Generations of War

by SekushiXelda

This was my National Novel Writing Month piece for 2011, as well as my 2012 National Novel Editing Month project. The premise is to show how the Xiaolin and Heylin war moves down through generations and how family ties can influence people's decisions.

1. Prologue

Prologue - The End

For hundreds of thousands of years, an epic war has been waged between two rival forces; Xiaolin and Heylin. Over 1,500 years ago, the greatest Xiaolin warrior in history, Grand Master Dashi, created hundreds of mystical objects that he named Shen Gong Wu and used them to defeat the mighty Heylin witch, Wuya. After the battle, Dashi realized that his creations were far too powerful for corrupt hands to possess. Thus, he hid them by spreading them across the globe, hoping that evil would never find them.

Unfortunately, many years later, Wuya escaped Dashi's entrapment. Although her powers had been weakened, she joined forces with a young human boy named Jack Spicer in an attempt to conquer the world. The unlikely pair began to search for the Shen Gong Wu to restore Wuya's strength and defeat the Xiaolin forever.

Simultaneously, a new line of warriors had begun their training at the Xiaolin Temple to become the elemental dragons that would combat evil. After battling for many years against Jack, Wuya and many other villains, these warriors in training became dragons in their own right. Omi, the dragon of water; Kimiko, the dragon of fire and Clay, the dragon of earth were all led by Raimundo, the grand dragon of wind, and became the saviors of a world which was hardly even aware of their existence.

The team gathered the Shen Gong Wu and waged a war against the forces of evil. Multiple smaller struggles eventually led to one great battle, with the young dragons fighting valiantly against dozens of foes.

Many years have passed since the massive battle between the dragons and their enemies took place. Afterwards, the four were able to gather the remaining Shen Gong Wu nearly unopposed. Soon, only two of the items remained out of their possession. One had yet to be discovered and the other belonged to Jack Spicer.

The battle for this last Shen Gong Wu would become the final Xiaolin showdown. Could this bring an end to the seemingly eternal war between the Xiaolin and Heylin forces? Could the abuse of Dashi's mystical objects finally be ended? The dragon warriors could only hope.

Soon, very soon, The End was approaching.