Are fantasy heroes born or made?

Are fantasy heroes born or made?

>Inb4 depends on the setting
In that case, we're talking about your setting

Every man is maker of his own fate. Heroes and villains alike.

What do you mean, made? "explicitly designed for a the purpose of being a hero by a higher being"?

>"explicitly designed for a the purpose of being a hero by a higher being"?
Well, that's basically what Space Marines are.

Even those with great power are not born heroes. Sloth is a very prevelant quality in those of great ability. It takes dedication to be a hero, so heroes are made I would say.

You must be a hero to become a space marine to begin with

>It takes dedication to be a hero
"Heroes frequently come from people who are so tired, hungry, cold and scared they don't really care anymore."

Born.

Though in my setting, reincarnation is a thing, so your soul is usually drawn into being a hero or a villain even after being scrubbed and put into a new body with its own new life, sort of like how heavy things are drawn to the ground by gravity. Sometimes quirks of fate draw the unwilling into being heroes, or keep those who should be villains in mundane positions, but if anyone cared or were able to map their past lives, they would've more than likely been a hero or villain in more than one of them if they're a hero or villain now.

The people that are worst off are the ones that get the memories of their last life by mistake, making them unable to feel their current lives are real. They might become heroes again, but since they feel so out of tune with the world - possibly by centuries - they tend to grow reclusive or driven on completing tasks they had not finished in their last life or mourning what they had lost, causing stagnancy instead of new adventures.

Heroes are neither born nor made. They are just the energetic fools who get lucky enough not to die early.

One could argue you need extraordinary stats to be a player character in the first place, but I tend to say that a certain amount of the 'talent' within ability scores is actually the result of training and dedication to improving.
That said, there is a specific villain in the setting who was literally bred for the job though manipulation of fate.