Unlike a rejoining which would combine the two, both versions of the star would be in the same position simultaneously and burst apart. The Source and the reflection would be destroyed and uncounted lives would be lost.

A search begins for whomever was responsible. 22/?

a young warrior in clearing out a den of monsters however with her third born, they are yet another failure. The voidsent is becoming restless with her wasted time. 20/?

The voidsent takes what she needs while her firstborn handles the request. The resulting child is deemed another failure. Unlucky, but not unsalvageable, they are reinforced in the same manner as her previous.

She makes another contract in exchange for aiding
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Regardless of the race or genes of the father, by design they always share their mother's traits and features.

While they aren't sterilized, their libido is practically non-existent.

Their devotion to their mother is absolute and has been conditioned since birth. They live and die at her word.

Talent is no greater than any other mortal.

They regenerate wounds much faster than any mortal. This endurance is what makes them so dangerous. You can hack them apart all day, but unless the first wound is a killing blow, they will reconstitute and keep coming. 3/?

They reach physical maturity much faster than is normal and stay there for an undefined number of years. The current eldest looks no older than their late thirties but was born in 1350 and persists in present day.

Their strength, speed, and cunning are all amplified however, their magical 2/?

To him and they coupled. Nine months later and her firstborn is a failure, yet still potentially useful. The adventurer however, was disposed of as his genes could not produce the traits she needed. He is reduced to ash as she considers how best to bring up her failed offspring as a servant. 16/?

Person that shares the same aetherial quirk. However, finding even one person like that could take decades of searching.

Or she could try making her own.

Every so often, the adventurer who "rescued" her would drop in to see how she was faring. On one of these visits, she offered herself 15/?

Seeking out ways to restore her reserves of power however, it is not as simple as consuming new aether. Aurelia had a unique aetheric composition that allowed the voidsent a more powerful possession and it drastically amplified its power. To restore this aether, she would need to find another 14/?

Wounded. It slinks back into the wilds to recover. It comes across an adventurer and plays to his chivalry to have him escort her to town where she adopts the name Limstella and lays low while her injuries mend. She integrates into town as a refugee and considers her next move.

She begins 13/?

(voidsent) seems to have expended an incomprehensible amount of power to conduct a grand summoning. The Reapers engage it yet despite having the advantage of surprise, numbers, and the thing being spent, it manages to bring them down. The ritual however, is ruined and the voidsent is critically 12/?

Wilds.

To a man, they vanished without a trace. Changing tactics, Garlemald enlists one of their Reaper chapters to clear the area of certain voidal infestation in 1338.

The Reapers eventually discover a massive ritual site where a mage is conducting a great and terrible ritual. The mage - 11/?

The voidsent moved deep into the wilds and began crafting its own ritual site. As the years pass, the area becomes rumored to be haunted as anyone who ventures into it is never seen again.

The problem became so great that by 1335 several city-states band together and send an army into the 10/?

In reality, the voidsent realized that while its power was devastatingly amplified in this body, it was also finite. Ambient aether did not replenish it and it needed to either find a way to enact its plans or find a source that could replenish its aether reserves. It started with the former: 9/?

- from town to town. Garlean warlords agreed to band together should this thing resurface.

- that left wanton destruction in its wake. The savage Eorzeans were to blame and Garlemald's warlords spent lives trying to find and destroy the thing. None returned, and villages continued to be wiped off of the map. Survivors claimed it was the work of a single magician, wandering aimlessly 7/?

- spells however, the voidsent quickly assumed control of the body and consumed Aurelia. It turned on the cult and slaughtered them in a display of power. It leveled the entire ritual site and escaped into Garlemald in 1307.

By 1310, many city states had been plagued by a magic-weilding demon 6/?