History of the Four Nations
Entry: The Very Beginning
In the time before the four nations, the time before the four elemental bending powers were discovered, the people of the world had managed to live in unity. Despite the many wars and developments, it was not biased on the elements or a single element nation. This is the history before the division of the world, before the time of the Avatar, before the events that occurred when the 1001st Avatar was released from his hibernation inside a sphere of ice at the South Pole.
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its genuine information that I have used to publish my works. All credit rightfully goes to the makers of Avatar and to Nickelodeon for its finest TV Show.
In the beginning, people divided themselves by tribal distinction. Each tribe has its own major family that became their leader. Tribes cross each other and sometimes began wars or feuds that cause many casualties in their families. An alliance to another tribe was first introduced by the Yong tribe and it greatly helped them win the war. More of these alliances caused tribes to transform into kingdoms.
The Kingdoms have their own distinct territory and headed by a monarchy government. Many of these territories are, once again, fought over with wars and treaties. Soon a few kingdoms fell mutual with another kingdom and the same thing happened all over the world. Nations were made.
All the kingdoms have come to be named cities where they are governed by dynastic families, all under the rule of a Nation Head and their dynasties to come. The lands to the West became known as the Western Lands with 5 Nations.
The vast lands in the Central and Eastern part of the world became the CentrEast Lands with 18 large kingdoms. Many families broke off from these two lands and traveled to the North Pole. Along with materials and clothing needed to survive the cold, these families created tribes with more and more immigrants coming in from the Western and CentrEast Lands.
These tribes managed to adapt to the surroundings of the North Pole and began living under certain customs and traditions. Marriages are arranged in order to gain peace between tribes or families. A few groups broke off from the Northern Tribes and became Nomads to travel constantly around the world without permanent homes.
The Nomads settled at 4 great mountains at four compass points in the world. The Nomads began to coexist with the Sky Bison, native faunas of these four great mountains. With the help of these tamed bison, the Nomadic Temples were created in all four mountain ranges. The Nomads became tranquil people and entered life to enlightenment.
Different cultures and ethnic groups developed on all the four great civilizations of the old world. The Nations are thriving, the tribes are adapting, and the nomads are reaching enlightenment. Soon this segregation and notable differences between them will develop into the end of these four civilizations and begin the division and creation of the Four Great Nations of the world.
Personally I do not think that my made up history is accurate enough to backup the story of Avatar. I researched different infos about Avatar and combined them together to create a historical archive that may help some "wonderers" decide on the historical timeline. Well you could use mine but its not genuine since I made it up.