Ancients

The **Ancients** (古代, *Kodai*) are mystical beings in the *Legend of the Avenge Landers* series. They are an ancient, benevolent race, long-lost civilization and mystical beings that existed over many millennium of years ago, who worked on creative process for the benefit of the world and designed amazing technology and built many incredible machines such as the Rift Engines. But however, the Ancients was betrayed by one (certain multiple ones) of their own, which would cost them their greatest sources of power.

In the present day, the Ancients have seemingly and mysteriously vanished/disappeared without a trace, with the exception of some or few. The Ancients are also the central deities of the series' setting. This was perceived as the Ancient race for most of history before the discovery of the Chronicler and Brain by Mane Six, and Twilight's team of the Avenge Landers, though still retained the trait of being the "most powerful beings in the universe that are wise and knowledgeable, beyond imagination and measure." It was said that the Ancients were also the ones who have incompletely created the Core of Light before they mysteriously vanished.

"*I have spent my life searching for the answers that my father, and the fathers before him, have failed to find. Who were the Ancients? Why did they create the vast relics and artifacts? How did they harness the life energy of the world? What was their purpose? And why did they disappear? I have asked the plants, the rocks, the sea, the sky, even the world itself. But neither could or can ever recall.*"

—Uncle Cranky.

## Description

### Anatomy

The true appearance of the majority of the Ancients is unknown, though most of them appear to resemble bipedal anthropomorphic animals with long muzzles. Members like Chronicler however, are much different in appearance, resembling dragons and other reptiles.

### Characteristics and Culture

The Ancients were a generally good-natured race who strived for peace, given they were devoted to peacefully controlling the world’s resources. However, not all of them are good as demonstrated by Lyric, who was corrupted by power and turned on his own kind to destroy all organic life.

## Technology

*Main article:* *Artifacts of the Ancients*
### Weapons

The Ancients were revered and fascinated by for their wide range of artifacts, though there is only one well-known weapon and that is the robot; a massive weapon, armed with lasers, missiles, bombs and an incredible endurance. Furthermore, there are other Ancient weapons however, an example they had being the Planetary Defense System, which was powerful enough to destroy even the Comets and dangerous stars, though they only constructed one of these.

### Vehicles

The only seen Ancient vehicles seen are the catacombs car, and the space shuttle. They mostly used teleport gates to get around, and possibly other methods; it can be presumed they have networks of teleport gates in which to get around. They also use Rift Rings, which can be seen to travel in time, although all of these known to have been destroyed.

### Devices

Well-known devices are the teleport gates, power cells, ancient orbs, and Ancient staffs. Perhaps the most story-relevant device is the Rift Ring, the time-travel device. Aside from these there's also the oracles, used to communicate with the world's inhabitants.

## Known Ancients

* The Chronicler
* Five unnamed Ancients
* Brain

## History

### Past

In the legends and mythology, the Ancients were an ancient civilization who existed a millennium ago. The entire race was devoted to peacefully controlling the world’s resources, apparently as well as creating many others. They created and used many substances, as well as a rare and unusual metal which they used to create artifacts of large pillars, constructs, and other massive structures, which outlasted and predated all artifacts known to humans during the series' events, and were referred to as Artifacts of the Ancients. The benevolent Ancients had also created everything in the world of Magic using Mind Magic, but sealed the power away to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

However at some point early, those among them however, were driven mad and jealousy with power and turned on their fellow Ancients, stood against their colleagues, took control of the resources and began using Mind Magic to brainwash all of the planet, transforming the inhabitants into mindless minions. However following their own uprising, just before any of them could successfully take over, thanks to the magic of Dragons, who were immune to mind control, Brain's control was broken, and his plan was stopped, allowing the good Ancients to attack and imprisoned their former colleagues for their crimes and treachery: Brain in a jar, where he would remain for thousands of years, and imprisoned Dokurun in an underground prison, where they were to remain forever.

In their haste to explore new worlds and spread the light of the world, the Ancients afterwards created the Dark Rift Engine. This inadvertently released The Apocalypse and Darkness, who proceeded to wreck havoc across planet with legions of evil. The Avenge Landers of old held back the minions of The Darkness until a solution was made known when the Ancients created the Core of Light to repel the evil forces, which successfully repelled the Darkness to the dark corners of world.

At some point during the creations, the Ancients suddenly stopped building, and fled deep underground so they could manage and built the ancient artifacts and weapons for protection of the world, such as the Planetary Defense System, which was a massive weapon, should the threat from space would dare approach.

## Synopsis

After that, the Ancients eventually disappeared over the ages, with the only few remaining members being Brain, Dokurun, and the Chronicler. When they disappeared, they also left behind various artifacts and relics, including oracles and idols which they used to communicate with the world's inhabitants.

## External links

* Ancients *Spyro Wiki*
* Ancients *Skylanders Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Given that Brain has been identified currently as a actual brain with one eye and a mouth, Chronicler as a dragon, and Dokurun as a woolzerbeast, while the other Ancients were revealed to look more like different anthropomorphic animals, it is possible that the Ancients as a race were actually constituted of multiple races of anthropomorphic animals
* They are mentioned in Blastermind's backstory as having used Psionic Power Crystals that amplified their thoughts.