In the World Unsundered, the creation of new life always had a process. It was expected, even normalized, for Ancients who wished to procreate to do so with a certain amount of control over their resulting offspring:
It was easier to raise a child with assistance, and so multiple Ancients (often but not limited to a pair) would work together to craft a youthful, little being that embodied their desires. It took time but it produced the exact results they embodied.
Some Ancients, however, found it more exciting to produce offspring in a more spontaneous manner. They would choose to combine their genetic material with one or more partners and choose a host to birth the child from their bodies physically. Such a process was viewed as strange and unsettling by many, but quaint by others. Inefficient but more unique -- for better or for worse.
The twins Eulalia and Endymion were a pair brought into existence through a natural birth, brought into the world by a pair of eccentric but brilliant Ancients who were thrilled to yield a "matching set" rather than a single child.
Achillus, a Warder in PandƦmonium, and his partner Pantocles, an Elpis researcher who specialized in protective wards, were ever-pushing each other to achieve more and more. This was reflected in how they raised their children to do the same. The twins, too, absorbed their parents' strong bond: always playing together and rarely spending any time apart, even in the presence of others.
Eulalia was a bright child who took to Creation magick quickly, embodying her parents' intense drive and desire to succeed. Endymion was more drawn to Pantocles' defensive magick, but also was encouraged by Achillus to follow in his footsteps and become a Keyward one day. This combination nurtured in him a very protective personality, well-suited to his future profession and also to looking after Eulalia.
The twins were inseparable -- until the day they were not. Eulalia attended Akadaemia Anyder, initially studying under the Words of Loghrif before switching to focus on the Words of Lahabrea. Endymion essentially followed his father Achillus to work one day and did not return home, learning the ins and outs of Pandaemonium. The twins were apart for the years Eulalia spent pursuing her education, which was extra long after she decided to switch her research focus. But finally, upon her graduation, she decided to take up a position in Elpis to be closer to her brother.
Eulalia's position was that of a caretaker of the creatures in Elpis, with her one crowning achievement being the creation of Petaloudas: butterfly-like creatures initially meant to act as messengers for short distances. She would often visit Endymion while he was at work, which wouldn't entirely be permitted save for him always being there to escort her.
The twins were beyond pleased to reunite and spent time with each other every day. But when the Final Days began to descend upon the star, Endymion shirked his duties at Pandaemonium to take his sister home to Amaurot to be with their parents. The two sadly perished together when fleeing from the monsters that assaulted the beautiful city.
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