Eclipseborn Frenzy
Transmission & Vectors
Eclipseborn Frenzy is not traditionally contagious; instead, it emerges spontaneously in individuals born during or immediately after a celestial eclipse, particularly those falling within the unstable Talorian-Alagorian transition period. Though not passed like a disease, the condition exhibits generational echoes, especially among lineages exposed to the Severance Bind, Kavessra’s influence, or corrupted threadveins.
Causes
The condition arises from an instability in the metaphysical imprint at birth, where the Veilbound cycle is misaligned due to eclipse interference. This results in a temporal and emotional dissonance between the newborn’s soul-thread and the Loomtree’s spiritual weave. The presence of arcane residue or thread corruption at the time of birth can heighten the likelihood of the Frenzy manifesting in later life stages.
Symptoms
Symptoms typically appear between adolescence and early adulthood and include vivid prophetic dreams, compulsive muttering in forgotten languages, emotional volatility tied to lunar or solar changes, and periods of euphoric creativity followed by violent dissociation. During a full eclipse, affected individuals may fall into fugue-like states, often performing ancestral gestures or rituals they were never taught.
Treatment
There is no known cure for Eclipseborn Frenzy, but some Threadwrights and Loomshorn apothecaries have created binding sashes or memory salves that dampen the peaks of the condition. Prolonged meditation beneath lightroot blooms, or direct communion with the Loomtree or its kinbranches, may temporarily stabilize symptoms. Severe cases are sometimes taken into the Vault of Quiet Threads for resonance therapy.
Prognosis
The condition is chronic and unpredictable, often worsening during celestial events or periods of magical flux. While many live whole lives with managed symptoms, others descend into permanent thread-delirium or succumb to self-unweaving episodes, where the individual attempts to “loosen the false threads” from their own body and mind.
Sequela
Even when dormant, Eclipseborn individuals may exhibit heightened magical sensitivity or irregular aging. Survivors of a full Frenzy episode often suffer from memory fragmentation, residual hallucinations, or the loss of personal identity that requires careful ritual reweaving to restore.
Affected Groups
Thalrani born during eclipses are the most frequently affected, though Loomshorn children and descendants of those who served Naerilith Veyrien seem disproportionately represented. Elves and humans both can exhibit symptoms if exposed to temporal anomalies in utero. Rare cases have even emerged in Verdant Hollowkin bonded during eclipses.
Hosts & Carriers
There are no known passive carriers, but the condition appears more frequently in lineages that have undergone Blood Thread rituals or possess latent Kavessran resonance. Some believe that the Loomtree remembers those who have been touched by the condition and subtly influences kinbranch lineages accordingly.
Prevention
Preventive efforts are rare and largely speculative. Some midwives in eclipse-prone regions carry warded Loomfruit or Aether-Moss amulets during birthing rituals to reduce thread slippage. The Keepers of Kin discourage ritual births during eclipses, while others, especially followers of Kavessra, seek to induce it deliberately.
Epidemiology
The condition is rare but steadily increasing in frequency since the Sundering. Clusters appear most often in borderlands between Talorian and Alagorian calendar zones or near Arcane Residue Veins. Shimmerhollow, the outskirts of Gravesong Glade, and certain nomadic Thalrani groups report the highest concentration of known cases.
History
The first documented case occurred in 6 DV with the child of a Threadseer in Celestine who, during a blood eclipse, awoke speaking the death-name of a long-dead ancestor. Initially believed to be a divine blessing, similar cases soon revealed a pattern of instability. The term “Eclipseborn Frenzy” was coined in 34 DV after an outbreak in a Loomshorn kinbranch led to three unintentional deaths and the unweaving of an entire sashline.
Cultural Reception
Eclipseborn individuals are regarded with a mix of awe, pity, and fear. Among the Loomshorn, they are viewed as potential prophets or voices of hidden truths. To the Kinbound Archive, they represent a dangerous fracture in spiritual order. Many folk stories treat Eclipseborn children as changelings or cursed threadlings, often hidden away or raised in secret.
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