The Four Fates are a set of brothers with clairvoyant or otherwise mystical abilities. They do not remember their own birth parents and are accompanied instead by one another and their birds. Their birds are a pair of white raven sisters, Huginn and Muninn, who speak the human tongue and are startlingly intelligent. The birds are very fond of the boys and go with them everywhere. It is suspected that the birds are immortal or of the gods. The Fates travel Valise seeking to help people and spread prophecies, and are made up of Illisha the Godtouched, Darcelle the Bold, Cecille the Clever and Zezili the Gentle. It is Zezili's prophecies that are most desired, for Illisha can speak to the gods and the Old Gods favor their lies. |