They say mankind’s destiny changed for the first time with the invention of fire. Or, more appropriately, the method of getting it artificially without burning half the forest down: namely, with the use of friction. Some say it was the Ape-Man (or whatever the hell it was), others say Adam and Eve did it shortly after finding themselves drop-kicked out of the Garden of Eden or Paradise as the case may be. But no person can deny the significance of friction making fire. Carthage and Rome had plenty in ancient times, as did the 300 Spartans and Xerxes’s supposedly invincible Persian army at Thermopylae. Ah, but those were ancient times. In those days, the bold and the brave would be the ones to take destiny on by the horns—and were handsomely rewarded for doing so, if the average history textbook is anything to go by. Surely such instances don’t occur in the here and now.
Or do they?
Some would argue that such times are over, and have been for a long time. Others spout the argument espoused by the great William Shakespeare: namely, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." These people tend to cite the greatest explorers, warriors, geniuses, and leaders: Columbus, Magellan, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Leonidas and his noble 300 Spartans, Attila the Hun, Yusuf Salah ad-Din (a.k.a., Saladin), Hannibal... The list goes on ad nauseum. Sure, they admit, glorious deeds such as theirs don't occur as often anymore. But when the time and circumstances are right they say... Ah, those are the times when someone--perhaps more than one someone--comes forth and does something that causes the world to sit up and take notice. Those are the deeds which go down in history.
Those people would say that in Vytal the time and the circumstances are both there, just waiting for their curtain calls so they can move as they're supposed to, and around two characters in particular.
One female faunus, and one male human.
The question now becomes, Are these two the ones for the task? And if so, can mankind's--and faunuskind's--destinies be changed like theirs was in the days of making fire?
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