An ancient legend (that I have just made up) speaks of the godfather of all blacksmiths! With flesh like steel and blood like fire, he forged a sword that split mountains and pierced through space time (you get the idea). The blacksmith lived by himself, never met another a human being. He knew nothing of humans and human civilization, and he lead a peaceful "forever alone" kind of life!
One day, a man in a blood stained cape managed to make it to the blacksmith's workshop before he fainted. The blacksmith mended to him, and asked for his story, the man explained how dinosaurs, vampires and robots (Okay, I'll stop) have been attacking his peaceful country and that they had no way to defend themselves so they sent him to seek help ... long story short, the blacksmith gave him the sword and named him the first swordsman.
The swordsman recovered quickly and then went back to his country and single handedly defeated the dinosaurs, the vampires and the robots and freed his country. Blinded by the power of his sword, he declared to his people that the gods made him king of the world and crowned him with the divine sword! The swordsman walked the world and put whole countries under the mercy of his sword, executing whoever opposed him!
One day, a man found the blacksmith's place after days of travel, he told him that aliens, witches and evil unicorns are destroying his country ... the blacksmith forged him another sword (you have guessed), and forged one for every liar who came to him claiming to be the victim of some cliché supernatural predators.
Mankind killed each other: some swordsmen killed innocent people in the name of the blacksmith while others defended them equally in his name! Some people were still grateful to him for helping them against the dinosaurs, others hated him because their loved ones died in his name, and some denied his very existence!
None of them is to be blamed: not the blacksmith, not those who loved him, not those who hated him and not those who thought he was a hoax (let's face it, they never saw him) .. none of them is to be blamed, except for those who killed in his name!
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