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The Fatal Sisters

Norse battle-weavers who spin the fate of warriors on a loom strung with human entrails, choosing who falls and who survives.

supporting

Also known as Sisters

First appearance: The Fatal Sisters

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The twelve gigantic women who weave the web of war and sing the dreadful song.
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These supernatural sisters sit at the edge of the battlefield, their loom fed by severed heads and blood-soaked threads as they sing the slaughter into being. Their power is terrible and impersonal: they do not hate the…

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Eclectic literary and historical allusions
  • Norse mythological catalysts
  • Protagonist

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  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional peak occurs in the final couplet, where the idealized heroism of "Victor he stood" is abruptly s…

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