In a long gone past, or maybe a remote future, or in another universe, the identity of mankind comes illustrated by the rise of a man twisting the world around himself, and the way the world both resists and lets go. Which one controls the other ? Has anyone ever had any control ?
Read about Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn ; read about the world as it once was, and as it then became ; read about what mankind was, is and ever will be.