This week’s puzzle:

The successor to a long line of leaders discovers that his destiny is out of his control. Inspired by the actions of a menial laborer and his blue-eyed companion, he seizes command and leads his people to a barren wasteland.

Last week’s puzzle:

A young man who fell from popularity at an early age pulls a stunt to impress his new friends and is taught a lesson. In the end, he earns the respect of his peers (while alienating his mother), but it does him no good at all.

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