Megwandir

## Symbol

A downwards-facing spider

> The offspring of the sun and the moon brought great change. This new child was neither Tuatha nor Parivar, but made from the union of the two. And so, begrudgingly, the great peace began, for now the two houses should be united into one. But Grandmother Stone was no longer asleep, and she greatly desired to claim the lordship of Aryavarta. Through her sacred dint, she found the malcontent of Megwandir, still enraged by the wounding of her sister. That the spider would birth the Twins was foretold by Grandmother: this she used to drive wedges between the Houses. For family loyalty still burned hot within the minds of the Tuatha, and hotter still was the Parivar desire to mete out justice. Even sun and moon found themselves in furious debate, while their child retreated into dream and fantasy. The peace, forged in love, now trembled before a vast ideological divide.
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### The Weaver's War

**Author:** Aarti Apurva

> The affair was the first hint: a Parivar forge deity in a dalliance with the Tuathan sadist? Worse still, their child was storm and paradox, unreadable and unknowable, a far cry from the peaceful joy of Diurna. Exsanguine is still lost, his fate unknowable. Enraged, the Parivar made an ultimatum: cast off the spider and her offspring, or face the consequences of war. But Mathonwy, in his wisdom, imbued the Tuatha with the love of family first and foremost, and so it was that lines were drawn and families broken. Encouraged by the whisperings of Megwandir, even the sun broke away from her lover, for she was filled with wrath at the evil that the Tuatha allowed to fester within their family. And so the second great conflict began: the Weaver’s War.
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### The Sea-Lantern Affair

**Author:** Aarti Apurva

> Yet there were some who chose to reject the family lines. Kyrielle and Tanwari, long friends and lovers, chose to turn aside from their families. The birth of their twins resounded through the cosmos, and many thought that, like the dreamer before them, it would bring peace. But unbeknownst to all, the Twins had secretly made something far worse: that most accursed beast of slaughter and prophecy. The hungry one stalked the newborn twins, and before any could act, struck out in violence and malice. In one stark moment, the whisperings of loyalty fell from the eyes of the Tuatha, and they turned against Megwandir and her ilk, casting them out as the Morrigan, now standing on its own as the fourth great family. Even Jorð was appalled, and sent fire and frost, mountain and sky, all to crash down upon the Crow with great vengeance and furious wrath.
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### Cast out the Morrigan!

**Origin:** Scattered Papers of Bral Library

> …my fellow eldar, we must not be swayed by this deceiver, this charlatan! Betrayer offspring of the starry palm! Let her name be here forgotten, though it may be spoken on other planes. Megwandir, I name her! Spider that births twin abominations! Hedonism and sadism ought to be shunned, not worshipped: we must seek to end the cults of Cacoethes and Glaire, by force if necessary! Bring forth the swords and spears, arm the people...
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### Songs of the Eldar

**Origin:** Scattered Papers of Bral Library

> …Mathonwy came out of night, bearing magic in his palm
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> Four fingers birthed four children, each fiercely proud and strong
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> Cernunnos, of forest, of the wild things running free
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> Manawydan, raging master of the rough, tempestuous sea
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> Arianrhod, light of silver, lover of the sun
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> `**{A large ink spot obscures the text}**` a web of lies she spun…
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### Journal in the Tower

**Origin:** Kyrielle's room in the Tower of Aryavarta

> The door refuses to open. It requires blood now, and I have none left in this pale carcass. Here I die, and my skull will be added to the ring…
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