Royal Blood. Raven's Heart. Part 1

“We are all prisoners of fate. But sometimes eras come, great eras, when the world changes. Look closely, and you will see the signs. You will see how people rise above destinies, and even gods bow before their strength, before the voluntary and reckless sacrifices made for another. How the struggle goes on to the last drop of blood, to the last breath and death in defiance — and fate retreats, and the predestined is broken. Such things never happen by chance. Look. Observe. Remember. It happens only when the world has already cracked and needs those who will sew it back together.”