Atropos

* Erebus (Father)
* Nyx (Mother)

**Atropos**, also known as **Morta**, is the Primordial Goddess of Death and the End from Greco-Roman mythology. She is one of the Moirai, goddesses of fate, and is responsible for cutting the threads that symbolize life of those who have met their end.

## Overview

**Atropos** is the eldest of the three Moirae Sisters, and was known as "the Inflexible One". She is the one who cuts the thread of fate, signifying the end of one's life. They controlled the destiny of every living mortal and it was thought that even Zeus was subject to their will, unable to change it; in a few myths, however, Zeus was named "Moiragetes", i.e. controller of the Fates.

In mythology, it is said that she appears with her sisters within three days of a baby's birth to decide its fate. Her Roman equivalent was Morta. According to Hesiod's Theogony, she and her sisters (Lachesis and Clotho) are the daughters of Nyx and Erebus. In other accounts, they are said to be the daughters of Zeus and Themis as well as several other beings such as Chaos and Ananke.

Atropos , along with her sisters and Hermes, was given credit for creating the alphabet for their people, forced the goddess Aphrodite into making love with other beings, weakened the monster Typhon with poison fruit, persuaded Zeus to kill Asclepius with lightning, and even aided the gods in their war with the Giants by killing Agrius and Thoas with bronze clubs. Even though Atropos and her sisters were worshiped as goddesses, their representation of fate is more central to their role in mythology.

She is the most known sister, due to her job. Atropos was the smallest in stature, but the eldest and as some believe, the most powerful and cruel. Once those ends are cut by her razor sharp scissors, it is impossible to tie them back together. With this, she is also treated as a goddess of death.

## Appearance

Despite popular belief, Atropos is neither an old crone nor is she a small and hideous hag. Instead, she has the appearance of a beautiful woman with blood-red eyes, long straight dark-purple hair, and a voluptuous figure.

## Personality

Atropos is a cold, manipulative, and ruthless woman. She regards everyone, even her creator and her own sisters, with cold disdain, and only pays respect toward those who she considers strong, such as Zeus or Hades. The only people she truly respects and even reveres are the angels, especially those who serve within Michael's choir, as he is the primordial embodiment of destiny in its most primal form.

She is known to be the cruelest of the Moirai, known by epithets such as "The Inflexible One" or "She Who Cannot be Turned". She enjoys taunting others by threatening to cut their threads and end their lives in an instant, or even toying with the fates of mortal beings as if they are her playthings.

Like most gods, she is prideful and arrogant by default, believing that she is among the apex of existence and doesn't need to bother herself with the working of "lower life-forms", i.e. humanity. Although she didn't care much about gaining mortal followers, she has been shown to be greatly upset by the fact some people believe she is a minor goddess.

According to Hermes, the only time she has ever shown genuine fear and desperation was during the Great War, when news of the Three Factions entering a civil war arrived through the putti.

## History

### Early Life

Atropos, Lachesis, and Clotho were created by the primordial goddess Ananke billions of years ago when the life-forms came into existence on Earth under the commands of the Celestial Prince Michael. Like all other fate deities, they were taken in and trained within Diegesis for the entire duration of their immortal youth, being taught how to generate, manipulate, and sever the Threads of Fate.

### The Titanomachy

After the Kronides defeated the Titans and took over the control of the pantheon and of the Ancient Greek cosmos, the Moirai arrived on Mount Olympus to celebrate their victories. They appointed the new rulers with their new domains, as well as re-appointing the domains formerly belonging to the, now imprisoned, Titans to more suitable candidates.

Atropos was then personally anointed Zeus with consecrated oil and laid a circlet of Imperial Gold on his head, crowning him the new Sky Father and the God-King of the Ancient Greek Pantheon, and dubbed the winning gods the Olympians, after the mountain that served as their main base of operations during the war and where their final battle happened.

### Rivalry with Norns

At some point in time, the Greco-Roman Moirai and the Nordic Norns had formed a fierce rivalry against one another, to the point where each group would waste no opportunity to insult the others behind their backs. According to Hades, this rivalry had been so old that no one even remembered why they even fought in the first place, said groups included.

## Equipment

**Threads of Fate** (運命の糸, *Unmei no Ito*): As one of the Moirai, Atropos was trained within Diegesis since the day of her birth to generate, manipulate, and sever the threads of fate - physical manifestation of one's destiny and lifespan, with said person's countless potential and alternate possibilities are sealed within.

**Bronze Club** (青銅警棒, *Seidō Keibō*): Atropos and her sisters each own their own truncheon-like club made from pure Celestial Bronze which they have all shown their immense mastery over. During the Gigantomachy, when the Gigantes Agrius and Thoas bashed into their sanctuary on Mount Olympus in a suicidal attempt to destroy the Olympians' threads of fate, the Moirai had used their clubs to bash their heads in, killing them instantly.

## Trivia

* Her name, Atropos, means "without turn".
* As the Primordial Goddess of Death, she is considered a honorary cthonic goddess.
* Atropa, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, is named after her.
	+ Atropine, a tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic medication used to treat certain types of nerve agent naturally found in nightshades, is named after her.
* The Berg adder (*Bitis atropos*) is named after her.
* The African death's-head hawkmoth (*Acherontia atropos*) is named after her.
* The asteroid 273 Atropos is named after her.
* In some myths, she is either the daughter of Nyx and Erebus or of Zeus and Themis.
* In Ancient Greek religion, murder and suicide was considered blasphemy against her authority.
* Like her sisters, she also has/had an apprentice in the form of Thanatos.