Fate was indeed awe-inspiring precisely because it was so difficult to predict.
The Demon Hunters, whose mission was to hunt down supernatural beings, had a Vampire "saint" among them. Nowadays, they were regarded by every Supernatural Race as a scourge, yet they had once been a conservative and cautious people. A godslaying sword had transformed their instinctive hostility into an even stronger instinct to hunt, and had also semi-permanently altered their way of thinking. Colperth had brought them peace and prosperity, but it had also become a prison that confined them for six thousand years...
And the one who knew all these secrets was originally a Guardian Giant—Mimir.
"The instinctive hostility between different races wasn't frightening in itself. It only caused the races to descend into total chaos. It was a blind and chaotic force of hatred, without logic or purpose. It could make the various races wear one another down over a long period of time, but just like the food chain in nature, it wouldn't truly and completely destroy an entire supernatural race." As everyone sank into thought, Mimir sighed over the insights he had gained during his ten thousand years. As a former Guardian Giant, even though he had lost his memories after being affected by the Original Sin of Divine Blood while passing through the Wall of Reality, he had retained greater reason and wisdom than the other races. Thus, over the course of this long passage of time, he had seen through many things. "The Demon Hunters... The most terrifying thing that happened to them was that the Sword of Darkness transformed their instinct to hunt, turning an originally illogical, chaotic impulse into a clearly targeted mission, and making every Demon Hunter firmly believe in this 'noble mission.' Crude Mind Control isn't frightening. What's frightening