Origin of the Seven (fanfiction)

***The Origin of the Seven,*** originally just ***The seven,*** is a fan story about the origin of the Soul-Eaters, or the Healers as they once were known, written by some Finnish guy named **Olmo** in 2015 and posted to the COAD website. It goes surprisingly into depth about how the Soul-Eaters may have taken off.

You can read the whole thing here: https://wolfbrother.com/wp-content/uploads/gravity\_forms/1-21c22ffa1420d77b11a71cd351a6a23a/2020/04/The-Seven.pdf

## Summary

Welcome back to fifth grade, since that is about the level of my writing.

Eostra was apparently the first of the gang to become a mage (that makes sense.) She was an orphan who dedicated her life to magic and became of her clan, which is fairly easy to do when might as well only one left in your clan. She actually resurrected her dead nephew who died to a pile of rocks (obvious foreshadowing), and then went into hiding for her crime. Eostra supposedly discovered the fire-opal during her later wanderings.

Thiazzi, originally a tree-hugging weakling from the dying Oak Clan... (come on, do new clans ever form? They have to at some point...) was visited by Eostra at the age of seventeen... or nineteen, I can't even remember and I just read this section. Eostra then taught Thiazzi mage-craft, so of course, Thiazzi used some potions to turn himself into a buff and angry monster of a man, before being told by Eostra that he could join her in uniting the clans.

Narrander, or the Walker as he was later known, was spied on by Eostra during her visit to the Otter Clan, and had been taught magic from the Hidden People, of all creatures. The desperate Otters had few other choices than to nominate him as their new mage. He later had a son, named Narik, of course. Similarly to Thiazzi, Narrander was introduced to Eostra's plans to unite the clans, and Eostra was enthusiastic about having such a knowledgeable man as the Otter Mage in her group. Oh, how shit changed...

Tenris, unlike his two previous counterparts, had been looking for a job amongst a group of mages, and he had alienated himself from the clans after wandering the Forest for ten years. Tenris was not the true Seal Mage at the time, and even Eostra could tell this was so, but the Seal Clan didn't give a shit. Eostra saw Tenris as surprisingly skilled anyway.

Torak's father, who was of course Tenris's little brother, was also interested in Magecraft, though he sought to use it to help in hunting rather than for power. "Fa", as Torak would call him, was only nine when he started, spent his endeavors on his longing to become a wolf, finally achieving this goal after seven long winters, albeit only for a few seconds. He then considered himself the happiest man alive, was nominated to become the Wolf Mage, and joined the Healers, tattooing the three-pronged fork on his arm.

Nef encountered the Healers as the group searched for a solution to a famine in the Deep Forest, due to lack of prey around. When Eostra first encountered the Bat Clan, their mage was nowhere to be seen, but eventually, Eostra managed to find Nef somewhere nearby. Nef was highly clumsy and disregarded by her clan, Eostra gained respect by improving her ability to enchant small creatures so she could make a live bat her clan-skin. Nef later had a son to a strange Lynx Clan man, but both this man and Nef's new son later died, leading to Nef's first attempt at suicide. Eostra then convinced Nef to join the Healers in the hopes preventing even more fatalities.

The young girl who became known as Seshru never knew her Viper Clan parents, having been raised by the Willow Clan. She met an exiled Viper man, who taught her Magecraft, changed her name, and later grew to be a beautiful young woman with a special interest in remedies. Seshru later married Fin-Kedinn's brother at the age of 21. Seshru later approached Eostra, claiming to be the Viper Mage. While Eostra could tell Seshru was lying, she believed that Seshru had potential due to her vast knowledge for herbs and remedies.

The Healers slowly grew in power as time went on, and Eostra ended up showing the group her secret cave in the far north, where she kept the fire-opal. Eostra's personality had decayed, but she had revealed that the fork tattoos bonded the group together, with Eostra holding the strongest grip. Eostra then claimed fear from the demons controlled by the fire-opal was the only way to finally unite the clans. To demonstrate, she took a captured man and pulled the souls out of his body with her trident, freaking out everyone in the cave.

Eostra then ordered the group to submit, and Tenris, Thiazzi, Seshru, and Nef all agreed out of fear. The remaining two Mages, Narrander and Torak's father, left, but Tenris brought the Wolf Mage back by warning him that he would not be welcomed by the Wolf Clan, due to being an outcast. Eostra eventually got her hands on Narik and threatened to make him suffer if Narrander didn't comply with her plan. At a clan meeting, the Healers proclaimed their new intentions, threatening to kill anyone who resisted. In the conflict that followed, Eostra literally ate multiple of her victims' souls, until the clans finally retreated in fear. The newly-nicknamed Soul-Eaters themselves retreated to a hideout located at a hill in the forest.

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