[I've made three different debuts. This one is the 0. I will use it for explaining the Soulmate Token I imagined.]

A Soulmate Token is a small object that magically appears in early childhood, between the ages of four and seven. It manifests somewhere intimate: under a pillow, inside a shoe, sewn into clothing, or hidden among toys. The object’s form varies from person to person: a coin, feather, ring, shard, charm, key-like piece, or similar small item.

To its owner, the Token feels undeniably real. It has weight: sometimes heavy, sometimes pressing, while to everyone else it is weightless, dull, and slightly wrong. Others perceive it as an ordinary object, stripped of meaning and magic.

Each Token has a unique appearance, but every soulmate pair shares a complementary design. The two objects visually and magically fit together, like a lock and key or fragments of the same image. Coins share identical engravings, mismatched objects complete the same design, and paired Tokens resonate only when near one another.

The Token reacts to the relationship, not the individual. Its magic activates only when both soulmates are close and their Tokens are near.

Rules: • Tokens cannot be destroyed. If broken, the fragments reform while the owner sleeps; breaking it only redistributes its weight. • Only the owner can feel its weight. If lost, the owner experiences a constant phantom pressure, like something vital missing. • If sold or stolen, the Token loses all significance once it leaves the owner’s awareness. Buyers and thieves quickly forget it, and it becomes a mundane object.

Soulmate Tokens are burdens as much as blessings: grounding, intimate, and impossible to exploit.

[Between Fae and Human] Because of the lifespan difference, and if used by the standard where the fae is older: soulmate bonds don’t require simultaneous births. The magic anchors to destiny, not age.

For a human–fae pair, the bond forms in two stages: • The fae receives their Token long before the human is born, often decades or centuries earlier. • The Token is dormant. Heavy, real, but inert. No resonance, no pull, no reaction.

To the fae, this is not unusual. Fae culture accepts long waits as normal, even expected. When the human is born, the bond “completes”: The human’s Token manifests between ages four and seven, as usual. From that moment on, the fae’s Token subtly changes: becoming heavier, warmer, or more insistent. This preserves fate without forcing simultaneous childhoods.