Definition Essay: The Myth Of The Gifted

Millennia ago, two kinds of humans walked the earth, side by side: those who had been gifted with magic—and those who had not.
Most of the Gifted felt it their duty, and their privilege, to protect their ungifted brethren. Most, but not all. Those who would rule over all disguised themselves and sowed seeds of distrust in the minds of the ungifted, knowing distrust would lead to fear, and fear to war. They who scorned the way of peace planned to be the only beings of magic left standing.
Refusing to take up arms against their ungifted brethren, the Gifted created a realm that would become their new homeland. Some of the gifted chose to stay behind, live in secret, and protect where they could. But there was a consequence to this choice, and