Prologue
Water. Earth. Fire. Air.
In the beginning, the world was at peace, created to balanced with room to grow. The spirit world and the living world knew of each other's existence but though the spirit world was content to keep to itself, the living grew to fear the other and whatever power it could unleash.
When the human race began to take charge of the other life around them, the spirit world sent an envoy to keep peace between them. Using their power, they changed their envoy into man's form for their peace to be more readily received.
After releasing their envoy into the living world, they could only wait and watch as their envoy tried to bring the worlds together.
Their envoy made their legend and took the title of Avatar.
The fog between the spirit world and the living was one that few witnessed and many avoided. The living didn't want to be caught by the spirits and only the most gruesome waited in the fog to snatch up any fools who dared to wander in.
From the spirit side emerged a figure of a human, glowing green with spirit energy a plenty. The spirits hiding in the fog retreated, knowing better than to stay when a more merciful spirit emerged. The figure was headed straight towards the living world but half way there, it looked back the way it came, staring at the unseen comrades that were sending them off.
A mix of voices blended into one bellowed out, changing every so often from more masculine to more feminine.
You know your duty. Become allies with man. It took most of our power to change you into their form but they should put more trust in you this way. Complete your duty or we too shall be in danger of falling into the chaos that has grown in the living. We do not know when you will return, if at all, but know that with the living, the more lives you touch, the more they will be with you for eternity.
The figure nodded and continued forward. Voices broke off from each other and began to give last minute instructions over each other. One could only catch a couple.
The living like to be attached. Teach them our ways.
Adapt to them but remember your identity.
Fear is only a tool for fools against other fools. Be wise.
Teach them to understand.
Make yourself known.
You have all the time in the world.
And that was all the figure heard as they passed the boarder of the living world and fell into something cold.
