Post by Genji on May 20, 2006 12:25:06 GMT -5
In the beginning, after the cosmos and all the splendors of the universe were created, during the first year after the creation, came a being created by an elder god whose power had grown so far beyond control that it killed its creator.
This being, a swirling mass of energy and power, was then split into two parts. One part had nearly all of the consumate powers of the previous being while the other received almost none of the power. The two parts were the very first dragons: Bahamut and Tiamat. Bahamut was a massive, breathtaking serpent with six wings whose beauty was surpassed only by his power. The gods immediately saw Bahamut's power and were envious. However, after discovering him to be immune to any attempts to manipulate him, they left him alone, haboring a festering resentment for him. Bahamut took Tiamat as queen and by the end of the first year of their rule, Tiamat had birthed one hundred offsprings. The children were virtually clones of Bahamut and had his name, but never came close to his size, strength, power, or intelligence. The gods watched this new and powerful race that was just emerging with a concerned eye.
About one thousand years later, Bahamut and Tiamat had a kingdom and army of dragons that dominated the universe, with Bahamut a just and supreme leader. The gods were now fearful and put aside their petty squabbling to deal with the dragon kingdom that seemed to surpass all the gods’ clans put together. The god saw that the only way to erradicate the threat was to bring down Bahamut himself, a being they knew was capable of destroying most of the gods single-handedly. The gods were persistant, however, and finally formed a plan for the means to accomplish their gaol with the assistance of the sixth most powerful dragon. The gods convinced this dragon that Bahamut was an unfair ruler and that he was better then Bahamut. The dragon, his head filled with the flattery of the gods, believed the lies and eventually named himself Argos *. Argos soon began turning more and more dragons against Bahamut and the lies quickly spread among the ranks of the dragons. The final touch in sealing a complete uprising came when Argos kidnapped Tiamat and, using a combination of spells and brain washing techniques, turned Tiamat against Bahamut as well.
Bahamut stood alone against all of the dragons who used to be his loyal subjects as they came against him in wave after wave. Helpless anger and remorse combined into grief as he destroyed them all as they came. The first one to be burnt by the flames of Bahamut’s might and fury was Argos himself, followed by Tiamat. The gods, now seeing that even all the dragons put together were hardly slowing Bahamut down, decided now was the time to strike Bahamut himself. Soon the gods, by the hundreds, joined the bedlam of bloodshed to try to take down the valiant king. They, like the dragons before, were massacred.
From a combination of bloodloss from the relentless attacks, his own distraction from his grief, the gods’ interference, and having his nerves rattled by Tiamat’s last words, he lost in the end. Some of the dragons and remaining gods merged together to form beings of great power which would not exist for long but whose only goal was to destroy Bahamut and end the battle. Bahamut ultimately saw that he could not win this battle, his wounds too severe for him to continue on, so he sealed up his core energy, his soul so to speak, and used his remaining energy, still quite massive, and self-destructed in an effort to take out as many of his betrayers as he could. Almost all of the dragons and gods who participated in the battle and had not already been killed were incinerated by the explosion. After the explosion there were very few gods left and the moon was no longer in orbit of the Earth.
The Elder Gods, wiser beings of great power like the one from which Bahamut had sprung and had stayed clear of the battle, foresaw into the future and predicted the rebirth of Bahamut. Once he reached a specific dragon age, he would regain his memories and powers and then unite all the dragons once more under his rule. So went the prophecy that a dragon would be born with one horn already intact. His mother would die at childbirth and he would be raised by his father, only to have that father recognize who he is once he matures and try to kill him. Ultimately the son would kill the father.
The prophecy was brought to life with the birth of a dragon named Kei. Upon his birth, his mother died and he was born with his right horn already intact. Kei’s father raised him until he came of age, dragon equivalent to about 18 years human age. His father went mad and attacked him, and Kei, in self-defense, killed his father. From that time on, he wandered the world sometimes as a dragon and sometimes as a human until one day, while in human form, he was taken in by a human family. The family did not know he was a dragon and he did his best to hide it. The family cared for him like their own and he took on a human name, the name Rikumaru. His family, the Ouzomi family, was a shinobi clan and trained him well in magic, martial arts, weapons, and the shinobi arts, as well as the principals of honor and virtue. He might have been an adopted son, but to everyone in the family he was their real son or brother and to him they were his real family.
Eventually Kei/Riku could no longer hide his powers, especially his unmatched strength and speed. He excelled at everything and soon some of his adoptive siblings grew slightly envious of him. Kei/Riku did not want to cause rifts in his family and ultimately came to the decision to depart on a journey of exploration and self discovery, taking only some clothes and weapons and his pet cat Nasu.
About 3000 years after Kei had left on his journey, the second part of the prophecy came true and he regained his memories and powers. Kei had lived on the Earth for countless eons and had seen the evil of the world, how the gods showed little attention to the suffering of people. In some cases, the gods were even causing the suffering for their own petty amusement. Kei finally had enough and decided to bring down the gods once and for all.
Kei united the dragons and waged war on the gods in hope of reshaping the world into a place of peace. Many demi-gods and warriors soon rose and joined his cause while other were still blindly loyal to the gods. The war was ended with the largest and bloodiest battle in living memory. Both sides took heavy causalities as, in one final attack, Kei went up against the gods in a solo charge. Kei unleashed his full powers unto the gods and destroyed every last one, freeing the world from their rule.
It was an empty victory in the end. The war left the universe in chaos, with entire worlds ripped apart at the seams. All hope seemed lost, but Kei had one last trick up his sleeves. It would call for the ultimate sacrifice. He would have to give up his life in order to save the lives of countless innocents. So Kei bid his infant son Keijiro goodbye before using his entire life force to reshape the universe in several realms that were connected through a central nexus.
By 19,000 years later, the realms had developed their own ways of life and culture. They'd established trade and governments. All these realms were overseen by the Imperial Mandate, a combination of a monarchy and democratic government that was always the peacekeeper of the realm (sort of a U.N. kind of thing). Keijiro, often called Kei after his father, was by then the human equvilant of 19 and named Prince of the Realms until he ran away to see life and the people he would rule with his own eyes.
* Contrary to what some people believe, Argos was not the father of all dragons, he was the first dragon to name himself and break apart from the original line of dragons.
This being, a swirling mass of energy and power, was then split into two parts. One part had nearly all of the consumate powers of the previous being while the other received almost none of the power. The two parts were the very first dragons: Bahamut and Tiamat. Bahamut was a massive, breathtaking serpent with six wings whose beauty was surpassed only by his power. The gods immediately saw Bahamut's power and were envious. However, after discovering him to be immune to any attempts to manipulate him, they left him alone, haboring a festering resentment for him. Bahamut took Tiamat as queen and by the end of the first year of their rule, Tiamat had birthed one hundred offsprings. The children were virtually clones of Bahamut and had his name, but never came close to his size, strength, power, or intelligence. The gods watched this new and powerful race that was just emerging with a concerned eye.
About one thousand years later, Bahamut and Tiamat had a kingdom and army of dragons that dominated the universe, with Bahamut a just and supreme leader. The gods were now fearful and put aside their petty squabbling to deal with the dragon kingdom that seemed to surpass all the gods’ clans put together. The god saw that the only way to erradicate the threat was to bring down Bahamut himself, a being they knew was capable of destroying most of the gods single-handedly. The gods were persistant, however, and finally formed a plan for the means to accomplish their gaol with the assistance of the sixth most powerful dragon. The gods convinced this dragon that Bahamut was an unfair ruler and that he was better then Bahamut. The dragon, his head filled with the flattery of the gods, believed the lies and eventually named himself Argos *. Argos soon began turning more and more dragons against Bahamut and the lies quickly spread among the ranks of the dragons. The final touch in sealing a complete uprising came when Argos kidnapped Tiamat and, using a combination of spells and brain washing techniques, turned Tiamat against Bahamut as well.
Bahamut stood alone against all of the dragons who used to be his loyal subjects as they came against him in wave after wave. Helpless anger and remorse combined into grief as he destroyed them all as they came. The first one to be burnt by the flames of Bahamut’s might and fury was Argos himself, followed by Tiamat. The gods, now seeing that even all the dragons put together were hardly slowing Bahamut down, decided now was the time to strike Bahamut himself. Soon the gods, by the hundreds, joined the bedlam of bloodshed to try to take down the valiant king. They, like the dragons before, were massacred.
From a combination of bloodloss from the relentless attacks, his own distraction from his grief, the gods’ interference, and having his nerves rattled by Tiamat’s last words, he lost in the end. Some of the dragons and remaining gods merged together to form beings of great power which would not exist for long but whose only goal was to destroy Bahamut and end the battle. Bahamut ultimately saw that he could not win this battle, his wounds too severe for him to continue on, so he sealed up his core energy, his soul so to speak, and used his remaining energy, still quite massive, and self-destructed in an effort to take out as many of his betrayers as he could. Almost all of the dragons and gods who participated in the battle and had not already been killed were incinerated by the explosion. After the explosion there were very few gods left and the moon was no longer in orbit of the Earth.
The Elder Gods, wiser beings of great power like the one from which Bahamut had sprung and had stayed clear of the battle, foresaw into the future and predicted the rebirth of Bahamut. Once he reached a specific dragon age, he would regain his memories and powers and then unite all the dragons once more under his rule. So went the prophecy that a dragon would be born with one horn already intact. His mother would die at childbirth and he would be raised by his father, only to have that father recognize who he is once he matures and try to kill him. Ultimately the son would kill the father.
The prophecy was brought to life with the birth of a dragon named Kei. Upon his birth, his mother died and he was born with his right horn already intact. Kei’s father raised him until he came of age, dragon equivalent to about 18 years human age. His father went mad and attacked him, and Kei, in self-defense, killed his father. From that time on, he wandered the world sometimes as a dragon and sometimes as a human until one day, while in human form, he was taken in by a human family. The family did not know he was a dragon and he did his best to hide it. The family cared for him like their own and he took on a human name, the name Rikumaru. His family, the Ouzomi family, was a shinobi clan and trained him well in magic, martial arts, weapons, and the shinobi arts, as well as the principals of honor and virtue. He might have been an adopted son, but to everyone in the family he was their real son or brother and to him they were his real family.
Eventually Kei/Riku could no longer hide his powers, especially his unmatched strength and speed. He excelled at everything and soon some of his adoptive siblings grew slightly envious of him. Kei/Riku did not want to cause rifts in his family and ultimately came to the decision to depart on a journey of exploration and self discovery, taking only some clothes and weapons and his pet cat Nasu.
About 3000 years after Kei had left on his journey, the second part of the prophecy came true and he regained his memories and powers. Kei had lived on the Earth for countless eons and had seen the evil of the world, how the gods showed little attention to the suffering of people. In some cases, the gods were even causing the suffering for their own petty amusement. Kei finally had enough and decided to bring down the gods once and for all.
Kei united the dragons and waged war on the gods in hope of reshaping the world into a place of peace. Many demi-gods and warriors soon rose and joined his cause while other were still blindly loyal to the gods. The war was ended with the largest and bloodiest battle in living memory. Both sides took heavy causalities as, in one final attack, Kei went up against the gods in a solo charge. Kei unleashed his full powers unto the gods and destroyed every last one, freeing the world from their rule.
It was an empty victory in the end. The war left the universe in chaos, with entire worlds ripped apart at the seams. All hope seemed lost, but Kei had one last trick up his sleeves. It would call for the ultimate sacrifice. He would have to give up his life in order to save the lives of countless innocents. So Kei bid his infant son Keijiro goodbye before using his entire life force to reshape the universe in several realms that were connected through a central nexus.
By 19,000 years later, the realms had developed their own ways of life and culture. They'd established trade and governments. All these realms were overseen by the Imperial Mandate, a combination of a monarchy and democratic government that was always the peacekeeper of the realm (sort of a U.N. kind of thing). Keijiro, often called Kei after his father, was by then the human equvilant of 19 and named Prince of the Realms until he ran away to see life and the people he would rule with his own eyes.
* Contrary to what some people believe, Argos was not the father of all dragons, he was the first dragon to name himself and break apart from the original line of dragons.
