The Ungrateful Quintuplets
"Why should we thank her for granting our wishes? They were meant to be broken just like the women we met. Let's cheat death and continue having fun all our lives."
Summary
Five identical brothers who were very unlucky in love made a prayer to a love goddess to give them charm.
She obliged as she took pity on their inability to find wives they liked, without asking anything in return. They became irresistible to the local girls after a week of prayer.
Unfortunately, power without limits was wont to wreak havoc, and the quintuplets were no exception.
They decided to use their new love power to trick women into carrying out their wills.
In exchange for female victims, they offered the victims' brothers, fathers, and husbands unimaginable wealth and power.
How did they do this? They stole luck from their first few victims' families and used it as barter for their future victims.
They escaped heaven's judgement on death by sheer force of will creating new bodies for them.
Each brother embodies their preferred method of picking on women.
She obliged as she took pity on their inability to find wives they liked, without asking anything in return. They became irresistible to the local girls after a week of prayer.
Unfortunately, power without limits was wont to wreak havoc, and the quintuplets were no exception.
They decided to use their new love power to trick women into carrying out their wills.
In exchange for female victims, they offered the victims' brothers, fathers, and husbands unimaginable wealth and power.
How did they do this? They stole luck from their first few victims' families and used it as barter for their future victims.
They escaped heaven's judgement on death by sheer force of will creating new bodies for them.
Symbolism
The quintuplets' preferred forms are handsome men, but their true demonic forms are one-legged monsters.Each brother embodies their preferred method of picking on women.
- Exhibition.
- Nature.
- Sorority.
- Bloodlust.
- Youth.
Historical Basis
Based on urban legends of five badly-behaved brothers who harassed women and caused trouble in general during the Tang Dynasty.
Spread
The Quintuplets were once well-known during the Tang and Song dynasties, but after 18th-century Qing demolition efforts, were forgotten and left only in occult manuals.
Variations & Mutation
In some regions of China, the Quintuplets were treated as benign healing gods due to their ability to steal luck of any kind.
Cultural Reception
During the Qing dynasty, the Quintuplets' temples were demolished regardless of the supernatural consequences.
This was due to the increasing reservations about unrestricted sexuality in the period.
This was due to the increasing reservations about unrestricted sexuality in the period.
In Literature
Strange Tales from The Studio, published in the 17th century, is the only extant work which describes the ungrateful quintuplets today.
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