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—or something far worse—had 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’s ultimate failure, he has one goal: change the future and prevent the end of the world. But rewriting fate is no simple task. Guided—and manipulated—by 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’t 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—perhaps even closer than before.To save the future, Normann will have to abandon his passive nature and become something he never wanted to be—a 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)...