Three Sisters of Prophecy
Their Faces Are Disfigured with Revelation
The symbol of Hecate, triform goddess of the underworld, is sometimes associated with the three sisters of prophecy—the Thune—whom Titania, queen of the seelie fey, banished from the Feywild for maliciously sowing discord in the Summer Court. The sisters, cast out into the Material Plane to wander, vowed to have their revenge someday on the beautiful and capricious queen of the faeries.
The Thune, who revel in trickery, are fey creatures whose blood runs with prophecy. A solitary drop bestows startling insights, while to look upon their faces is to be dazzled by self-knowledge. The Thune Sight, as it is called, is a revelation of existence at its most primal and unfiltered. Many have tempted fate in dealings with the Thune. Many a brilliant mind has been shattered as a result.
The sisters cover their faces with soiled veils. Those who encounter them are overcome by a compulsion to lift their rags to see what lies underneath. But to do so is perilous. Their faces are disfigured with revelation, though they themselves are empty vessels.
The Forbidden Lore holds that in long-ago times, foolhardy adventurers traveled to the Feywild to bring back the head of a Thune. They say the broth makes a potent elixir of seeing.
The symbol of Hecate, triform goddess of the underworld, is sometimes associated with the three sisters of prophecy—the Thune—whom Titania, queen of the seelie fey, banished from the Feywild for maliciously sowing discord in the Summer Court. The sisters, cast out into the Material Plane to wander, vowed to have their revenge someday on the beautiful and capricious queen of the faeries.
The Thune, who revel in trickery, are fey creatures whose blood runs with prophecy. A solitary drop bestows startling insights, while to look upon their faces is to be dazzled by self-knowledge. The Thune Sight, as it is called, is a revelation of existence at its most primal and unfiltered. Many have tempted fate in dealings with the Thune. Many a brilliant mind has been shattered as a result.
The sisters cover their faces with soiled veils. Those who encounter them are overcome by a compulsion to lift their rags to see what lies underneath. But to do so is perilous. Their faces are disfigured with revelation, though they themselves are empty vessels.
The Forbidden Lore holds that in long-ago times, foolhardy adventurers traveled to the Feywild to bring back the head of a Thune. They say the broth makes a potent elixir of seeing.
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