Fate

 "Fate" is a vastly unknown entity. It exists in many iterations across cultures, and its relationship to the five Doesh and creation also lacks clarity. There have been what are believed to be physical manifestations of  "Fate" recorded in journals, diaries, and even religious texts, though these records are incredibly limited in scope, and are considered much more scarce than few and far between. The depictions described, or even drawn, in these records have many similarities: It appears as a tall, black mass, with a golden mask centered in the most voluminous area. It seems to stand on two legs that thin out at the end beyond perception, and extending from its head is a long, tail-like appendage. As to what is at the end of the appendage, there are varying accounts-- the most frequently added are either a hand or lantern.


Legends of  "Fate" contain mostly speculation as to what it is, and if it has a purpose or set of goals it seeks to achieve. Of all the accounts, none have seen "Fate" in this reality, leading some to believe it resides in the Land of Mists, given the mysterious and uncertain physical properties observed there. There are two accounts of individuals who briefly wandered the Land of Mists, having faced life-threatening situations, in which they describe traveling very far and long to meet it. The first account, written shortly after the writer awoke from their comatose state, is as follows:


"I didn't stray from the path. It was hard to see, but my feet stuck. Mist, everywhere. It was dim. Dim. Graey. Mist. A face was there, all of a sudden. Unhuman. Like a human. Gold. It was lit up, but no light was there. Quiet. It came closer then stood in front of me the black thing with the golden face and it knelt down to me to where my eyes met its own. It stuck its head on mine, all I saw was gold. Then I saw myself, in the gold, waking and moving and it was my whole life ahead of me moment by moment, every act and feeling and thought and breath and blink and dream and moment and moment and moment and moment and moment and moment and moment and moment and moment..."


The account continues on for a few pages with the same words, before it was presumably taken from the hands of the writer. The other account is less comprehensible, though select scholars believe that the writer had been approached by "Fate", and subsequently saw the mask open like a door, behind which was a similar occurrence of watching their life play out.

"Fate," of course, is known by other names, such as "The Weaver," "The Master," "The Graey," "The Traveler," "The Wise One," and is also understood to appear as multiple entities as well, such as "The Witches," "The Seers," "The Sisters," "The Weavers" etc. In correlation with its moniker "The Weaver," many myths associated with "Fate" assume it to bend and plan out mortal lives as a magnificent work of thread, and some who accept the aforementioned apparition sometimes imagine that at the tips of its long legs are needles, stitching our fates into the world.  



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