A/N: Hey guys! Happy New Year!

So I finally have gotten back to working on more of the folk tales of the Spyro-verse retold by Cynder. As you can notice, this story is certainly for an older crowd than the last story.

This story is actually the first part of a two parter foundation myth. It tells of the making of the dragons, and how the gods came together to council over how the guardian would be. I worked plenty to make this thing neat-o.

Well, I do hope to come out with "Of the Seperation of the Dragon" soon, and hope to put it out for all of you to enjoy.

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Of the Creation of Dragons – By Cynder

It is said that of the creation of dragons and wyverns and the other living things of this world there is little remembered, but that of the recollection of tales and myths, saved from the destructive force of time, one could be assured of a couple things.

Before the first age of time –a time long before ours-, the gods of old roamed the world in their task to bring life and beauty to the earth, skies, and seas they had formed. Of the many countless gods and semi-gods that roamed the land in such a time, a few can truly be identified and remembered among the tales of our age. Of these we can find Gilderin, who is worshiped fondly by both the felines of the North and South, and is considered the creator of the felines; Sal-Maru, who is well known as the god-lord of the mountains and caves, and can be acknowledged as the creator of the race of moles and all the creatures that dwell below the earth; Urkam, creator of the great forests and those who originally dwelled them, like the Apes; Delin, god of the seas and the great turtles that dwell them; and lastly Shirin, creator of the skies and the heaven-bound creatures. Together they brought to the world the races that would inhabit our age; but a more detailed account of the creation of the moles, the apes, and the felines shall be of a later tale; for now this tale is focused on the rise of the race of Dragons and Wyverns.

Near the end of Creation, the gods became weary of their task, at last bringing them to completion, and soon considered a matter of great importance to them. Of the land and the sea, and the great skies above, there was a need for a master creature that would become the guardian of all races, and would maintain fairness and justice for all. In a meeting among the highest of the mountains of the West, where the clouds could not reach and the fallen snow was endless, the gods came together to discuss the matter at hand.

Shirin, proudest of the gods, creator of the sapphire heavens and scattered jewels of the nightly sky which he called stars, was the first to speak among this fair council.

"A creature of the skies!" he spoke in the same manner which a storm would rattle the earth below with powerful thunders. "The creature needed must one of the skies! This way like a god he would look at all the things below him like a fair, yet powerful lord." But to the words of Shirin, Sal-Maru rose and thumped his stony feet on the floor, and shook his head like the trembling of the earth.

"You might say that this creature would look mighty in the skies, brother Shirin, but what of the creatures below the land? What of the creatures dwelling in the caves of my house?" the Stone-lord remarked. "I say he needs keen eyes and powerful claws to dig among the great earth. He must be as strong as a boulder, and not flimsy like your air-beings." And with such said, having been offended by his brother, Shirin threw blows at Sal-Maru with the might of his powers.

"Call me frail again, my brother, and I will have to freeze you on the spot." Sal-Maru also returned blows as well, but Urkam, peacekeeper and balance-maker of the world, came in between, and ceased the clash before it was too late.

"Alas!" Urkam said mightily, and kept his brothers' from striking any further. "Why fight, brothers? Do you not understand that a guardian is needed urgently, and that holding this off might only bring a discourse in the beauty of our making?" He gazed at all the gods present in the meeting. "We can make a creature that can both fly in the sky and own the realm below the earth. Powerful he must be, but not too powerful and large as to not allow him to fly. I would also council against making him too large for the fact that he would be unable to move swiftly amongst my woods. He must be strong, and yet steady in height and weight." The gods agreed with the words of Urkam, fairer of the gods, and both Shirin and Sal-Maru sat once more, in peace. Delin, sea-lord, rose now, and waved his hands in reclamation.

"But what of the Waters of the world?" Delin asked in troubled curiosity. "Would this creature not be able to live within the seas?" Urkam thought for a moment, and at last gazed to Delin.

"Eldest of brothers," Urkam spoke in a voice of calmness. "The creature must be given a fraction of all our great powers. He must be allowed to govern Shirin's thunder and chill, Sal-Maru's stone and fire, and your waters as well. From these elements put together he shall at last have my powers: the ability to keep a balance in all living things as well as the power to grow life. I will also give him my ability to heal all things ruined, and the power to foresee all in a just manner." And with that all the gods quickly agreed, and none seemed untroubled. But Sal-Maru rose, and spoke again in question.

"But what of its appearance? A fire spewing crater may be great, but one atop a mountain makes it greater. The looks of the mountain are as important as the flaming liquid it spills. The height and greatness brings it respect!" And so the gods began to argue again, conversing in small circles in a soft whisper, but they all ceased to listen to Urkam once more.

"Like we stated, the creature must be great, but not too great," Urkam remarked. "A creature the size of a mountain may be grand in its appeal, but would do no aid to those under the earth, like your moles, brother." Sal-Maru nodded, and agreed with the words of his wise brother. "He must be of the size of most our creations, or perhaps just a little larger, and alas! The creature must roam on four paws." As Urkam sat, quickly Shirin rose to speak.

"Wings he must have, great wings," he remarked in his strong proud voice.

"And powerful claws to dig out the greatest trenches on earth," Sal-Maru said as he rose. Urkam left his seat again, as he looked at his two risen brother's with eyes of wisdom.

"Upon this creature you must place great armor, Sal-Maru," Urkam noted. "He must have scales as strong as iron, light enough to permit him flight. And a large chest for great lungs," he added as he looked to Delin. To this The Sea-Lord rose.

"We must not forget our youngest of brother's, Gilderin, creator of the felines," Darin remarked as he looked to the youngest of them. "Tell me, brother, what may you give our great peacekeeper?"

"Great fangs, like the ones of my creation; greater than theirs, indeed," Gilderin responded. "I also believe that the creature may need to be of a great color that may represent its greatness."

"A color that represents wisdom," Urkam noted, "nobility, and its power to bring justice." Urkam went silent in thought, but spoke at last after but a few seconds. "The color purple will be such color, and any who look to him shall feel peace and will praise him, be the creature good in heart, or shall fear him greatly, if he be foul and an enemy of our The Creation."

With such said, the great council concluded, and it was now the job of Urkam to create The Great Guardian; since it was he who spoke the wisest. With him the gods left marks of their own powers, so that with them he could construct the creature. Shirin left a lock of his golden mane, which would grant The Guardian the ability to be as light as a feather in flight, as well as the capability of manipulating the greatest winds, chills, and storms of this world. The Sky-Lord also granted him two majestic wings, made from the fairest of his clouds.

Sal-Maru left the most beautiful of his jewels behind. The gem glowed purple in the night, but under the sun a majestic yellow. With this Urkam would dye The Guardian, and would not only make him the fairest colored creature of the land, but the steward of stone: commander of all rocks. As well as his jewel, Sal-Maru also shaped one great scaled set of armor of the strongest stone of his kingdom; armor destined to be worn by the creature through all ages.

Delin left Urkam water from the fairest of his springs, waters which would grant the creature the ability to govern all the waters of the world. Due to his great age though, Delin did forget to bring Urkam gills from his Oceanus kingdom, and so was doomed to drown if ever he ran out of breath under the seas.

Galdarin, The Great Hunter, searched the woods of his creations and slay the grandest wolf. He took the fallen creatures jaw, and gave it Urkam. Finally, Urkam himself gave The Great Guardian wisdom in thought and the ability to reason in an eternally cunning manner. He also gave him the ability to heal all things living and a great commanding voice.

At last, when the creature was complete, Urkam gave the being two last gifts: one was his name, being "Dragon" for the name of the mountain which the gods had come together (Dragontha was the name, and meant "Greatest of Mountains" in the tongue of the gods). At last, Urkam gave the creature the gift of life, and left him to govern the realm under the light of the gods.

With such done the dragon first came to be, and many years it would be before the single dragon would sparse into many different dragons of separate elements. Such story shall be recalled upon the next story: "Of the Separation of the Dragon".

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