Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter One: The Cosmos (section)

===Origins:===

Geniuses of Vision often think big before their Breakthroughs. They are politicians, reformers, dreamers, and futurists, obsessed with what's coming. All hold a picture of what they want the world to be. Hoffnungs may or may not be wealthy, but most are influential in one way or another: those that aren't powerful lobbyists are passionate orators, dedicated civil servants, or just very good at arguing for their ideas on the Internet. Few come from desperate straits, as people in those environments are more interested in day-to-day survival than the transformation of the world.

A Principality is the most likely of all geniuses to receive direct, deliberate training from an existing genius. These Hoffnungs are often gifted mundane scientists in whom a genius sees the spark of future brilliance. Others might start as beholden who are trained (often brutally) to escape their master's worldview and to find their own. Many Hoffnungs, regardless of their precise origin, are heirs to some other genius' legacy. One might work to fulfill the dreams of her dead mentor, to wipe out the Ubermensch infestation of Antarctica, while another surpassed and supplanted his teacher longer ago and now works to transform the world's economy from the CEO chair of one of Europe's most powerful technology companies.