Dojo Darelir, the School of Xenograg the Sorcerer

Tag: fatalism

World’s Greatest Lie

October 20, 2025

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked [the mysterious old stranger beside him], completely surprised.

“It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”

The Alchemist, Part One

Fear Profits a Man Nothing

August 28, 2023
Herger:
The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won’t live one instant longer.
Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.

— “The 13th Warrior” (1999)