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Prologue
Tears. Tears is where it all began for us. But what these tears did to us, was it fate and destiny for us to met? Or was it something that was not planned and unexpected for order? But one thing is for sure, our existance and story all began with five tears.
As the All Mother wept from her loss, her tears would fall into the heavens above the world bellow. Each one falling chaoticly, forming new stars for mortals to see in the night sky. It would seem this would continue, but instead, it ended on the last five tears. Before those five fell, several of the new stars that formed in the sky of mortals became formations. Images of creatures and beings that walked among the mortals. And when the last five began to form an image, the last tears fell, each hitting through the clusters of stars.
When these tears hit the clusters, instead of forming stars, they continued to fall to the mortal world. As they did, the clusters slowly formed into five creatures, ones that would soon be changed forever. The five tears would continue to fall until they each landed in different parts of the world bellow.
Dragon Tear
For a long time, the dragons lived either above or within the mortal realm. Those that lived among them, isolated themselves out of either protecting themselves or the mortals. For Meng Zhang it was for peace within silence, admiring the azure flowers that bloomed with the fields and their color flow into the soil that sat by the river. For him this was what peace felt like. He would spend most of his days just flying above the feilds and admire the hypnotic blue that was transended into the world. When feeling lathargic, Meng would laydown under an azure flower that grew to the size of a tree.
Meng felt at ease under the flower tree. As the azure shade from its petals covered him, Meng began to fall into a deep slumber. As he closed his eyes, a single drop of water feel without warning. Caught and guilded by one of the flower tree's petals, the drop fell right onto the head of the dragon. The sudden feel of water alarmed him to jumo from his peacful stance. Puzzled, he looked to see that the sky was clear of clouds. He slowly walked out of the shade to see if there was another presence in his medow. There was no one but him and his flowers that moved to the winds of the east. Meng wondered to his drinking pond to calm his nerves, but once he got there, a greater shock came from the sight of a mortal! At first, he though it was one trapped in the water, but soon discovered that it was him that he saw in the water.
Turtle Tear
Zhi Ming had not much anger on him. He was a very calm and collected turtle that had little trouble. Living on black soil, Zhi could eat fish from the pound, and leaves from the trees growing over the rocks. Zhi had no troubles that dampand his mood. Mortals and animals that saw him would leave him be as all he did was live peacefully, and made them feel at peace. Protective of all that live near and among him, Zhi would keep threats at bay as he layed at the one entrence to his peacful home. In return, many would do all they could to repay the mighty turtle for his selfless deed.
His days stayed that way until a light swim changed. Strolling out into a lake that could contain him, Zhi took his usual slow swim through it for some fish to eat and to cool off from the beating sun. On his way back, a single drop of water struck his shell. He felt nothing as he walked north towards the beach as he always did. But as he took his normal route, Zhi noticed the shocked, amazed, and bewildered faces of the mortals and animals he knew very well. Eventually, he stopped and tried to understand their faces. In doing so, Zhi discovered he had become a giant of a man from his stroll on land.
Tiger Tear
The west side of the mortal land was known as the deadliest part of the world. And none knew it better then the brash Jian Bing. While her fur was white, the tigress did not detour as she welcomed challenges. Replacing most of her fear with sheer adrenaline at facing something, many would be challengers to a fight backed down in her presence. Those that did not, discovered that Jian lived up to her bluster and reputation. As such, most of the danger in the land was always focused on Jian's current location. Always moving around in the land filled with white soil, Jian never left the west.
Jian thought that she would never leave her birth grounds until she faced a new challenge. It was a slow day, but filled with possibilities. Jian was busy stalking her prey, a herd of blesbok. She narrowed her target to an elder buck, weak and slow from age. She pounced, scaring the herd with her surprise rawr, and scattering them enough to find her target alone. Jian chased after the old buck, catching up with her powerful muscles and her teeth bared for the fatal blow. She jumps, but as she does, a single drop of water falls onto her head. Jian succeeds in catching and killing her lunch. But as she did so, Jian was unaware that she slowly became a mortal woman. That is, until she got a look at her new hands.
Bird Tear
Deep within the Red Valley, lived a large flock of peafowl. It is there, they lived in safty. And unlike the mortals, it was the peacocks that made themselves beautiful for their mates. And none was more picky about her choice, then the Ling Guang, a red peahen that was well known among the south locals. Ling believed in true love, and as such, she took her time with those that wished to be with her. The peacocks knew of her age, but where never detered as she proved to hold unoffical authority among the peafowl flock. She and her brother helped guid and advise new cocks and hens on how to win and find their love.
Like evey mating season, Lian would be the first to pick. For if she found the one, then her search would end, and the peafowl would rejoice in her finding love. As she walked, studying the peacocks both old and new, a drop of water fell onto her head. She and everyone else took notice and looked to see if rain was comeing. But there was no cloud large or dark enough to cause rain. When all returned to face Jian, they where all freaked by what she became. Scared and confused, Jian rushed to the spring, and discovered that she had been transformed into a mortal woman. Both she and her flock became puzzled by how this came to be.
The Final Tear
As four of the five tears fell into different directions, the final one did not. It continued to fall straight for the land bellow. As it did so, the tear grew in size as it absorbed the energy of the mortal world. The tear kept falling straight down, and finally hitting bare land. Bursting from the impact, a wave of energy flowed through out the land itself, alerting mortal, animal, god, and nature to the change the final tear unleashed. An after shock occured, transforming the former wastleand in the center of the mortal plain, into a field lush with life. Trees grew to great heights to reach the sun, the grass became bright and healthy, and the water of the river became liquid gold. Life was dancing as the surge of energy birth creation, but also destruction.
At the center of this golden land, rose a rock as golden as the land. The rock then grew patches of black so dark, not features or textures could be seen. Cracks formed from it, slowly chipping off the surface, revealing a new life to the world. When it was freed, it fell to the ground, slowly rising, as if not use to its own body and weight. Eyes formed on its head, then a mouth, hands and feet grew on the ends of its arms. The new life took form of the creature that dominated the world, mortal man.
The being then became aware of its surroundings. It felt amaze, bewildered, happy, and powerful. It feel in love with his home and what the land provided. It loved that the land gave it power, and wanted it all for himself. But that was not possible, for the being felt that some of the power the land had spread to the rest of the mortal world. Angered by this, the being let out a dephening rawr that cleared the skys and heard by even by the gods that viewed the world. The being then discovered that it can shape and change its form. At first shocked, but then replaced by wicked glee. Grabing hold of the enrgy around itself, the being formed cloths, armor, and a staff. It took notice of several creatures that lived within his land, gaining more wicked thoughts as he turned his power to them. Slowly and painfully, the bird, snake, monkey, fish, and bear transformed into monstrous images of their former selves. Baring forms between animal and human, the new servents of the being bowed before it.
Epilogue
And that is how we all came to be. Our origins came from five tears of the All Mother. And they forever changed us and what would happen in the mortal world. Four of us became mortal, or so we believed, while the final tear made both something good and bad. We both gained and lost something, but was for the best for we kept going in the directions we always went. But it came time to change it, we did so. And the thing is we would end up meeting one another and confront the threat to the mortals. As such, a fight that gods witness was truely something to remember.
The All Mother, Fu the Great Father of All, and the Imp witnessed it all. The mother was in shock and regret, Fu was amazed and bewildered, and the Imp was just asumed. As a result, she wanted to see if her power effect them. The Imp had little effect, all she could do was twist fate enough for us tear children to notice her and that we were being played.
As for how we all met and come to face the being? Well, that is for another story. After all, this is just the origins story. And what is next to come is something interesting. We face new challenges, met people that have their own tale to tell, and grow to become a great team. And will we tell it? Well that is for me, you, and time to decided. So, do you want to hear more?