Title given to some very old and powerful Fate Witches.

the Fate who cuts the thread of life; identified with Roman Morta

In Greek mythology, Atropos ("without turn", "she who cannot be turned away") was the third of the Moirae. She was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhorred shears."

The leader of Moirai. Elected by the Lachesis Congress. Usually a Lachesis of the Congress. Addressd as Atropos.

The Atropos Toolkit allows experimentation with predictive capability inside a network while the network is operating: this might be best described as 'in vitro' prediction experimentation. Its purpose is to facilitate experimentation towards addressing a severe limitation in state-of-the-art network management: current management techniques are reactive.