> Take the legend of a chosen redhead. Even as a child he cast a spell so powerful it blanketed the entire world .... Can anyone tell me what this is referring

> Take the legend of a chosen redhead. Even as a child he cast a spell so powerful it blanketed the entire world .... Can anyone tell me what this is referring to? None of the web searches I tried give me anything that seems to be helpful (most of them give me this article as the first hit, and the only hit that is relevant).