One of the three Fates (she spins!)

Usage examples of clotho.

The Incarnation of Fate had three aspects: Clotho, who spun the threads of life.

So she removed her yellow cloak-there was no mandatory color-coding, but it seemed that Clotho traditionally wore yellow, Lachesis brown, and Atropos gray-and laid it on the path.

Her body looked and felt exactly like the mortal one she had left behind, but she was Clotho now, and had magic.

So when Clotho found a compatible situation among the mortals, she took it.

Thus Niobe, as Clotho, would sleep, then keep Atropos company for her shift, then assume the office while Atropos slept and Lachesis kept her company.

So after Lachesis had analyzed, measured, and marked each potential life, on the endless thread Clotho spun, Atropos would cut and place it.

She concluded that whatever it was that made Satan object to her presence as Clotho had not yet manifested and that she was on the way to gaining her satisfaction merely by retaining her office.

Her original flesh had been lost when she had become Clotho, so long ago, and when she had returned to mortality she had taken Lisa's flesh.

It was strange, sharing Fate with the woman who had succeeded her as Clotho, but evidently she had chosen correctly, on that day a quarter-century ago.

Niobe had become Clotho, in large part, because the prior Clotho had liked her, and now was Lachesis because the three Aspects had agreed she was needed.

Then Niobe explained the three jobs: how Clotho spun the threads of life, Lachesis measured them, and Atropos cut them to their lengths.

Niobe said, and flashed through the Clotho and Atropos Aspects for him before returning to Lachesis.

Computers had not been widely used during her term as Clotho, but Purgatory was evidently keeping up with the times.

Atropos was not conversant with the technical material, but Niobe and Clotho thought the answers at her, so she could tutor the girl competently.

The students gave way as he strode forward and caught Clotho by the arm.