An Invitation to the Past: Part 2

Hallina was pleased by your interest in further participation in the Nornir roleplay. Participate in the rehearsal of the final act and learn more about Nornir history.

"We've searched a few places already, but there was nothing but burnt corpses!" The final act of the roleplay concerned the Three Sisters of Fate who heal Karas in Moslan Forest—Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. Long ago, the three sisters studied under Munin and secretly helped persecuted mutants and runaway Karas. The stigma that Karas was a plague never really went away, and they could no longer hide who they were as they cared for the sick, all while the death toll was reaching overwhelming numbers. "It's time for us to return to the world outside this forest." The eldest sister, Urd, was finally convinced by her sisters to return to the outside world. Skuld proposed they begin calling themselves the <QK>Nornir</>—a name supposedly meaning "goddesses of fate." "If it helps us save these unfortunate souls, I'm in." And the years rolled on by. Urd was skeptical about Hallina's suggestion to reproduce this all in a roleplay. A play where the Nornir themselves act out their own history, playing both their executioners and the victims? Would it not just open up old wounds for no reason? Would it even help people remember and understand the Nornir's past? But as she stood on the stage playing herself, reciting lines with others dressed as her sisters, she quietly reflected on those hard years that seemed so hopeless and never-ending at the time. Their original Nornir Assembly had been nothing more than a dirty, neglected cave in the Moslan Forest. But now they have an entire village of their own, even if they are still in hiding. Still, the path had been far from an easy one, with many more lives lost than saved. Standing beside Hallina, Urd admitted she still has much to learn, even after all these years. Just like how the stage is darkest before the curtain rises, true hope will one day shine on the future of the Nornir.