Moirai

The Greek Fates (Art by Alexander Rothaug)

### Aliases

Fates, Parcae, Moirae Sisters, Moerae, Sisters of Fate, Greek Incarnations of Destiny, Sisters of Moros

## Organization

### Members

Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

The **Moirai** are the triplet daughters of Nyx and Erebus and the goddesses of destiny.

## Overview

The Moirai consists of three sisters: Clotho, Lacheisis, and Atropos. They are the Greek Version of the Fates and so are counterparts of the Norns.

Clotho is the one who spins the thread of life using her spindle. Then, Lachesis determines how long that person will live by measuring it. Finally, Atropos chooses how each person will die and when they will die by cutting the thread.

The Moirai controls the lifestyle of every mortal, from the day they were born to their last hour. They watch over the life of every being without outside interference. Even the other gods and to respect their wishes. However, Zeus is a special case. Some say that he can control them as he is the king of the gods yet others insist that he too must obey their wishes.

Clotho sees everything that has happened in the past and carries a spindle. Lachesis wields a staff and watches the events that transpired during the future and present. Atropos holds a cutting instrument and observes the deaths of all living beings. The Moirai are very stern and often do not make deals with others. Due to their authority, they are often depicted with staffs, scepters, and even crowns. Three nights after a child is born, they appear to decide how its life will play out.

## Description

The Fates often only interfere in mortal affairs when spinning someone’s life-thread but on special occasions, they will directly interfere. As they decide when and how a mortal shall die, they are known as the goddesses of death.

It is revealed that the Moirai only truly answer to a couple of beings, they are God, Khaos, Father Time, Death, the Protogenoi (mainly Nyx, Erebus and Ananke), and their older brother Moros. They are under God's divine guidance and Father Time task them to watch over the flow of all sentient beings in Creation, whilst they also act as associates with Death itself when it comes ending a Man's life and being agents of destiny who oversees their duties involving the way a sentient being is to act throughout its life and determining his/her destiny.

On the family side, they absolutely serve Khaos and the Protogenoi, especially their parents (Nyx and Erebus) and their teacher Ananke who was the previous maintainer of Fate in the Greek Pantheon. The final one they will serve is Moros, their older brother, who was the one who raised them if their parents were occupied with something else.

According to Atropos, the three of them are bound by the universal and divine laws, originally decreed by the Creator and the protogenoi. If any of them either breaks the sacred law of life, death, and destiny, do something for their own selfish ends, or anything that will affects the lives of the sentient beings they've watch over, they will greatly punish by them for the sisters' breaking the universal and celestial laws on a worst level.

According to Poseidon, Apollo, and Athena, they have once break the universal law by intervening and dictating the ruling state of the Olympus, during the first thousand years of their reign, by telling the bloodline curse of the mother of all the gods and titans Dʰéǵʰōm and manipulating Zeus to cause fear, and they were banish for it, and if they were to threaten to intervene once again, they will be cursed further in a never ending sufferings and earning the hatred of the gods.

Although the Moirai are often depicted as ugly old women, they are sometimes seen as beautiful young maidens. What they look like depends on the person who sees them. If a human has a righteous heart, then the Moirai will appear to him as beautiful and benevolent beings. If the person has a lot of evil inside him, then he will perceive the Moirai as ugly and cruel hags.

## Notable Members

* Clotho - The youngest sister, Weaver of the Thread
* Lachesis - The middle sister, Measurer of the Thread
* Atropos - The oldest sister, Cutter of the Thread