Moirai

Moirai are a capricious species of liminal that most often frequent the Forest north of Seprum. They generally take the form of women and provide travelers with information about the day they will die. If asked a question three times in a row, moirai must answer truthfully, though they often flee before doing so. Certain plays and myths suggest that knowing a moirai's true name grants power over them, though this has never been empirically tested.

Anelia Exselsius categorized three different types of moirai:

* **Water moirai** generally appear as young women or people with long hair. Though they do not congregate around water, they often look like they are submerged, moving through the air like they are swimming, with hair and limbs that float, especially with sudden movement. Anelia described two she observed as "frighteningly skinny, with skin stretched over bones like thread on a loom" and "with skin so pale, their veins are all visible." Water moirai do not move their mouths to speak and they can be understood by every member of a group with no shared language.
* **Blood moirai** often have bleeding wounds and blood-stained clothing. They appear as men and wifere as well as women and appear to have more blood than a regular human, which they leave behind them in a trail. Like all moirai, they can either turn invisible or transport themselves great distance in and instant, leaving their blood trails behind them. When they speak, their voices are often watery and blood may come out of their mouth, nose, or eyes.
* **Toxic moirai** have withered, discolored bodies. They may sound like they are struggling to breathe and clutch at their throat. Some have skin that is broken out in pustules and pox or has peeled away in some places. Despite this, observers often describe the moirai with words like "enchanting" or "enthralling." illyannis suggested that the siren may just be a specific sub-type of toxic moirai, though others argue that sirens are always described as beautiful and often sing. Toxic moirai are the only type to ever be seen in a group.

Anelia's categories are generally criticized due to her Trilateralist leanings as Trilateralists always try to see things in groups of three. Kong Jung and Demi Aleya Dhi suggested additional types of moirai based on observation, study of past sightings, and the theory that moirai types correspond broadly to forms of execution.

* **Air moirai,** which Anela sorted as a type of toxic moirai, appear bloated and fat. Despite this, they gasp for breath and claw at their throats, voices a raspy whisper or too high and fast to understand. They may complain of headache and are generally the least coherent type of moirai, speaking in ancient languages or, as some posit, languages that have not yet evolved.
* **Wounded moirai** are missing limbs or, in rare cases, their heads. Despite this, they can always be understood by observers. Wounded moirai are seen most often out of the Forest at scenes of great slaughter, on battlefields, or near an execution. Some executioners in Seprum worship wounded moirai as a Theist god and conflate them with gods of death and the underworld. Their appearances range widely, and some may be missing as little as a single joint of a finger or most of their body mass. They show no ability to fly or float and those missing legs will limp, hobble, crawl, or claw to get around.
* **Whispering moirai** speak less of death and more of fear. They are the only type of moirai that definitively speaks aloud and can be heard as opposed to simply understood. They have a preternatural ability to understand what someone fears most and often repeat a person's hidden, secret thoughts. They appear most often as children, generally young boys, or as old wise women.

The type of moirai someone sees may broadly correspond to the nature of their death, which is perhaps why individuals often only see one type of moirai in their lifetime. Before the sinking of the *Euripedes*, observers claimed to see water moirai on the deck or in the ocean itself.