Legends are such fickle things aren't they? They change every decade, every century, every millennium. But there's a common theme among them all, this theme of course being History. Every legend has some grains of truth in them. But become muddled and confused, infused with myths and fictions. Gods, Heroes, Villains, all of these are based on real individuals, complexed in personality and philosophy.
Sometimes though, these legends are attempts to explain the past and how things come to be. Remnant is full of these legends, all of which to try and explain the Creatures of Grimm…. Legends have it that Dark Gods come forth from the sky and tormented the people of Remnant, but one of their one turned on them and used their very creations against them, and so the Grimm slaughtered the Dark Gods and this being that turned on her own has since used the Grimm to destroy the people of Remnant, for reason unknown.
With these legends, one wonders, what actual history has been lost since then… How much is fiction and how much is fact? Why create a story about Dark Gods that created the monsters that haunt the people of Remnant to this day? What's the point in describing a betrayal and treachery? Perhaps it's hidden, somewhere, amongst the ruins of a bygone age. And maybe then it can shed some light into this question….
And yet, people can be stubborn and foolish, refusing to learn from past mistakes…. As the old saying goes 'those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it', yet at the same time…. It raises a question, what about those who can't learn history because it's lost to them, are they doomed to repeat it? Damned to an existence of cruelty and brutality? Maybe…. Maybe not, it depends on the society, on the individual… it all depends on the Legend.