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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The Other was created in the now-sunken Doggerland<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland</ref> on the same parallel Earth that spawned the [[Divided States]] and [[Vieuxlyons]]. Rather than being born naturally, the Other came to be when a [[Shaman]] 'bifurcated' her own [[soul]] in two, creating two independent creatures, in an attempt to escape the grasp of [[death]] after having seen her own [[:Category:Father|father]] [[murder]] her [[:Category:Mother|mother]] - and having killed her father before he could make her his next mate. Whereas the Other's counterpart, [[The (Dark) One|the One]], inherited the majority of their progenitor's memories and emotions, the Other inherited most of her capacity for logical thought and [[magic]]. Being unable to move on to the afterlife in their bifurcated, incomplete state, the two spirits would seize the nearest corpses, bring them to life, and move on to new vessels once the previous one was killed. | The Other was created in the now-sunken Doggerland<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland</ref> on the same parallel Earth that spawned the [[Divided States]] and [[Vieuxlyons]]. Rather than being born naturally, the Other came to be when a [[Shaman]] 'bifurcated' her own [[soul]] in two, creating two independent creatures, in an attempt to escape the grasp of [[death]] after having seen her own [[:Category:Father|father]] [[murder]] her [[:Category:Mother|mother]] - and having killed her father before he could make her his next mate. Whereas the Other's counterpart, [[The (Dark) One|the One]], inherited the majority of their progenitor's memories and emotions, the Other inherited most of her capacity for logical thought and [[magic]]. Being unable to move on to the afterlife in their bifurcated, incomplete state, the two spirits would seize the nearest corpses, bring them to life, and move on to new vessels once the previous one was killed. | ||
==Suffer the Child== | |||
The Other was content to follow the lead of the Obe for thousands of years, travelling and killing together as the mood took them. She was noted for being more clinical and precise at the latter, though, making murder a 'craft' where the One made it an 'art'. Their relationship was nevertheless loving and harmonious - until the Other grew frustrated due to her unfulfilled desire to have children. The two spirits were capable of conceiving together, but the souls of their offspring were inherently instable due to their own incompleteness, leading to each child in turn to die at a young age. Angered by the One's lack of concern, the Other created a spell that forcefully bound her latest son's soul to his body, prolonging his life indefinitely - unless the magic were ever dispelled. | |||
[[Category:Daughter]] | [[Category:Daughter]] | ||
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The Other is a character first mentioned in Quoth the Raven Issue 32 in the story "A Darkness Falls".
Background
The Other was created in the now-sunken Doggerland[1] on the same parallel Earth that spawned the Divided States and Vieuxlyons. Rather than being born naturally, the Other came to be when a Shaman 'bifurcated' her own soul in two, creating two independent creatures, in an attempt to escape the grasp of death after having seen her own father murder her mother - and having killed her father before he could make her his next mate. Whereas the Other's counterpart, the One, inherited the majority of their progenitor's memories and emotions, the Other inherited most of her capacity for logical thought and magic. Being unable to move on to the afterlife in their bifurcated, incomplete state, the two spirits would seize the nearest corpses, bring them to life, and move on to new vessels once the previous one was killed.
Suffer the Child
The Other was content to follow the lead of the Obe for thousands of years, travelling and killing together as the mood took them. She was noted for being more clinical and precise at the latter, though, making murder a 'craft' where the One made it an 'art'. Their relationship was nevertheless loving and harmonious - until the Other grew frustrated due to her unfulfilled desire to have children. The two spirits were capable of conceiving together, but the souls of their offspring were inherently instable due to their own incompleteness, leading to each child in turn to die at a young age. Angered by the One's lack of concern, the Other created a spell that forcefully bound her latest son's soul to his body, prolonging his life indefinitely - unless the magic were ever dispelled.
