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The beginning starts with either a snake that bites its own tail or an empty golden circle.Its an eternal new beginning. At the origin was the Nothing and at the end will be the
Nothing. The Nothing feels alone and created the Fear because of it. With the Fear it gave
birth to the first third of the world. The Nothing wanted a companion and created the!esire and the second third of the world. The Nothing then reali"ed what it had done and
created the #egret creating the third part of the world. At the start the world look likedan egg and then the light and the dark separated from each other. It created Ningen$do
and the spirits realms but they were nothing more than formless chaos.
Then the three gods without names showed up from the %pirit #ealms and looked at this
chaos. They created from this essence two great fortunes. The Naga revere Atman who isone with the two great fortunes and different who created the world. The &o'iki a legend
inherited from the time before the &ami speak of those two fortunes that ordered the
world. They were (nnotangu lord )oon and his bride Amaterasu lady %un. They areknown under the names &haleel and %hilah in the *urning %ands. *ut at the beginning
neither of them had a name. They looked at the primal earth and meditated on it. They
understood that the name of things was what gave them form and their place. Theywhispered a name to the earth and she blossomed life. The two fortunes took their namesand they saw that spirit realms were being populated with creatures too. That is how the
old religion told the story of the birth of the world but most people have forgotten it.
+ady %un and +ord )oon started to name everything in the creation but a little part ofNothing had escaped. It looked for an ally and +ord )oon accepted. The little part of
Nothing hid itself in the shadow of the )oon and became the +iving !arkness.
At the origin of the world were the %un and the )oon and their children the stars in the
skies. They looked at the world the celestial divinities have left for them. They decided to
fill it and created the ,--- inn by placing the breath of the stars on the sand. The inni
were marvelous creatures but very independent and they moved to live in the lands thatwould be later named the *urning %ands. /ach of them was bound to a certain category
of powers reflecting the nature of the star they were created from.
%hilah lady sun wanted to cause mischief with her husband. %he invited +ord )oon at a
ban0uet and got him drunk. Then she tricked him into eating a stone and when they
started to walk around the world again +ord )oon was unable to follow his wife. 1ethen promised do"ens of gifts if she waited for him. 1e created a necklace of diamonds
from the stars for her. +ady %un said that she was able to help him and with her knife she
took the stone out of her husbands chest. (f pain the diamonds fell into the skiescreating the 2reat #oad in the skies a way of stars. The stone fell to earth. In his wrath
+ord )oon shunned his wife creating the cycle of day and night. The two divine beingswere now only able to see each other during eclipses. The +ying !arkness during this
time whispered words to (nnotangu that would later make him fear that his childrenwould dethrone him.
The stone was a little piece of obsidian where a little snake was sleeping. !uring its time
in the body of the 3ale orb 4+ord )oon for the Naga5 the little snake and the stonechanged. The stone broke in to a thousand pieces when hitting the floor and each of them
turned into a Naga. The snake became the first of them and their leader the 6amar.
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7nder the loving ga"e of the two orbs the Nagas created a civili"ation based on theircommon mind the Akasha and their knowledge of astrology.
*ut the starts of this new race hade not been ideal the 8 bloodlines of the Naga were
sharing the land under 8 kingdoms. The %hahismael a lord of the Asp lead the war of the*loodstained +and against the others Naga cities. 1e loost the war when his second the
%hahadet betrayed him for the union of the 8 *loodlines that the 6uatol emissary of the#adiant (rb and the (sseuth emissary of the 3ale orb wanted. The bloodlands war
ended 9-- years before the 2reat sleep.
The inns lived happily for centuries until they asked their parents for company.
!epending on the versions either the 2ods or the inns themselves created the immortalAshalan with their ,: souls for their whole nation and the first human race; the nomadic
#a%hari. The Ashalan was born from pieces of crystal shaped and given a bit of the fire
of Amaterasu. The #a%hari like the other humans of the *urning %ands that wouldcome later were made from a mi< of mud and ashes. And the world kept going. The
divine couple then looked at #okugan and started to give birth to creatures that would
later turn into the &itsu the &enku the =oku'in the Trolls and the Ningyo.
The champion of the inni took the )oons name &haleel and with his 8 brothers rose to
take his parents place. They attacked the %un and )oon starting with their father. (ne
called for the help of the +iving %hadow 4&hayel in )ekhem5 that turned into a weaponfor the inni. Their father van0uished the %hadow and cut it in many pieces one of them
fusing with the %hadow inn. The inni finally defeated their father and other inni 'oined
them. They attacked the stars ne
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As every millenia the forces of igoku sent a new champion in an attempt to take control
of the world of mortals. ?The foul@ 4both the %hadowlands and the +iving %hadow for the
Naga5 sent forces in Ningen$do during what the Naga called the first *urning of the+and. The Naga rose as one and fought. They won this war but something unknow was
weakening them. They took an harsh decision and used their magic to 'oin the 2reat%leep getting ready for the return of the 3ale and #adiant orbs and the second *urning of
the +and.
The 8 races 4&enku Trolls =oku'ins Ningyos and &itsus5 started each a civili"ation
after the 2reat %leep B they fought against one anotherB and eventually made peace. Theymade an alliance and divided #okugan and the green lands that would later became the
%hadowlands. They created in common a capitol that would be named the >ity of the
Night by the 7nicorn e
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of the (rochi in Ningen$do5 and occupied the underwater city Naga of >andas that theywas sharing with them when the was awake.
*etrayed by their ,st children the %un and )oon shared a few nights together and gave
birth to the ,- &ami. At the same time the %hadow suggested again that the childrenwould try to take over the place of +ord )oon as the inni did. /ach of the &amis has
great skill in their field eity of )emory.
/verything has to have an end. The Ne"umis came when the &ami fell from the skies
after the fight between 1antei and his father which ended with the opening of the
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stomach of +ord )ood freeing 1anteis siblings. #yoshun was dead in his fathersstomach and throught the rift 4the space between the spirit worlds5 ended in )eido. The
9 of them still alive fell from the hole of the sky they used to use to observe the mortal
world. 1owever Fu$leng was caught by the hand of his father. 1antei cut this hand.2rabbing his younger brothers ankle Fu$+eng dragged him in his fall toward Ningen$
do. After the fall of their children the divine beings separated Tengoku from Ningen$doout of fear of mortality. The future emperor fell toward the North but the dark &ami felt
toward the south... (pening a passage toward igoku; ?the Festering pit@ or ?tomb of theskies@.
The %hadow had suggested to igoku to take control over the young &ami that had
van0uished it a decision it would later regret. The (gres named this day ?The fall of thebright star@ and the Ne"umi ?The terrible day@. The immense cataclysm destroyed the
Ne"umis empire but it was only a start. When the !ark &ami was reborn he launched
his forces against the Ne"umi to clear the way to the young empire of his siblings. Thetaint from igoku grew out of the Festering pit creating the %hadowlands Taint and
corrupting the nearby lands. The now free &ansen started to wander in the %hadowlands
and #okugan turning the once pure blood magic into the maho we know now. The%hadowlands was born.The Ne"umi were hunted by the Trolls and (gres the latter more ferocious than ever.
)uhomono king of (gres didnt bow to Fu$leng like )orge and his trolls and the
goblins subse0uently the (gres were cursed. The last free (gres built ?The (grebarracks@ where they took their last stand and where they also hidden the remnants of
their civilisation. The ratlings fought back but finally choose to flee by stealing the name
of their capital when they were defeated. All of Fu$lengs forces that were in the citywere destroyed by the ritual 4e
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become the *adger provinces. The Temple was forbidden to humanity. Also at this timethe language of the &ami that shugen'a speak to cast spells was forbidden from being
written.
After meeting %hinsei Togashi choose to meditate on a mountain fasting. 1e then meet&g'kt the =oku'in prophet who helps him understand the wisdow of %hinsei.
)any tribes dont bows to the kami and left by the Eoban'in mountains to build theirown lands. )utsuhito of the tribe of )atsu left with all of his tribe that didnt 'oined
Akodo for the newly corrupted %hadowlands to bow to Fu$+eng and making him realisehe needed humans pawns. )utsuhito get killed during the day of Thunder by )atsu.
%hinsei is rumored to wrote around this time a martial art book named the &umitae.
The legend say that Agasha created the katana. Its more likely that the katana wascreated before but that Agasha perfected the processus and the blade took the place of
the way of the bow and horse by the influence of the &ami who created the samourai
caste.
Then the ,st war against the %hadowlands started and Fu$leng was defeated. The fertile
lands of the %hadowlands were now a barren desert and infested by (ni. (nly %hosurocame back from the dark fortress carrying the ,: *lacks scrolls. %he learned during hertravel that she had been created from a piece cut from the %hadow found in the (bsidian
1and by : &enku. At this time she strikes a deal with this entity. %he would fake her
death and a few years later come back as the shugen'a %oshi before loosing to thepower of %hadow. %he then goes to see Togashi in an attempt to find a solution and the
!ragon &ami locked her in a cage of crystal until 1itomi freed %hosuro.
At an unknow time &akita gave the blade he bore before the ,st/merald championshipto somebody the blade ending in the Tomb of the 9 Thunders. 1e kept the sword of the
/merald >hampion. )atsu is cremated and her ashes left in the Tomb too by an unknow
way. An hourglass and some strange sand the egg of the Coid 4token of favor and child
of the !ragons5 a strange candle and the Tao of Fu$leng are locked in the Tomb too. A'ade kobune figurine supposed to be a piece of the >elestial &obune of %uitengu fortune
of the sea took away by an oni of the %ea of %hadows was deposed here too as also with
a 'ade mirror know to Togashi. In the tomb was also locked away a scroll of a powermatching the black scrolls named the /ssence of igoku and a scarabs case of untold
power linked to the ackals of the *urnings %ands.
The piece from the >elestial &obune was cut off during a battle as %uitengu was visitingthe mortal realm and a ningyo found it. %he didnt know what it was but crafted it into a
small kobune figurine.
The powers of igoku turned of the first lieutenants of Fu$leng into the !ark (racles of
Air Fire Water and /arth. Also the &ansens freed from igoku by the Festering pit ofFu$leng started to spread the land and turned the blood$magic into the corrupted )aho.
Isawa Takeshi brother of Isawa and second in the mystic arts claimed he would keepusing the blood magic and founded the *loodspeaker cell of the True >hild of Isawa.
When %hin'o left with the &i$rin she left some followers behind who will later create the
Fo< clan but two groups left them. (ne of them 'oined the !ragon as spies for theirformer clan until they return lead by Ide 1ateru the other created an hidden fortress near
%orrows path. They learned some secrets from the %hadows before being destroyed.
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1antei ordered to 1ida to defend the south and the first Wall was built. It was nowmatch to the &aiu Wall that replaced it -- years later after his destruction by the )aw.
1ida Atarasis mother and 1idas first wife )asiko was killed by the %hadowland and
the castle built for her &yuden )asiko abandonned to the %hadowlands. Tsamaru%hibas wife goes out from a coral palace to wed the &ami and create the Ancestral
sword of the 3hoeni