Twin-Soul

They say ye'd have tae be mad tae enter intae a Twin-Soul Pact willingly, lad. But the truth of it innae that simple. Tae really understand it, ye'd 'ave tae go all the way back. Farther back den Ae can remember, lad. Back, tae the very beginning. Tae when the first Twin-Soul was created by the Goddess Morrigan, a curs'ed being Ae dinnae why we still call 'er a goddess she's more like a daemon if ye ask me.

— An old man prepares to tell his grandson a story on a stormy day

The Twin-Soul Myth, aka the Myth of Morrigan, or How The Curse Began, is a wellknown myth detailing the origins of the Twin-Soul Ritual.

Summary

the Twin-Soul Myth is the story of the Goddess Morrigan who the legend suggests was the first mortal to form a Twin-Soul pact with Supernatural creature.

Historical Basis

The myth is based on the true story of how the first Twin-Soul Pact was formed. The only evidences that the story is a true one are the existence of Twin-Souls to this date (a feat that could not be achieved without the ritual the myth outlined), and the fact that the Soul of Morrigan still exists to this day, reincarnated many times over in an attempt to prevent her and Demon King Ithysmael from destroying The Wellspring.

Spread

This myth is common knowledge to any who have attended a school of magic, or truly any form of education.

Variations & Mutation

Though there are many versions of the myth, most agree on three things:

• The Goddess Morrigan (though they do not all agree upon her name) formed a Twin-Soul pact with the Demon King Ithysmael.
• The Demon King was granted His magic by The Wellspring (though some refer to her as simply "the source" or "the spring").
• Twin-Soul bonding is the origin of The Curse (though none can agree on what The Curse actually entails).

Cultural Reception

Though most cultures around the world accept some form of this myth into their canon none quite agree on it's symbolic meaning. Some see it as an Omen, a warning that to sell your soul in a ritual such as this is to lose the very thing that makes you a person. Others see it as a promise, a promise that the Goddess Morrigan and her King Ithysmael will purge the land one day of the one who so jealously guards magic from Man and Mer alike.

In Literature

There's been a lot of works based on the story of Morrigan and Ithysmael. Some paint it as a romance, that the Demon King fell in love with the mortal Morrigan, and in an attempt to never have to be parted from his lover by the bitter embraces of death he concocted the Twin-Soul Pact to bond them forever more in what can vaugely be called an early form of marriage. Some paint it as a dark myth, describing how it portrays the betrayal and withdrawal of The Wellspring from this plane of existence. Other works simply feature Morrigan and/or Ithysmael as characters in them for good or for ill.

Date of First Recording

circa 1200 years ago

Date of Setting

a indeterminate amount of years in the past