Start off
Wind up
Wind up verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
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The main characters of The Proposal are a mistress and servant boy who start off both Married to the Job and wind up married to each other.
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The fact that many of them start off clearly not that well adjusted in the first place and even more of them wind up in an insane asylum or living deep in Paranoia Fuel Territory really doesn't help things.
Source: Through the Eyes of Madness -
Since magic in this setting is already somewhat addictive, and most people start off not realizing what, how or why weird things happen around them, male channellers tend to wind up nutso relatively fast.
Source: The Corruption
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