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

===Origins:===

Klagens are the least likely of all geniuses to bear seeds of their catalyst before the tragedy that defines them. They may be sad, thoughtful people, but others are equally likely to be exuberant, full of life, and passionate―though rarely is a pre-Klagen abstractly disinterested in human affairs. But despite this common thread of being connected to humanity, Klagens come from all walks of life. They don't start off angry like Grimms or cultivate jealousy like Neids.

Mad doctors are more often Klagens than any other catalyst, since there is so much potential for tragedy in the healing arts. Even Klagens who begin in other fields can experience a desire to study medicine after their Breakthrough. But people who will become Cassandras come from nearly any walk of life, since tragedy can strike anywhere. Some are construction workers and machinists who lose friends to accidents, mismanagement and plant closings (often caused by their own failures; catalyzing mortals who can blame someone else more often become Grimms or Neids). Others are researchers who watch friends grow obsessed with studies that eventually destroy them―some Klagens almost seem like echoes of another would-be genius, annihilated during their Breakthroughs―while others grow obsessed with their own studies, only to wake up one day and realize that everyone has left them, and all that remains is their work. Comparatively few Klagens come from outside the scientific community, however; most regular people faced with tragedy move on, or fall to despair; few see a solution or a way to stop those tragedies from happening again.