Fateweavers

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## General Information

### Number of Members

0 (Life), 1, (Time), 6 (Knowledge), 6 (Madness), 1 (Protection), 0 (Possibility), 0 (Dreams), 0 (Compassion)

## Further Description

Fateweavers are mortals chosen to execute the will of an Elder God in the Material Plane. In addition to being granted immense power, especially in the specific field of their patron Elder God, Fateweavers have the unique power to retroactively change the course of a person’s life choices. This is done through a combination of magic, essence, soul, and the power of the Elder God themselves. Fateweavers are born into mortal bodies, slowly discovering their abilities and connection to divinity as they mature, but live for longer lives compared to other members of their species. Additionally, most Fateweavers are marked by their patron Elder God, physically preventing their souls from being reaped upon premature death.

## Practices

### Fate Weaving

The actual contents of the events will not change, nor will the memories or personalities of anyone involved in those events, but the person whose fate is woven will be altered as though certain details had always been true. There is sometimes a net loss of material wealth, knowledge, or muscle-memory training associated with a newly-woven fate.

## History

### Origin

Fateweavers have existed for as long as the Pionus have existed.

### Sealing of Adria

Adria was trapped in a time loop starting from 0 A.B., as described below under “Jonathan Wells”.

### Tsuyuki Himura on the Council of Five

A few decades before the events of Darkfell in 10,015 A.B., the Fateweaver Tsuyuki Himura used her powers of foresight and prediction to establish herself as a member of Amerale’s Council of Five. Very shortly before Darkfell began in earnest, Tsuyuki went into hiding, only to reemerge a few months prior to the Planar War. During this appearance, she revealed her status as a Fateweaver, her identity as the Binturian Kazane’s mother, and granted the Binturian Party a vision of how the Beast Below came to be, so they would be better informed in their decision on the Planar War’s resolution. Shortly after the vision ended, Tsuyuki died of exhaustion caused by the vision’s stresses on her.

### Sanctuary

Protection granted Aquano’s request, creating the site where the United Sanctuaries of Orelisle would be founded, in 10,016. She would later bless its legal constitution in 10,018.

## Structure

Fateweavers are beholden to, and in communication with, their patron Elder God, but otherwise have no structure. Generally, the fewer Fateweavers an Elder God has, the more powerful those Fateweavers are. A Fateweaver can also be “demoted” if their patron is displeased with their actions, restoring them to a normal mortal existence. Since this so rarely happens, it is unknown if this has any consequences to the former Fateweaver themselves.

## Members

### Life

The Elder God of Life has no Fateweavers.

### Time

#### Jonathan Wells

The pionus mayor of the small town Adria on the outskirts of Old Binturia, just before its fall. In order to protect his home from invaders, Jonathan erected a barrier ritual that could protect his citizens from harm. Thirty minutes after the barrier went up, however, infiltrators destroyed Adria in its entirety. Since the blessing of the Elder Goddess of Time partially fueled the barrier ritual, time within the barrier reset to the initial casting of the ritual. Jonathan remembered the events before the reset, but he could not search the town for the assailants and maintain the barrier at the same time.

This cycle repeated every thirty minutes, for ten thousand years, with Jonathan remembering each monotonous repetition. The barrier withstood the annihilation of Old Binturia, and the encroaching Binturian Forest swallowed the dome whole until the Binturian Party stumbled upon it. With Jonathan’s limited help, the Binturians discovered and defeated the invading infiltrators and lifted the barrier spell. Jonathan and his town still stand in the Binturian Forest as the last monument to Old Binturia and the new base of operations for the Binturian Party.

### Knowledge

#### Tsuyuki Himura (Former)

Mother to the gargoyle Binturian Kazane, she gave the party a memory vision of the ancient past during the Planar War to give context to their ultimate decision.

#### Samuel Slater (Former)

Son of the Elder God of Madness, close friend of William Willson, and ally of the Binturian Party. When Samuel sided against Knowledge during the Deathless Days, he was formally demoted and no longer acts in a Fateweaver capacity.

#### Broomhilda

Physically the oldest Fateweaver (Somewhere around 130), she seems to be a senile old woman most of the time. However, she’s weirdly rational sometimes, and is also pretty damn powerful. Also owns and operates Newts, Bats, and Beyond, the Witch’s Supply Store.

#### Snowpaws

A Polar Bear-folk. Physically a young child. Loves to play and is fond of cuddles. Still, Snowpaws likes to help those around.

#### Soul Weather

An older man, but a wise and kind one. Also kind of immature for his age. Soul has a thick accent with no discernible or logical origin, since everyone is pretty sure he’s from Veridae. Kind of a father figure to Samuel.

### Madness

#### Belladonna (Former)

Belladonna was a newt-folk, born in the Fera Isles. For many years, Belladonna was the sole Fateweaver of Madness. This much power, an energy of the embodiment of Madness itself, coursing through her body, drove her mad. Though this was fitting for a Fateweaver of her station, and thus left alone for a great long time, this insanity drove Belladonna to commit countless atrocities, including the genocide of all known newt-folk and the creation and spread of a literal plague of emotional instability.

In 10,017 A.B., a complicated ritual was performed to remove Belladonna’s protections against Death, and the Binturian Party successfully killed Belladonna. Belladonna once wielded a sword that could shoot lightning bolts, called Tinitris.

#### 6 Unnamed Toddlers

Following the end of the Deathless Days, Madness was able to renegotiate the terms of his banishment. Learning from his mistakes with Belladonna, and no doubt too keen to be shunted from the Material Plane yet again, Madness’s power is spread amongst seven infants, all born in the summer of 10,019 A.B..

### Protection

#### Aquano Silfedis

Former Binturian and founder of the United Sanctuaries of Orelisle. Through a powerful ritual, Aquano beseeched Protection for a space of true sanctuary, under her infinite protection. Protection, acceded to this request of her power, taking all of Aquano’s worldly possessions and making him Her agent on Temporis (functionally laying claim to his very being) in exchange for a one mile diameter space in the Binturian forest where it is impossible to physically harm another creature. In doing so, Aquano became Protection’s Fateweaver, perhaps even Her first. It is not known if Aquano was born a Fateweaver and this was simply inheriting his destiny, or if Protection elevated him to become a Fateweaver following the ritual.

Part of his responsibility as a Fateweaver includes being the druid protector of the Underforest, the sprawling woods surrounding the Conduit beneath Binturia.

### Possibility

The Elder Goddess of Possibility has no Fateweavers.

### Dreams

The Elder God of Dreams has no Fateweavers.

### Compassion

The Elder God of Compassion has no Fateweavers.

## Further Information

* Adria
* Amrali Provinces
* Aquano Silfedis
* Belladonna
* Deathless Days
* Elder Gods
* Elu
* Essence
* Magic
* Morpheus
* Old Binturia
* Souls
* United Sanctuaries of Orelisle
* William Willson