She of many names
Ask me for a name, and I shall give you three
She of many names is a dweller who has been around for a while now. A former student of a man without name, she changes her name like other people change their clothes. Usually she will repeat the same name, and even the same appearance, when she meets people again. Not always, though. And even when she tells you a name to call her by, it always is a name with multiple possible nicknames, so not even the name she gives you, can serve as solid label.
Do not bother trying. There is no way to define her, no method to get a grasp on her essence. Her very presence is ethereal, flowing by from world to world, from Threshold to Threshold. She wanders, so much that even her very existence will wander away from her. No wonder then, that she leaves behind so many Echoes, brief ones that dissipate as quickly as they appeared. Her travels are as chaotic as her physical being, her shape shifting to whatever fits the situation or her fickle mood.
The one thing that is clear about her, is that she is still a follower of that nameless entity that guided so many of us and may very well guide so many more. She may find her own path to Power, but her every step carries the lessons he taught her, and in doing so helps define him. She wanders then rests, neither staying too briefly nor too long. She changes, grows, every step defining herself as well, as much as she can be defined. She Is. Every time she ventures forth, she finds more Power, becomes more of a thing that cannot be denied, even though she still cannot be established.
Know this. Her very existence is a lie. Everything you may think you know about her, every bit of understanding you may think you have, is nothing but foolishness. Do not think you can control her. Do not think you can Name her. She will take your words and wield them against you. Find your own path, do not try to take over hers. Many have tried. Even more have fallen. Learn from their mistakes. She should be neither friend nor foe, all she should be to you is a brief companion in this endless journey. So wander forth, not backwards.
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