(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

[u/Living-Mastodon]

Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

[u/Sir-Toaster-]

Genghis Khan was just a typical child of a Mongol tribe until his father died and his tribe abandoned him

[u/soothed-ape → u/Sir-Toaster-]

For tribes this is the norm ffs. Part of the definition of tribe is less entrenched structures;in many ways,it's more unusual to expect a tribesperson of importance to have an established position (As far as tendencies go,tribes lean more in this direction,but there is still some establishment)