AN; This is slightly based off the wing AU but slightly not... the characters may seem OOC (out of character) to some readers, but that is because the personalities had to be altered to fit a more arrogant haughty type of manner. This is still an introduction, and chapters with actual stories will come after.
What were they, exactly? Throughout the ages they have been called many things; Gods, Angles, Spirits, Guardians... Possibly they were called these things due to their bedazzling appearances and overwhelming power. They were Graceful, beautiful, exotic, toxic, elegant, and terrifying. They held powers that were so abstract and unimaginable. Courage, Love, Pride, Beauty, Grace, Strength, Wisdom, Fear… Powers that was terrifyingly influential to their simple human minds. Powers that they played with in their hands so easily while humans struggled, writhed, and did gruesome deeds to obtain. They, the angels, the gods, whatever they are to be called, are merciless. Non-sympathetic to the mortal humans. Above all, they were arrogant and loved the endless worshiping of the humans.
The humans could see the beings, but only because the beings wished to be seen. In their forms, they are all majestic, be they in beggar's cloths hiding their magnificent forms or not. Yes… Their true forms. Their true forms consisted of picturesque, graceful bodies, and elegant flowing wings, and different accessories all made of precious jewels and metals that delicately decorated their already magnificent appearance.
In this story, however, we are speaking of a group within these graceful things that the humans worshiped and named their own lands after. In petty human battles they were called upon and swooped in to lead them, for as said before, they are arrogant and love the thrill it creates for their endless lives. They fought as one of them, and alongside them. They were, in the human minds, what they would call their nation's personifications, or the embodiment of what their nation should rise to be…
Kiku's Story...