Tawiscara

Tawiscara is the other twin born to the Tekawerahkwa. He is, to put it plainly, the sociopath of the two. Compulsively driven to do terrible things, even Tawiscara’s birth was wrong — he so disliked his twin brother that he made his own exit from the womb, killing his mother by ripping through her side. Like Ioheska, Tawiscara is a powerful creator, and responsible for creating many things in the World that Kitchi-Manitou did not. For everything of light and beauty created by Ioheska, Tawiscara created something foul.

Tawiscara is always dying but never dies and, instead, embodies death. His form is ugly to look upon, and it resembles that of a diseased man.

Tawiscara is a spirit that is entirely driven to do things that run counter to what is healthy to humanity, yet he actually cares in his own twisted way. He cares about the wrong decisions, the dark moods, the pains, and the rages. He wants people to experience the dark side of life, and gave all of his creations such gifts. Bats are content to fly at night and snakes are content to envenom their prey; why humanity persists in the resisting the gifts he gives to make them stronger he does not understand. Tawiscara loves a good drama (and absolutely loves daytime reality shows). The only other thing that drives him crazier than Ioheska getting in his way and undoing his work is when the pretenders who claim to be the grandchildren of Sky Woman (Nana’b’oozoo and his brothers) cross his path. Any time Tawiscara can bring harm and chaos to those pretenders he acts on it, warring against the others.

Many Scions of Tawiscara exhibit antisocial tendencies. Trouble follows them like a magnet. Yet they, like their father, are creators, and will often band together with each other to initiate large, elaborate schemes or become so worried about doing what they can that they never stop to consider if they should. The fighting between Tawiscara and Ioheska, and between their Scions, is so great that most other Manitou give them a wide berth. Engaging one means both turn on the interloper.