//------------------------------// // The beginning // Story: The last elder // by Faydewalker //------------------------------// I have watched them from the very start… I have watched the reign of the elders, the very beginning of time and sentient life. A time which started out of the greatest ideas. they raised mountains, flattened the land and shaped the heavens. But their greatest triumph of all, was creating life. Kain and Selena created dragonkind in their own images. Threatening beasts, tall as a mountain and as sturdy as one. Their flames as hot as the volcano’s fires, and their greed greater than all else. Toke and Kiris created the griffons. A majestic race, filled with the greatest warriors and finest flyers in all the land. Their talons as sharp as the best of swords, and their speed unmatched. Tikal created the diamond dogs. A race of the best trackers and diggers, but not gifted with the intellect of others. Finally I witnessed the birth of the little ponies. Solaris and Oriana did not spare anything in making these creatures, and got the idea as they looked at their own bodies. With wings to soar the sky, horns to guide the forces of magic and strong bodies to maintain the land. They split these into three. The pegasi, the unicorns and the earth ponies. As time passed by, the elders started fading. Starting with Tikal, who just disappeared underground. Then Kain who laid down to rest, and still sleeps to this day. Selena simply vanished in a sea of fire, and Toke and Kiris were slain by the now King Solaris and Queen Oriana. The last to go was those two… But it was by my own creations hands As the others had tried their luck with creating life, so had I. However, the others created theirs in their own image, but I had none. So I borrowed a bit from every design. The outcome was a creature so different and rare, that he deserved a fitting name to the mishmash chaos he represented. I named him Discord...