~: History :~
"Long ago, an old folk lore was passed around through campfire gatherings and bed time stories. The folk lore spoke of a time where Dragons were the dominant force on the planet. Dragons roamed the lands and ruled the skies with an unending appetite that was equaled only by their malice. These Dragons ravaged the lands until there was nothing left, but a barren wasteland. It was a struggle for humanity to survive under these conditions, and so a group of humans met in secret and devised a strategy to end the Dragons' reign. With a little wit and a lot of deception, the humans waged war upon the Dragons and stole their wings, leaving them stranded upon the very land that they had ruined. Slowly the Dragons wasted away, but before they died--fevered with hunger, mankind fell upon their weakened forms and began to devour them.
As fate would have it, the dragons would be the ones to have the last laugh as the humans soon learned a terrible secret. The flesh of the felled dragons was highly toxic. All of those who had eaten from a dragon's body suffered in a state caught between life and death, their minds failing weeks before their heart and body finally gave in and they were allowed to rest. However, there cropped up an exceptional few. Those who had only eaten from the hearts of the fallen dragons would live on. The toxins that had driven all the others to madness and an eventual death instead fed these few individuals. In mind, body and soul, these truly unfortunate few grew on the malice of the dragons and lived on to rebuild and usher on the dominance of mankind..."
This story was particularly common among the villages in the Land of Rice Fields. The kind of story that would have young boys day-dreaming of besting dragons and leading the world in their own image. One such fine boy, Ryujin, grew up to become a great Samurai. He traveled out into the Shinobi nations in search of work and to find his calling. He would eventually find himself serving in the Lightning Country as a wealthy Daiyamo and oversaw some of the southern most provinces. Soon after the samurai would accept an important task requested by the King of the Land of Rice Fields. At this time the Land of Rice Fields was a moderately profitable country bustling with life. Ryujin was to guard and protect the only heir--his daughter as her Retainer. She had been sickly from birth. Even the best medical professionals available believed that her time in this world would be short-lived. Her eyes were a luminescent green and her skin pale translucent. Despite all expectations she grew up to be a fair maiden. The King feared the worst and kept her hidden away. Only those of her medical staff and her faithful Retainer Ryujin were permitted to keep her company. After years of each others' company, Ryujin and Princess Toyotama would fall in love. Over the course of a few passionate nights, the samurai impregnated the princess.
Unfortunately for them both, the princess's health was not great enough to withstand the burden of the pregnancy. As her stomach swelled with life, her health would decline rapidly. The King learned of what had happened and in an outrage he demanded Ryujin find a solution before it was too late. Ryujin set out across the lesser country looking for anything that might be of use. All he had to go on were the tales from his childhood and faith. Sitting on the edge of a distant village, Ryujin had nearly given up having exhausted any and all options he knew of. It was there that he would overhear some people mention a mysterious figure on the edge of the dark woods. Ryujin would travel to the dark fringes of the Land of Rice Fields where he found an old run down shack. Outside was an old woman rocking away in a rocking chair. After a brief introduction and polite conversation, the old man inquired why a Samurai of all people would find his way out to her part of the woods. Ryujin explained the circumstances that lead to the princess's pregnancy and decline of health. He had to find a cure soon if he were to save her. The old woman revealed, within her possession, a vial of a strange luminescent Green and Purple liquid. She claimed that it was a cure for the sickly known as "The Dragon's Heart". Ryujin's uncertainties were quelled by his admiration for the bed time tales that spurred him on in life. He took the vial and returned as fast as he could to Princess Toyotama's bedside.
Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the Princess was a catalyst for great change. The Toyotama family was one of inner development, and through the generations they began to see unexplained changes within themselves. The Princess had been the first major step in a complete evolution of their bloodline, but her body was much too frail to handle the incomplete developments. The samurai poured the contents of the vial into a glass and had the princess sit up as he propped pillows behind her back. She smiled weakly before she began to consume the mysterious liquid. When she had finished, Ryujin took the glass from her. Only moments later she began to thrash about screaming and shouting in pain. She grasped her throat as she coughed hoarsely. Her voice run ragged. Ryujin was terrified as he realized all too suddenly that he'd been tricked. The contents of the vial were toxic.
Unbeknownst to them, the child inside had been a fully realized Toyotama heir, comprised of the Toyotama Bloodline and the healthy strength of a steadfast Samurai. But, it wasn't to last as the toxin began to intermingle with the child as it flowed through her system. Her body could not handle the strain of the changes that this liquid was making within her, but the child was and began to change rapidly.
The Princess would die on that day, giving birth to their child. The child was born with a dark ashen grey skin that seemed to fracture and break in certain areas as if scaled like a lizard. The child was also blessed with his mother's luminescent green eyes that could pierce the darkness, but more than just the child's appearances had changed. In a great depression and regret for his actions, Ryujin returned to the forest where he would slay the elder woman who played upon his fantasies before then committing seppuku and taking his own life to make amends for the atrocities he committed. In his fading heart he hoped that he could once more be with his love.
The child that was never to be born from a girl who was never to have lived to adulthood was taken in and hidden away from the world by the King of the Land of Rice Fields. The child was remarkably intelligent, but without guidance of loving parents he became unusually cruel. At the age of fourteen, he would slay his grandfather, the King, taking the title of his land and power for himself he guided the country to an age of his own envisioning. Using his new position he formed a small army and lashed out at the small provinces surrounding the Land of Rice Fields as he looked to expand his lands. He gained the wealth and fame of conquering the nearby lands, but wasn't satisfied enough. This lead him to enslaving the people of all the lands he had accumulated in his war for personal gain. He ruled as a tyrannical leader and over the age where he would build a giant castle to house himself and bed with many concubines and innocents.
The horrible fame that he accumulated was eventually noticed by the Lightning Country, and in fear of the Toyotama Heir's growing power and malice, they made the decision to set out and deal with him. The war was over before it had even begun. The Lightning Country had amassed a force too large for a few provinces to handle and crushed the Land of Rice Fields in one fell swoop. The King was beheaded and his head mounted upon the castle gate, but unbeknownst to the rest of the world, his bloodline would carry on stronger than ever before. The Land of Rice Fields would become a junction of poverty for bandits and the likes.
The heirs of the Toyotama would be spread far across the countries. Those of the clan finding ways to hide their appearances and blend into society would inevitably stir up rumors of the existence of Dragons. Some stories characterized these dragons to have an unyielding appetite for all that is poisonous.
----Notable Members----
Princess Toyotama
The princess who birthed the fully developed, yet cursed progenitor of the Clan. She died in the process due to the toxin administered to her.
The Toyotama Heir
The progenitor child who rose to power at a young age. Filled with malice, the country was in a constant war of greed with surrounding lands. His head was severed and mounted upon his castle fortress.
"Long ago, an old folk lore was passed around through campfire gatherings and bed time stories. The folk lore spoke of a time where Dragons were the dominant force on the planet. Dragons roamed the lands and ruled the skies with an unending appetite that was equaled only by their malice. These Dragons ravaged the lands until there was nothing left, but a barren wasteland. It was a struggle for humanity to survive under these conditions, and so a group of humans met in secret and devised a strategy to end the Dragons' reign. With a little wit and a lot of deception, the humans waged war upon the Dragons and stole their wings, leaving them stranded upon the very land that they had ruined. Slowly the Dragons wasted away, but before they died--fevered with hunger, mankind fell upon their weakened forms and began to devour them.
As fate would have it, the dragons would be the ones to have the last laugh as the humans soon learned a terrible secret. The flesh of the felled dragons was highly toxic. All of those who had eaten from a dragon's body suffered in a state caught between life and death, their minds failing weeks before their heart and body finally gave in and they were allowed to rest. However, there cropped up an exceptional few. Those who had only eaten from the hearts of the fallen dragons would live on. The toxins that had driven all the others to madness and an eventual death instead fed these few individuals. In mind, body and soul, these truly unfortunate few grew on the malice of the dragons and lived on to rebuild and usher on the dominance of mankind..."
This story was particularly common among the villages in the Land of Rice Fields. The kind of story that would have young boys day-dreaming of besting dragons and leading the world in their own image. One such fine boy, Ryujin, grew up to become a great Samurai. He traveled out into the Shinobi nations in search of work and to find his calling. He would eventually find himself serving in the Lightning Country as a wealthy Daiyamo and oversaw some of the southern most provinces. Soon after the samurai would accept an important task requested by the King of the Land of Rice Fields. At this time the Land of Rice Fields was a moderately profitable country bustling with life. Ryujin was to guard and protect the only heir--his daughter as her Retainer. She had been sickly from birth. Even the best medical professionals available believed that her time in this world would be short-lived. Her eyes were a luminescent green and her skin pale translucent. Despite all expectations she grew up to be a fair maiden. The King feared the worst and kept her hidden away. Only those of her medical staff and her faithful Retainer Ryujin were permitted to keep her company. After years of each others' company, Ryujin and Princess Toyotama would fall in love. Over the course of a few passionate nights, the samurai impregnated the princess.
Unfortunately for them both, the princess's health was not great enough to withstand the burden of the pregnancy. As her stomach swelled with life, her health would decline rapidly. The King learned of what had happened and in an outrage he demanded Ryujin find a solution before it was too late. Ryujin set out across the lesser country looking for anything that might be of use. All he had to go on were the tales from his childhood and faith. Sitting on the edge of a distant village, Ryujin had nearly given up having exhausted any and all options he knew of. It was there that he would overhear some people mention a mysterious figure on the edge of the dark woods. Ryujin would travel to the dark fringes of the Land of Rice Fields where he found an old run down shack. Outside was an old woman rocking away in a rocking chair. After a brief introduction and polite conversation, the old man inquired why a Samurai of all people would find his way out to her part of the woods. Ryujin explained the circumstances that lead to the princess's pregnancy and decline of health. He had to find a cure soon if he were to save her. The old woman revealed, within her possession, a vial of a strange luminescent Green and Purple liquid. She claimed that it was a cure for the sickly known as "The Dragon's Heart". Ryujin's uncertainties were quelled by his admiration for the bed time tales that spurred him on in life. He took the vial and returned as fast as he could to Princess Toyotama's bedside.
Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the Princess was a catalyst for great change. The Toyotama family was one of inner development, and through the generations they began to see unexplained changes within themselves. The Princess had been the first major step in a complete evolution of their bloodline, but her body was much too frail to handle the incomplete developments. The samurai poured the contents of the vial into a glass and had the princess sit up as he propped pillows behind her back. She smiled weakly before she began to consume the mysterious liquid. When she had finished, Ryujin took the glass from her. Only moments later she began to thrash about screaming and shouting in pain. She grasped her throat as she coughed hoarsely. Her voice run ragged. Ryujin was terrified as he realized all too suddenly that he'd been tricked. The contents of the vial were toxic.
Unbeknownst to them, the child inside had been a fully realized Toyotama heir, comprised of the Toyotama Bloodline and the healthy strength of a steadfast Samurai. But, it wasn't to last as the toxin began to intermingle with the child as it flowed through her system. Her body could not handle the strain of the changes that this liquid was making within her, but the child was and began to change rapidly.
The Princess would die on that day, giving birth to their child. The child was born with a dark ashen grey skin that seemed to fracture and break in certain areas as if scaled like a lizard. The child was also blessed with his mother's luminescent green eyes that could pierce the darkness, but more than just the child's appearances had changed. In a great depression and regret for his actions, Ryujin returned to the forest where he would slay the elder woman who played upon his fantasies before then committing seppuku and taking his own life to make amends for the atrocities he committed. In his fading heart he hoped that he could once more be with his love.
The child that was never to be born from a girl who was never to have lived to adulthood was taken in and hidden away from the world by the King of the Land of Rice Fields. The child was remarkably intelligent, but without guidance of loving parents he became unusually cruel. At the age of fourteen, he would slay his grandfather, the King, taking the title of his land and power for himself he guided the country to an age of his own envisioning. Using his new position he formed a small army and lashed out at the small provinces surrounding the Land of Rice Fields as he looked to expand his lands. He gained the wealth and fame of conquering the nearby lands, but wasn't satisfied enough. This lead him to enslaving the people of all the lands he had accumulated in his war for personal gain. He ruled as a tyrannical leader and over the age where he would build a giant castle to house himself and bed with many concubines and innocents.
The horrible fame that he accumulated was eventually noticed by the Lightning Country, and in fear of the Toyotama Heir's growing power and malice, they made the decision to set out and deal with him. The war was over before it had even begun. The Lightning Country had amassed a force too large for a few provinces to handle and crushed the Land of Rice Fields in one fell swoop. The King was beheaded and his head mounted upon the castle gate, but unbeknownst to the rest of the world, his bloodline would carry on stronger than ever before. The Land of Rice Fields would become a junction of poverty for bandits and the likes.
The heirs of the Toyotama would be spread far across the countries. Those of the clan finding ways to hide their appearances and blend into society would inevitably stir up rumors of the existence of Dragons. Some stories characterized these dragons to have an unyielding appetite for all that is poisonous.
----Notable Members----
Princess Toyotama
The princess who birthed the fully developed, yet cursed progenitor of the Clan. She died in the process due to the toxin administered to her.
The Toyotama Heir
The progenitor child who rose to power at a young age. Filled with malice, the country was in a constant war of greed with surrounding lands. His head was severed and mounted upon his castle fortress.
