Quote Originally Posted by BananaStand View Post
There is a reason that almost every story of accomplishment, achievement, or conquering evil all have the same ingredients.

There is a young man. He has to be young because any learning has to start from a place of ignorance

Then that young man ventures off into the unknown. He is immersed in chaos.

Chaos nearly destroys him

Then he undergoes some kind of transformation that makes him stronger.

Then he confronts chaos, and restores order.
Young man goes to war, almost gets killed, goes from being a shit artist to a powerful demagogue, confronts the chaos of post-war Germany, restores order.

Only part missing is where it all kinda goes sour.