Curse...

[Psitticine]

Originally posted by johan osterman:
The same kind of depiction of the inevetabilty of fate is common in norse and greek mythology. Other greek characters that succumb to the fate of killing their fathers or grandfathers are Persues and Theseus.

It pops up a lot in Celtic mythology as well. Fionn mac Cumhail and Lugh Lamhfada were both fated to kill their grandfathers, for example. And the concept of the geasa is central to a lot of Celtic myth. There'd be one thing that you either always had to do and then couldn't, or had to always avoid but were forced or tricked into doing. When you broke your geis, then WHAM! The Morrigan would be laughing over your corpse before the next sunrise.

Kinda like having a loose thread in your personal tapestry of fate. Sooner or later, somebody will come along and tug on it, and then your destiny comes all unravelled.

On a side note, having Wish being able to remove a Curse would appeal to me, but, yep, I'm a role-playin' type.