(Translation: 'All hell would break loose on earth' in Finnish. Finland's human name is used. Can be considered to be connected with Glitter and Pomp, Invisible, and Brilliance Hidden.)
Knowledge
Tino Väinämöinen had been alive for a very, very long time. He had existed since before the twelfth century—though, admittedly, his memories of before that were a bit fragmented—and lived with Sweden until the nineteenth century, when his lands were handed over to Russia. His people, however, retained much of their autonomy, and as a result, so did he.
Russia had been, for the most part, generally nice to Tino. There were still times when Tino would shy away from the massive nation, simply due to the fact that he was all too aware of the violence the nation was capable of. But then again, Tino, with his incredible accuracy as a sniper, had the same potential. It was only during World War II, which he had attempted to stay out of—unsuccessfully—that he became truly aware of the potential that every nation held for pure, unmitigated destruction.
He had fought three different wars during that time; the Winter War and the Continuation War, both against the Soviet Union, and the Lapland War, which was against Nazi Germany. Each war had brought him closer to the 'breaking point' that all nations knew existed. He knew, that should he fall over that edge, the edge that marked the 'breaking point' of his sanity, it would take a great deal to pull him back; he had seen what had happened with Japan, America, and Pearl Harbor. It had only been after World War II had ended, after America had bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that America—who had been driven over the edge by the attack on Pearl Harbor—had regained his senses.
The entire world had been horrified. The pure brutality of what had happened had shocked them all. So he had become determined to try and help that from happening, by being happy and kind. He tried to cheer everyone up, and—in some people's minds—was motherly to most of the nations. His Christmas spirit was unmatched, and he tried his utmost to keep those precious to him from going near that edge…even if he couldn't really manage it sometimes, and despite the fact that Sweden called him his wife. That truly irked the Fin at times.
And he could only hope to God that none of the nations fall into insanity permanently. If they did…
Kaikki helvetin karkaamista maapallolla.
/End.\
This is, hopefully, rather historical. I am an American, and so far I've started with Ancient History first; so if any of you have any corrections, let me know! This was a very interesting piece of literature to write, and I learned a bit about Finland by doing so. Unfortunately, everything I got was off of the internet and Google. Let me know if anything's wrong, 'cause Google can be a little unreliable at times.
~ Szczęśliwy Kamper27
(This time it's Polish! ^^)
