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Fryos:

Fryos are desert warriors who found that even though a desert is barren to the eye does not mean it is barren in truth. In fact the desert was once a fertile prairie where life was perfect but this land had a curse buried in the mountains. The prairie was in fact a mask to a blazing volcano which was waiting to blow.

Shortly into the construction of the capital of the empire, the kami of the land told them to leave the land and take cover in Prime Root. Being close followers of the spirits the Fryos obeyed and just when they left completely, the volcano erupted.

Atys quake under its blast and to the Fryos horror, the prairie burned into a desert. Rock and fire destroyed their home but just when all seem lost the Kami appeared again awaken the hidden waters which flooded craters and gave life to the sands. The Kami turned to the Fryos and told them the land will not return to it last luster, but from the stone you can build a grand empire and the oasis will grant you waterways to grow crops.

So many felt lost seeing all they had left was sand, water, and rock, but with the help of the Kami and Zori they built an empire and tamed the desert which they now called home. Granted with the blessing of fire, they built forges and became smiths.

So from the fires of destruction came the fire of life and rise of the mighty Fryos Empire!

This was the beginning anyway, I will post more.

Hehe, your starting to think like a true resident of Atys Kai. You should pay Atys a visit sometime, you never know what you may find on it.

Oh, thank you Kai. I will check it every now and then and tell everyone when I have picked a winner. I honestly can't wait to see what names people come up with.

Actually, I have been to Fryos before to visit with Tony. As the name suggests, it is hot, hot, hot. Its like going to Las Vegas in August or the hottest month of the year. Ha, ha, ha, ha!

But, nonetheless, the city itself has its high points. I found the buildings to be very unique. It reminded me of that classic Disney film Aladdin. You know... the one where Robin Williams played Genie and Gilbert Godfried played as Iago Parrot?

It was rather difficult for me to traverse, me being a symbol of winter and my blood is literally ice. I was lucky I didn't melt! Ha, ha!

Anyway, once the Land of eternal winter is properly named, I plan to take a trip there to visit. I hear it's breathtaking. Granny says that it will make me feel like I am in the pioneer days, and yet, it is always colder than the other places. She says for me to visit the great Pine tree in the center of town that symbolizes the eternal winter it represents. Like Christmas time except without the massive line ups and the insanity that goes on during that time. She said that even when she was basically running for her life, or trying to track down Grandpa Terry, she couldn't help but notice the beauty of that village.

She remembered the tavern she went to and that one part that has been destroyed. The Chieftess ordered it to be left as is as an added symbol to the town's historics. Anything that gets busted stays that way.

All of the really old cars like the 1940's models are there. These cars do not pollute though because they do not run on gasoline. Nope, they run on ordinary wood and soil. The only smell you get is one like poop. Natural organics. They try to use the horse-drawn carriages more though because they find that its more beautiful that way. Personally, I'd rather just walk through it in my White tiger form. I'm sure the people there would love it, and at the same time fear me. After all, they would know that I am a wild kitty tamed by no one.

Funny enough, I never had to roar, not once. And even funnier... I think Lun' Mara has been... uh... hitting on me, if you know what I mean. He offers me the finest fruit ever almost all the time. He insists that I meet him at the wee hours in the morning and stare into the moonlight. He is such a silly panther. One time he put his paw around my shoulder and started talking dirty!

Lun' Mara better be careful with me though too. I have William-Tyler's alchemic gene. Or I should say my mother's gene. This means that one kiss from Lun' Mara will automatically announce his and my marriage engagement. Then an official wedding must take place within one week otherwise I evaporate into nothing.

Its happened to me twice already and I'd rather not have to have it happen a third time. Thank goodness he hasn't kissed me yet, otherwise, whether he is "taken" by Custos and Windra or not, he'd have to marry me or he would be responsible for the death of a fellow cat guardian, which if I understand the laws correctly, a death of any guardian comes with a very high judgement price with Thorn, doesn't it?

I will admit this, though, it stinks having a gene like this, but it does teach those to think before planting their lips on one of my kind. With blood-relatives, like mom kissing me, then nothing happens. That's why Granny was able to save me once. She had no choice but to make love to me in order to slow the fever down.

My brother Ryu... he had trouble finding a mate too. And yet, he had double the curse. Since he was bi-sexual in nature, he had to marry both a man and a woman at the same time. He killed two people already because they weren't serious about the marriage.

But, thankfully, Joe Higashi and Sailor Venus came through and both are happily married to him. Heh, actually I think Joe is happier because through that marriage, he became Terry Bogard's grandson, and funny thing is, Joe and Terry have been best friends ever since Terry was 20.

So, now that we pretty much discussed Atys, maybe we should focus on Gaia more.

We already know the four main races, but why not tell everyone the names of the four cities? I already know them, but since you created this thread, I thought it would be fair that you actually did those honors.

Of Gaia silly. Okay, if you won't I will.

Nalith - more of a city than the capital.

DragonTane City - The Elvin Capital and is more parkland than anything.

The Land of the Little People - Dwarves and Gnomes mostly run this place.

Canthor - Earth only smaller. Humans run this place.

Ah, I see. Well, it is my apologies for being misinformed then. I guess then there are two names for that one place.

What does peak my interest now is the swamps and the marshes. Besides your typical fungi (mushroom type plants) and Pond Smelts (And I thought the pons smelt bad, tee hee), and of course your other traditional swamp residents, what mythological creatures can be found here?

I also wonder how come is it that I am thinking there are Plesiosuars and Ammonites in that swamp?

Besides the myth creatures, could you perhaps tell me which guardians are from there?

If I recall, isn't Dr. Lotus Blossom from the swamplands of Gaia? Or am I once again misinformed. Lun was the one who told me, but he was high on grapes at the time he did.

I have learned a thing or two about Plesiosaurs. They are much like crocodiles and alligators. They eat things like those two reptiles do on earth.

The reason they may have gone extinct was because of the mammoths.

Ever seen Ice Age 2? Manny the Mammoth kicked a Plesiosaur's tail into next week!

I think though the Mammoths are in one of the colder mountain ranges. Maybe they reside with the gnomes and dwarves.

Could you perhaps explain more about the dwarves and the gnomes over what you know?