You know what they say – if Cale Henituse wants to put a hole in a cliff, he’ll blow away the entire thing… and if he wants to make a light breeze to shake things up? You better believe it’s going to be a hurricane
The amazing thing about Cale’s actions in TCF, is that despite his “selfish” (and I use that words very skeptically; just because you gain profit from helping people doesn’t negate the good things you do) choices to change the story he read in “The Birth of a Hero”, all of his actions actually make a bigger and better impact than Cale himself can even imagine.
The amazing thing about Cale’s actions in TCF, is that despite his “selfish” (and I use that words very skeptically; just because you gain profit from helping people doesn’t negate the good things you do) choices to change the story he read in “The Birth of a Hero”, all of his actions actually make a bigger and better impact than Cale himself can even imagine.
And I’m not just talking about him saving the world from a 20-year-long war and the White Star winning.
Starting with Choi Han, who got demoted from the Main Hero to the Second in Command. Despite his obvious physical predisposition to take on the protagonist role, he’s actually much happier as someone with less responsibility. By “stealing” his spotlight, Cale turned Choi Han from a depressed hero with the weight of the world on his shoulders, to a man who’s learning leadership skills from the best leader there is: Cale.
Saving Raon from death had enormous consequences, not just for Cale’s side chances of success but for the fate of dragons accross the continent. Even the World Tree mentoned how much Nature was shaken by this diversion from the original timeline.
Making Lock and Choi Han meet just a bit early changed the fate of his entire family, as well as the other Wolves they rescued from Endable much later in the story.
Saving Paseton, who discovered vital information, prevented the mermaids and Arm from taking over the ocean routes from the Whale Tribe.
Connecting with Toonka not only developed his character from a self-destructive brute into a decent leader, but also saved the entire Whipper Kingdom, which was supposed to lose against the Empire in a prolonged conflict.
Putting out the fire in the Jungle saved it from an even more terrible fate than it burning down: Cale unintentionally stopped Elisneh’s plot to mind-control Litana and her warriors to attack the Whipper Kingdom.
Befriending Alberu changed the game completely, because Alberu was the one who connected Cale with the Dark Elves and the last Necromancer – who were absolutely essential for their victory against Arm and the White Star. They could have never won without them, even with dragons on their side. Not to mention how thanks to Cale, Alberu figured out a way to overcome the “curse” of the Sun God and got a weapon which could slay the strongest Unranked Monster.
Without Mary Cale couldn’t have helped Hannah, who alongside Jack was also absolutely essential to winning against he Empire without a ton of people dying in a bloody revolution. And with Jack in charge as the new Pope, Cale basically made peace between the Sun Church and creatures with dark affinities.
And last but not least, by saving Ron and helping him bring back the Molan Household, Cale flipped the entire eastern continent’s underworld upside down, since it was under Arm’s control.
Basically, Cale action’s had such a large impact it’s hard to call it Butterfly Effect anymore – more like “HurriCale Effect”, lol. No wonder he became a famous heroic figure across both continents. He single-handedly changed the entire world.
