Fates

The **Fates** are a group of deities in Disney's 1997 animated feature film, *Hercules*. These three sisters share one eye, which they use to see the past, present and future. They also determine the deaths of mortals, cutting a mortal's **Thread of Life** to send them to the Well of Souls in the Underworld. They have extreme psychic abilities, knowing everything that has happened, is happening and will happen, and are an authority above the gods in this respect, though the one thing they cannot do is kill a god.

## Appearance

The Fates resemble demonic hags dressed in simple black cloaks. They seem rather proud that they 'know everything', and never hesitate to emphasize this claim. This is only challenged at the climax in *Hercules*, perhaps for the purposes of dramatic effect.

**Lachesis** (**Carole Shelley**) is the tallest of the three, with blue skin and a long pointed nose. Her role is to measure out a person's Thread of Life, so she knows all of the past. She appears to have a spider living in her nose; at one point, it makes a bid for freedom, but she sends it back up her nostril with a sniff. She seems to be the most grumpy and disapproving of the three.

**Clotho** (**Amanda Plummer**) is the middle-sized one with green skin, yellow worm-like hair, and a long pointed chin. Her role is to spin the Thread of Life, so she knows all of the present. She is the most friendly of the three with Hades, and her readiness to provide him with information is frowned upon by Lachesis and Atropos.

**Atropos** (**Paddi Edwards**) is short and plump with mauve skin, green serpent-like hair, and a single eye socket. Her role is to cut the Thread of Life, so she can see the future. Her role possibly makes her the most deadly and powerful of the three. She's also the most intelligent of the three.

## Personality

They appear to relish ending mortal's lives, each looking on with glee as Atropos cuts each thread (though they will only cut at each designated time and will not kill a mortal prematurely). They are not allied with Hades, and are not denizens of the Underworld; however, they seem to prefer Hades to the gods on Mount Olympus, at one point referring to Hercules as a 'bouncing baby brat' though this is probably because they live in Underworld, making Hades their landlord of sorts.

The three sisters bicker among themselves. They often snatch their single eye from one another quite aggressively and do not always agree on matters.

## Powers and Abilities

* As goddesses, the Fates possess the natural abilities and strength of an Olympian goddess such as immortality, omnipresence, omniscience, superhuman strength, metamorphosis, and teleportation.
* As the goddesses of destiny, the Fates watch over and weave the tapestry of fate and destiny. They are also able to see into the future and therefore know the outcome of all event to come. However, the weaving of the tapestry is not something only they can do, anyone who can use the loom the tapestry is created with is able to weave it and alter fate, however, this can have catastrophic results and only the Fates can properly weave the tapestry and maintain order and balance in the cosmos.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

They appeared in Sora's Adventures at Olympus Coliseum