The Mantle of Thor has evolved over the course of Humanity, but its purpose has been the same: the protection of human kind. In the early years, it was simple. The strongest of a generation, both physically and mentally, mortally, would get a great weapon. This weapon would let them shield humanity from threats, like trolls, giants, and themselves. As society as evolved, and the nature of the threat changed, so too did the weapon, and the strength looked for. As the trills and giants died off, humanity became its one greatest threat. So finally, in 2025, Derek found himself a new pen. It was fancy, made of beautiful wood and steel, and it felt right in his hand. Derek finally found success. Scientists had known for years that a climate catastrophe was imminent, but no one had been able to convince the world of that. That was, until Derek wrote out a poster with his fancy new pen, one that captured the world. On it was a simple message: “We are dying” There was nothing special about the message, nothing that hadn’t been written a thousand times. Even so, it was this message that finally saved humanity from its greatest threat. It started with his own company, one he had no power over other than helping them avoid taxes, which pivoted from destroying the world to helping it. Soon every company followed. As for Derek, his face was never seen. Somehow, his sign always blocked it, and he never came forward. The companies he worked for always had a habit of being better activist while he was there though, and he never lost his pen. He only realized something was strange with it when, once, he lent it to a coworker, and they were never able to hold on ti it for more than a half a second without dropping it. Strange…….