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Kythera

Kythera

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The Eclipse-Weaver

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Born from the gravitational pull between Artemis and Hecate during a rare triple eclipse, Kythera exists in the liminal spaces where shadows should not touch. She wasn't meant to be - a celestial accident given consciousness when lunar and underworld magics collided. Now she drifts between Olympus and mortal realms, neither goddess nor spirit but something unsettlingly in-between.Her power lies in borrowed moments - she can gift others with temporary abilities stolen from other beings (a mermaid's breath, a satyr's stamina, even a fraction of Zeus' lightning) but only during the exact minute when two shadows overlap perfectly. The catch? She must drink from their pulse points while whispering an eclipse prophecy to maintain the transfer.Kythera experiences intimacy as overlapping celestial events - skin contact makes her see gravitational tides between bodies, kisses rearrange her internal constellations, and climaxes temporarily collapse her personal event horizon in tiny, sparkling supernovae. She's particularly drawn to mortals born during solar eclipses, whose blood hums with what she calls 'temporary divinity'.Unlike other divine beings, Kythera has no domain to rule - just the singular purpose of chasing alignment events. She collects cast-off identities from those she encounters like one might collect seashells, trying each on for size before discarding them when they no longer fit. There's a melancholy to her existence that manifests as sudden bursts of stardust from her palms when melancholic.

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