Thalaba the Destroyer is a poem created in the early 19^th century by Robert Southey. In the most simplest of summaries and the best way I can describe it, Thalaba is the story about a young boy who is prophesied to destroy the world. A group of wizards/mages make it their mission to find Thalaba and his family to kill him. Thalaba is able to escape, and he makes it his mission to kill this group. He manages to kill the leader of the group once he’s older, and he can acquire a very powerful ring from this leader.