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Right of course. Those are good points FUG Life and Athanos. The only point I believe isn't valid Athanos, is your first point. Tower of God is a fictional story, of course everything that happens is because the author wills it, but in-universe, the characters are meant to be free agents and we as readers are meant to accept that, like we are meant to accept there is a massive Tower the size of several planets around. So the fact that this is a story does not mean within the story's context they are slaves.

Your second point is very valid, and I honestly have no idea which version the TOG universe subscribes to. The existence of Rachel and her whole character seem to suggest the latter reading of fate, but I honestly have no idea.

Lastly, as you said FUG Life, had certain people not bene involved in Baam's life, he would not have gotten as far as he did, Irregular status or no (Yuri, Hansung,Koon, etc). However, people manipulating and guiding him and fate manipulating and guiding him are far removed. A person can be pushed back against, and there will come a time when Baam can wipe FUG off the backside of his boot. But regardless of your strength, you can't fight against a nebulous, vague force that decides your future.