Avatar Origins
Part VI: The Story Begins
Well here we are, the part where the story itself actually begins. It set between 25,000-7,000 BSC as some date in that general area fits both the Avatar Timeline and the Extra Timeline I added on, so decide for yourself what an accurate point in time for this story would be.
I apolgize for the length of time it took me to update the story, certain aspects of the storyline took me a while to figure out
Note: I would be indenting, but for some reason the document won't let me, so I hope my paragraph's don't bother you too much
Long Ago, before the four nations the world was several settlements, large and small, that were independent and lived together in general peace and harmony. It was not to say that the world was without wars, for there had been a few, but the world was in a period of peace, where there had been no war for centuries. A few people had learned to bend the elements from early creatures, but the dominant force at the time was Energybending. Not much argument ensued over the conflicting benders, and the world remained in peace.
That was, until Romik arrived. Romik was one of the greatest disciples of the great master elders of Energybending, he grew so powerful that his powers rivaled those of his masters. One day he was caught learning the arts of the dark elements, and was banished to the far off Si Wong Desert where he only grew in power, using his vast powers of Energybending to master all 4 of the elements, he returned to the city of Omashu and murdered all of the elder masters. After doing so he took over the world settlement by settlement and set up an empire that became known as the Romik empire although some call it the 1st Omashu Empire or the Old Omashu Empire. He used his immense powers to give all of his elite guards the power to bend the four elements.
There were rebels, and some were even powerful, but they were incapable of mastering more than one of the elemental types of bending, and as being against the Empire became more and more dangerous, some of the most powerful element benders went into hiding, and so it came that while the rebels would still try to overthrow the empire, their numbers simply became smaller and smaller, until it seemed like they were almost extinct.
Romik conquered the entire world, and nowhere was anyone powerful enough to stop him and his elite guards, one day he called a seer to his throne room, for in that time seers were very respected, and what they told would always come to be.
"Show me my fortune, seer" Romik requested. "Will I continue to be the greatest and most powerful ruler in the world"
"Your rule will continue" The seer told him. "But I see something else, something obstructing your conquest, something powerful"
"What is it?" Romik asking. "Nothing will stand between me and my rule...NOTHING!"
"Oh but this one will" The Seer told him. "An elemental bender who will master the other 3 elements and face off against you and destroy you"
"Nonsense" Romik said, beginning to be scared. "Nothing is powerful enough to stop me"
"You have angered the spirits, Romik" The Seer told him. "There is nothing you can do to stop this destiny, five years from this very day, you will be destroyed"
"BEGONE FROM MY PRECENSE, WITCH!" Romik told her. "Go, before I decide to execute you". And so the seer turned away, and Romik took worried of what was to come, the seers words echoing through his head of his demise.
But who could possibly be powerful enough to cause the demise of his greatness, Emporer Romik?
(The Village of Ember, Modern Day Fire Nation)
Sky ran back to his house after playing with his friends, he loved running because he could easily use his airbending techniques to increase his speed. Seventeen years old, Sky stood at the average 5'7 height and wore red and orange clothing, for the traditional robes of airbender culture had not yet been created, he had a small amount of brown hair on his head and a bit of facial hair on his face, he was part of only the second generation of airbenders to have the arrow tattoos on his body, returning home he sat down at the dinner table and got ready.
"Son" His mother asked him upon seeing that he was a bit more rattled and beat up than usual. "Have you been playing outside of town again? You know that it's dangerous, especially since your an element bender. The elite guards don't take kindly to it, you need to be careful, especially since they killed your father".
Sky remembered it well, the elite guards came to collect taxes, and his father tried to fight them off using his firebending, but he failed to do so. Ever since, the town had been too scared to fight back against anything, once a proud village, Ember was now simply another grain of sand in Romik's Empire.
"The empire are hypocrites" Sky told his mother. "One day they will be defeated, evil always is. The question is when"
"Don't go getting any radical ideas, Sky" his mother told him. "If you try to face off against the Empire, they'll kill you like they killed your father, I don't want to lose you, please"
"I'm not saying I'm going to do it" Sky told her. "But somebody will, Romik can't stop the rebels forever, eventually he will die". His mother glared at him and they finished dinner, and went to bed.
(During Sky's Dream)
In his dream, Sky stood in the middle of a very strange forest filled with shadows and mysterious creatures, and before him stood beings cloaked in light and shadow, with wrinkled and bearded faces, Sky stepped back.
"W-who are you?" Sky asked. "I-I have airbending and I'm not afraid to defend myself"
"Your Elemental bending does not work here" A man who looked like the tallest and oldest of the group. "This is the Spirit World, and we are the ancients"
"The Ancients?" Sky asked. "You mean you guys are the all powerful spirits who created the world and the elements?"
"Yes" another spirit said. "And we have come to tell you of your great destiny, you must face and destroy Emperor Romik"
"I can't do that" Sky said. "I'm nowhere near powerful enough"
"You will need training, Sky" The Oldest one said. "You must travel the world and learn the other three elements, once you have mastered them you must face Emporer Romik, five years from today, and you must defeat him, or his Empire will never be defeated"
"Very well then" Sky agreed. "I will try my best"
"You must start with Waterbending" One of the spirits said. "Hidden in the north pole there is a man who can train you, but you must find him"
"Of course" Sky said. "I will leave in the morning, who I am to say no to the ancients", and so he woke up the next morning ready to leave for his journey.
(The Spirit World)
The oldest of the ancients stood looking into the real world, as Sky began packing for his journey, sure of his decision, while the other ancients doubted it.
"What does a young airbender have to offer" The youngest of the ancients asked. "We can't hold the fate of the entire universe in the hands of one elemental bender, for energybending is far more powerful"
"Perhaps he can learn that art too" another ancient told her. "But I too believe that we need to think better on our decisions"
"He is the one" The Old one said. "He will not let us down, you will see. He will master Waterbending as well as he has mastered his own element, and the others too will come naturally to him.
"For our sake I hope your right" the last of the four said. "I do not yet sense a great power in him, but your decisions have never been wrong before. We shall see".
I hope you enjoyed this chapter (I think It's my longest one so far, but I will likely be breaking that record soon
Up Next
Part VII: Sky finds a waterbending teacher and learns the art of a 2nd element, which he finds to be much harder than he thought
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