloponnesian League]]<br />
[[Daughters of Artemis]]<br />
[[Followers of Ares]]
|formed = 6th–5th century BCE<ref name="ACOD novel" />
|notable = [[Aspasia]]<br>
[[Kleon]]<br/>
[[Alexios|Deimos]]}}
The '''Cult of Kosmos''' was a secretive cabal operating throughout and controlling ancient [[Greece]] and the surrounding regions. The Cult also operated in branches comprising several [[Adept]]s, with each branch led by a individual dubbed as the [[Sage (Cult of Kosmos)|Sage]].<ref name="Prima">''[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Official Game Guide]]''</ref>

The Cult of Kosmos was one of several antecedents to the [[Templars|Order of the Knights Templar]].

==History==
===Founding===
The Cult of Kosmos was founded at some point after the meeting of [[Hermes Trismegistus]] and [[Pythagoras]], which had led to the foundation of the [[Cult of Hermes]]. Disaffected with the Cult of Hermes' ways, a number of followeres splintered from the group and formed their own collective; the Cult of Kosmos.<ref name="ACOD novel" />

===Greco-Persian Wars===
The Cult notably supported King [[Xerxes I of Persia]] during his conquests, seing him as a mean to unite all Greece as one under his one rule. When [[Leonidas I of Sparta]] consulted the [[Oracle of Delphi]] about going to war against the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]], the whole Cult confronted the [[Sparta]]n King, warning him not to oppose their plans. Nevertheless, Leonidas chose to disregard their threats and fight against the invaders, an act of defiance which cost him his life.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

Following Leonidas' definace, the Cult became determined to wipe out his bloodline due to its potential of interference. Through their manipulation of the [[Oracle of Delphi]], the Cult spread word that the grandchildren of Leonidas would bring ruin to Sparta and, as a result, the children were sentenced to execution. The executions did not go the plan however, and both children survived.<ref name="ACOD" />

===Peloponnesian War===
Several decades later, the Cult orchestrated the [[Peloponnesian War]] in an effort to achieve control of Greece amidst the conflict of the country's two most notable city-states. This put them at odds with the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]], the granddaughter of Leonidas who fought to stop the cult's plans for control over Greece.<ref name="ACOD" />

==Foundations and Beliefs==
Much like their Egyptian counterparts, the Order of the Ancients, and their future incarnations, the Templar Order, the Cult of Kosmos were not at all polytheistic and had a deistic belief system. According to Aspasia, the nations in Greece were already chaotic and the Cult wanted to use a controlled war so as to create a clean slate so as to establish an orderly and unified Greek Nation, one where there will be no more violence and the people will move towards a more rational and developing society, which will be build by the people for the people. Aspasia mentioned this would require a very wise and philosophical king.

Some members of the Cult did however idolize and worship the people with the Bloodline, truly believing them to be actual demigods, such as Deimos. The members of the Cult had soon grown chaotic and greedy and used the Chaos to earn massive amounts of profits and political power.

==Members==
===Peloponnesian War===
*[[Aspasia]] {{c|The Ghost of Kosmos}}
*[[Alexios|Deimos]] {{c|The Demigod, Sage}}

====Eyes of Kosmos====
*[[Elpenor]]
*[[Hermippos]]
*[[Sotera]]
*[[The Master]]
*[[Midas]]
*[[Nyx the Shadow]] {{c|Sage}}

====The Silver Vein====
*[[Epiktetos]]
*[[The Centaur of Euboea]]
*[[The Chimera]]
*[[The Silver Griffin]]
*[[Machaon]]
*[[Polemon]] {{c|Sage}}

====Delian League====
*[[Brison]]
*[[Podarkes]]
*[[Rhexenor]]
*[[Iobates]]
*[[Kodros]]
*[[Kleon]] {{c|Sage}}

====Peloponnesian League====
*[[Skylax]]
*[[The Monger]]
*[[Silanos]]
*[[Kallias]]
*[[Lagos]]
*[[Pausanias]] {{c|Sage}}

====Gods of the Aegean Sea====
*[[Asterion]]
*[[Sokos]]
*[[The Octopus]]
*[[Melanthos]]
*[[The Mytilenian Shark]]
*[[The Hydra]] {{c|Sage}}

====Worshippers of the Bloodline====
*[[Zoisme]]
*[[Harpalos]]
*[[Chrysis]]
*[[Melite]]
*[[Diona]]
*[[Iokaste]] {{c|Sage}}

====Heroes of the Cult====
*[[Okytos]]
*[[Swordfish]]
*[[Pallas]]
*[[Belos]]
*[[Deianeira]]
*[[Exekias]] {{c|Sage}}

===Allies and puppets===
*[[Darius I of Persia]]
*[[Xerxes I of Persia]]
*[[Oracle of Delphi]]
*[[Followers of Ares]]
*[[Daughters of Artemis]]
*[[The Dagger]]
*Priests of [[Asclepius|Asklepios]]
*Various Mercenaries

==Trivia==
*''Kosmos'' (κόσμος) is a word that stems from ancient Greek origin, and it means both 'order' and 'world', mainly because the ancient Greeks thought that the world was perfectly harmonious and impeccably put in order.
*While the leaders of the Cult were dubbed Sages, this dub does not have any connection to the [[Sages]], the human reincarnations of the [[Isu]] [[Juno]]'s husband [[Aita]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACOD Cultist Render.png|A member of the cult
ACOD Cult of Kosmos meeting 1.jpg|A cult meeting in the Cave of Gaia beneath Delphi
ACOD Cult of Kosmos meeting 2.jpg
ACOD Cult of Kosmos Guardian.png|A cultist guardian
ACOD Cult of Kosmos Vanguard.png|A cultist vanguard
ACOD Cult of Kosmos Scion.png|A cultist scion
ACOD Cultist Chamber Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the cult meeting
</gallery>

==Appearance==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''

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