Introduction: Normann Hawkins never wanted to be a hero. Once, he was just a disillusioned teacher, someone who had no desire to take part in the brutal, System-enforced war against the monstrous entities emerging from the Rifts. He had rejected the System's power, choosing an ordinary life over a death sentence on the battlefield. But fate鈥攐r something far worse鈥攈ad other plans.Now, with nearly a century of experience as a hardened fighter, Normann finds himself back in his own past, inhabiting the body of his younger, weaker self. Armed with the knowledge of humanity鈥檚 ultimate failure, he has one goal: change the future and prevent the end of the world. But rewriting fate is no simple task. Guided鈥攁nd manipulated鈥攂y the [Core of the Embodiment of Omens], an artifact of immense but enigmatic power, Normann must navigate a fragile timeline where every action has unintended consequences.As he struggles to reshape key events, he soon realizes that fixing past mistakes doesn鈥檛 always lead to a better outcome. Worse, he must conceal his foreknowledge, afraid of what would happen should someone abuse what he knew. And with every move he makes, the forces that doomed humanity once before are watching鈥攑erhaps even closer than before.To save the future, Normann will have to abandon his passive nature and become something he never wanted to be鈥攁 hero. But the question remains: is it even possible to break a loop already written in time? Or is he merely playing into the hands of something far beyond his comprehension?(Posting for Writathon - Tue/Thu/Sat)...