: I loved Joseph Campbell's book "The Hero of a Thousand Faces", but
: this is the strongest (and most poignant) message that I got from the book
: upon finishing it. The implication that once a hero fulfills his role as a
: force of change, he runs the risk of repeating the cycle in the way of
: becoming THE evil that has to be vanquished for the greater good, and his
: only true path, most of the times, is sacrifice.

"Because he's the hero humanity deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So ONI will hunt him. They'll hunt him. They'll condemn him. Set the dogs on him. Because that's what needs to happen. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Spartan.

Or something like that :P