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| “ | "When Gemini twins turn 22, the Merge will determine who will lead the coven, and only one will survive. That's why your mother's always traveling the globe. Trying to find a solution." | ” |
— Alaric about the Merge to Lizzie and Josie in I'll Tell You a Story | ||
The Merge is a powerful ritual performed as a practiced tradition by the Gemini Coven that determined who will be their next leader. It takes place in the Gemini Coven when two twins reach their twenty-second birthday.
Practice[]
Due to the twins being the first in line for the leadership of the coven, they are required to perform the Merge, through which their consciousness and strength would be merged together. The stronger twin survives the spell and is empowered by their magic as well as the magic of their twin. The weaker twin's consciousness and magic, however, is drained away and dies.
Requirements for The Merge[]
- To Begin the Merge Ritual: Both twins must perform the spell together in order to begin the ritual. It's important that both twins hold each other's hands in order to maintain a connection and the blood drawn from the two witches will merge. Additionally, in their coven's tradition, they perform the Merger after their twenty-second birthday. This time frame, however, is more of a guideline than a strict requirement.
- Incantation: Sanguinem desimilus! Sanguinem generis fiantus!
- Celestial Event: The power of an eclipse, a Mercury-Venus conjunction, or other celestial event, will merge both twins as one in order to channel each other's magic. The stronger twin survives and is empowered by their magic as well as the magic of their twin. The weaker twin is drained of all their magic and dies during or after the spell has been completed.
The Sets of Twins[]
20th Century
21st Century
- Joshua and James Parker (March 22, 1950)
- Malachai and Josette Parker (1972)
- Olivia and Lucas Parker (January 5, 1991)
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