Prologue

Wind. Earth. Fire. Water.
The four elements.

Long ago, the world consisted of four primordials. Ventus, the primordial of wind. Terra, the primordial of earth. Prometheus, the primordial of fire. And Tethys, the Primordial of water. These four Primordials together formed the world, each more powerful in their own domain.

The Primordials lived in harmony with one another, each helping one another to create many mythical creatures, oceans, rivers, volcanoes, and so on. Together, they created the four realms. To the North was a land of volcanoes and fire, to the South was a tropical island. To the East, there was a land of high mountains and to the West was a land of plains.

The world was at peace.
(Then the humans came along).

One day, the world began to be populated by beings.

No one knew how they came to be. Some say it was by a combination of the four elements forming another, fifth primordial- Spiritus. Some say Chaos himself created them. Whatever the case, these beings,the Vir, or humans formed.

The Vir multiplied over Terra.

This was the cause of dissent.

They honoured Terra more than the other Primordials. They feared Prometheus and Tethys, and did not even believe in the existence of Ventus. They caused strife amongst the Primordials themselves.

The Primordials, old as they were, were not without faults. Soon, they began to war among themselves. They were too powerful to openly defy each other, so they used the Vir. Each Primordial selected a group of Vir to empower with the ability to control the elements. They were the Benders, blessed by the Primordials.

The Western Minoans were the earthbenders, reliable and steadfast. They rarely showed emotion, but when angry, even the fiercest fire benders could not face them. They were staunch warriors, that were able to level the tallest mountains and crush the biggest boulders. A few, were so blessed by Terra they could even bend lava and metal. They lived in harmony with the land, using it to its full potential.

The Eastern Olympians were selected by Ventus. They were the airbenders. Some, like the great warrior Zeus, were so blessed by Ventus that they gained the power of flight, and even lightning bending, for lightning was, after all, formed from the sky. They were the swiftest benders, and with time gained the power to teleport- using the power of lightning.

The Northern Titans were blessed by Prometheus. They were the fire benders, quick to attack and fierce in anger. They were the fiercest of benders, and Prometheus blessed many of them, giving them the capacity to even bend heat. They could raise or lower the temperature for a significant area at will. Most of all, they were the best weapon smiths in the four realms. For Prometheus had not played fair when he had blessed the firebenders.

He had infused medeis in their blood. This medeis allowed them to create magical weapons. Swords whose blades never dulled, arrows that always returned. There were four legendary weapons, however, created by the first Titans and distributed amongst the realms, for together they wielded too much power and would destroy each other. There were also other magical weapons, that could conceal, transform, and destroy.

The other Primordials soon grew concerned, and together forced Prometheus to withdraw the medeis, and he was forced to do so. The few magical weapons that remained were the remnant of a bygone era, and they cried out for blood. They were paid in full, for the firebenders were the warriors of the realm.

The Southern Atlanteans were the water benders. Tethys, being the youngest Primordial, yet the most powerful, blessed them last, for she was not like the other Primordials. She had not interest in their quarrels. And like her, were the Atlanteans. They were calm and serene. Not many had seen a warrior water bender, for they rarely fought, preferring to spend their days meditating. They were rumoured to possess not only the ability to heal, but to destroy as well. Some were rumoured to bend blood. Some even said they were spirit benders.

That was not all that inhabited the four realms. Two mighty dragons existed as well. One was Typhon, the mother of all dragons. She was the daughter of Terra and and Prometheus. She possessed Terra's destruction and Prometheus' rage. She was the dragon that ruled the skies, a mighty beast that could not be slain, she now lay resting in Mount Etna, asleep.

For, when she was at her strongest, she had rebelled against the Primordials. They were powerful, but so was she. The best the Primordials could do was force her to sleep under a dormant volcano, hoping that none would be foolish enough to wake her.

The other was Drakon, the son of Tethys and Ventus. Like Tethys, he was powerful. Like Ventus, he was calm. He was the sea serpent that controlled the sea and sky. He could not fly with wings, like Typhon, but his power over air allowed him to glide from one place to another.

He was still a hatchling when Typhon rebelled, and so was trained and kept a close eye on. However, when his nature was seen to be peaceable, he was let free by the Primordials.

And free he was. He roamed the seas far and wide. None knew where he went or where he came from. It was said that he lay at the bottom of the sea, his powerful eyesight watching everything, and that the storms were but due to a flick of his tail.

The Vir, however, had other goals in mind.

The water benders were hated by the firebenders, who wished to be the strongest benders who lived. But they could not be defeated by fire.

Thus, deceitfully, the three realms, Fire, Wind and Earth, together formed a coalition, and advanced to capture Atlantis, the capital of the Atlanteans.
The waterbenders put up a fierce fight, but they were no match for the combined fury of three elements. The warrior benders ensured they slaughtered every water bender they saw. Thus, they eradicated the realm of Tethys, together using their power to submerge the entire island under water.

It was a massive display of power, one that rivalled even that of the Primordials, who began to regret bestowing so much power on beings with so little control. But it was too late.

This meant, however, that the only thing preventing the Titan's rise to power was removed. Using their forges, they crafted huge naval ships, filled with weapons. The waters were no longer a threat to them, and they used the water that once brought life, to capture and subdue all the other benders.

Eventually, however, the Minoans and Olympians resisted. They fought back, and through mighty warriors like Hercules and Theseus, they managed to repel the Titans. Not, however, without succumbing much of their land.

Eventually, hundreds of years later, the wars ceased. There rested an uneasy peace amongst the realms. The Titans openly walked around with weapons, and set up fortresses through the land, but the other realms could do nothing. The peace was soon to be broken, however.

The King of Othrys, capital of the Titans, Kronos, sought to conquer all the realms. Unbeknownst to the other benders, he had been gathering a massive army to fight for him, consisting of fire benders trained from birth, commanded by his sons, Prometheus, named after the Primordial himself.
And Luke.

Even more deadly, however, was that he had made a deal with Chaos, the Primordial of destruction, born from Prometheus and Terra. Chaos granted Kronos a deadly power- beo, or blessing bending. Kronos was able to remove the blessing of the Primordials from the benders.

With this deadly weapon in hand, he slowly began to plot overthrow the kingdoms.

Thus began the downfall of the four realms. Could he be stoppped?

A/N: Just an idea that popped into my head. I have little knowledge of Avatar, so please excuse any gross inaccuracies. Names are loosely derived from Latin. Terra- Earth, Ventus-wind, beo-blessing, medeis-magic.
I know some of the names may make no sense, but bear with me- I had actually come up with names for the other primordials and places as well, but I thought it was better to keep them as canon, since I dislike fics where Chapter 5 becomes, 'Percy told Jamie to take Aaron and Cordelia to Mount Elumpios on Jonnasen.'
Too many OCs spoil the continuity, I think. If you review that you want original names, like Ignis and Impes instead of Prometheus and Othrys, I will change them.
Excuse my sarcasm if it spills out unintentionally. I'm trying to keep this fic serious. Review please!