Dragons

**Dragons** (竜, Ryū) are a race of winged reptiles that existed many years before chakra or the god tree came into existence. They are fire-breathing creatures that have established a millennia worth of civilization, technology, teachings, and languages before the "Great Cleansing".

## 𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠

Civilization was at its earliest and fragile stage during the Mesopotamia Age, with humanity merely discovering their place in the world with Earth being one of the youngest celestial bodies in the cosmos and little or no interaction with the rest of the galaxy, However, that would change when three large extraterrestrial beings appeared from a Space–Time Portal and crash-landed on a decent-sized archipelago near the much larger country, the beings were gigantic and imposing compared to anything currently existing, and they intend to settle here. These beings scoured the globe and witnessed all of the life that lived there while remaining invisible to those below, eventually making their way south where they burrowed into a few mountains, built a maze. Later, they fed on two large apex predators on the planet's food chain, Giant Teratorns, and Megalanias, and assumed a huge monstrous form that was grotesque but powerful. As a result, they became invincible against any creature on the planet, making them a leader in the food chain.

The three began their journey to discover and conquer whatever land they viewed as potential for their survival and the continuation of their race separately, Si Song-Hun came across a tribe which appeared to be practicing and bonding themselves strategically for survival, not for land or greed, but simply to survive in a harsh world that sought to destroy the people. Si Song-Hun felt compassion for them and allowed them to live under its protection within its home. During his travels in the vast ocean, Wang Song-Hun encountered creatures that paled in size and scope in comparison to his siblings, however, he did not possess the power that they enjoyed. This tyrannical sea provided Wang with a chance to eat larger prey. Wang interacted with a variety of species that piqued its interest, resulting in the assimilation of the said animal and evolving into a predatory creature that chose to colonize the island, forming a new marine habitat for itself and others who depend on small fish and greens. Hak Song-Hune, the last of the three beasts, remained on the island using its powers to terraform the land and make it a suitable place for its partners to flourish, even inviting thousands of native tribes into its territory in a similar fashion to Si Song-Hun, With homes and protection from other warring nations, these people are more likely to worship the three beasts and pay tribute to them, but as the beasts take on new forms and new names no matter the era, people come to respect and worship them.

After the growth of the Divine Tree and its chakra being spread across the world by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Twin sons Hagoromo and Hamura then the splitting of the Ten-Tails into Nine Separate Entities. Many people followed the Ninshu creed until 190 AH when people in all parts of the world learned Ninjutsu, formed their clans, and formed their tribes, becoming warring shinobi. However, the Land of Dragons remained untouched because of a new race that was born between 152 BH and 41 AH, the gods Aoguang, Aoqin, and Aoshun, gathered Yin and Yang into their bodies and breathed dragons into being from their flesh, thousands of different kinds of dragons emerged and accumulated within the massive nest that has been combed throughout the entire island allowing this new species to grow in number and coexistence with the humans that worship and bond with these majestic creatures. This ancient beast originally called Si Song-Hun found and gave sanctuary to a tribe of humans within the great nest, but underwent evolutionary changes and grew into several more tribes when the beast secretly transformed into a more humanoid form while retaining much of the unique features of Aoqin's original form, man and beast interbred to create a long-lasting bloodline of human descendants blessed with dragon-like characteristics for thousands of years under the noses of the other two species.

In response to the news of dragons, people from around the world arrived on the island to consult with the three beasts, hoping to forge a relationship with them and the ever-growing dragons beneath the surface. However, Aoguang, the founder of the nation, had no interest in forming an international alliance after witnessing the atrocities committed by other nations after being granted chakra. Aoqin and Aoshun agreed with their leader denying the leaders such a union, this denial has left humanity desperate and wishing to get ahold of the dragons on the island but were unable to with the three beasts guarding and keeping any foreign ships from coming near the land but the beasts never expected a betrayal within their kingdom.