Motion
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- For Want of a Nail: FDR dies of a stroke shortly after Pearl Harbor, setting in motion the dystopian events of this timeline.
Source: Literature / For All Time -
It would just mean numbed as an adjective, suggesting a slight facial impairment, as if Sir Andrew has had a stroke: one side of his face being without motion, which explains some of his speech.
Source: Theatre / Twelfth Night - While she isn't the main character and there's a six month Time Skip immediately afterwards, the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's are set in motion on Hayate's ninth birthday at the stroke of midnight when she becomes master of the Book of Darkness.
Source: The Hero's Birthday
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