Breeder's Bane

Los Alamos, NM. Biologists today report the discovery of another spirit with authority over reproduction. "We call him the Breeder’s Bane," said laboratory spokesman George Frederick. "He is another assistant of Ceres, the accepted subdeity of species propagation."

The Bane was presumably given his position to prevent humans from excessive meddling with allele frequency, to which early twenty-first century geneticists were prone, rather than stewardship, to which we were called. The Breeder’s Bane has power to strike with barrenness. He does this only when variation within a kind has been pushed to its limit.

Secretaries at the Panangelon plan to have the Bane entered into the official lists early next month. Researchers are investigating possible ancient knowledge of the Bane. Should they discover any alternate names, they also will be included in the lists.