-Prologue-

A thousand years before the first Avatar, a nation of immortal people lived under the Haoko Mountains. They were masters of illusion and manipulators of the shadow's that surrounded the caves. The mountains were ruled by five royal houses. For over three hundred years the houses fought over territory. Three hundred years of civil war and political disputes. Finally the house lords called a peace conference. They agreed it was time to leave the mountain and move on. Four of the great houses left the mountain for good, each populating a different land mass. The Fire nation, Earth kingdom, water tribes, and air nomads were born. Eventually they evolved past their forms and eventually adapted to their surroundings, thus losing the abilities from their days in the dark, but gaining the abilities to bend their elements of choice and the concept of bending fire, earth, water, and air, was created. They also, over time lost their immortality and became mortal, losing the regenerating abilities of their mountain dwelling cousins. In time, they lost all contact with their former selves and the race that stayed behind in the mountains was forgotten. That is until they fire nation declared war on the other nations. A secretly trained group of Uber soldiers were sent to destroy the "shadow benders". Since no one remembered the race they weren't missed. One child was spared as a sort of trophy for the fire lord. He is the last of the race of immortal beings. The last of the shadow benders.