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In all societies, even those from before the age of benders, there have been stories of people, blessed and cursed with the gift of transformation; able to shift from their human shape to that of a chosen beast. Some believe this is how bending was passed from the animal fore-bearers to mankind. It was believed that the Gods bestowed upon these people totems, made from the hides of the beast whose form they would assume.

The people who were to become the air nomads were given drinking horns made from the hollow tips of sky bison horns. If one drank from one of these horns they were said to be able to assume the form of a sky bison, and were forever marked with the arrows so prominent on the bison. This is believed to be how the tradition of having mastery tattoos began.

To the people of the earth kingdom vests made from the hides of badge-moles. These vests imparted the strength of the badge-mole to those without the ability to shift, and could transform one into a badge-mole in times of great need, such as war or a natural disaster in which earth bending was necessary.

The people who lived in the area now known as the fire nation where given the greatest gift by far in that they were bestowed with belts made from dragon hide. To temper the immense power of these belts only few worthy people were given the power to use them. It is said that today such power is seen through being able to bend what is now commonly referred to as 'the demon flame' a fire of intense heat that is second in strength only to lightning. After killing dragons was made sport many people claimed to have such belts.

The people of water were not bestowed with any such gift, which is cause for speculation on the other three. Some historians believe it is due to the fact water benders learned their art from the moon and not from animals as the other benders did. This speculation then brings to question whether or not these shape shifters were the origins of human bending, so much so that some believe it was only extremely powerful benders that could use such gifts.

Whatever the case, it is known, that as the age of bending progressed the art was lost (if it was there at all). It is of course forbidden now in all nations to kill or harm any of the 'original benders'-so called- and so it cannot be tested, even if the ability remains in today's blood.

(A History of Bending Pt.1: The Four Nations "Chapter 1: The First Benders" By Fericul Changeral)

As a side note, each of the three stories was taken from a different form of "Shifter". Were-Sky Bison= similar story to the Sealkies, The were-badge moles= Berserks, and of course, the were-dragons=werewolves