It’s a trope, but it highlights a key issue with the way we view our history and most fundamental tales. Why are so many human achievements attributed to one guy? one great man? And why is Fantasy media complicit?
It’s a trope, but it highlights a key issue with the way we view our history and most fundamental tales. Why are so many human achievements attributed to one guy? one great man? And why is Fantasy media complicit?
Been thinking about this as I work on the dungeon-delving setting for my GURPS campaign. I’m taking a fair amount of inspiration from Roadside Picnic - I want the players to feel like Redrick Schuhart, not Rand al’Thor.