* in the first century*
The world was peaceful and all was well. The four races lived in harmony. Pain and death didn't exist.
There was a balance that held the peace amongst the four races.
The fairies were small but had the most population and were most valuable to nature. Fairies are small in size and have wings, this was their distinguishing traits.
The dwarves were strong and built everything anyone required. They were the third highest population. They were short and muscular.
The elves were creative and made all sorts of craft, they were the artists of the world. No one antagonised them even remotely because of their wit. They had the second highest population. The elves of this world are slim, some are busty but non truly have weight. They all had colourful hair and eyes with long ears.
The shouki were the oddest bunch in the world. They consisted of all sorts of half breeds, from part elf and dog to part dwarf and elf. So many combinations gave rise to many branch races who were the least in the world. They were the most disconnected from nature but we're the most playful, so they brought joy to the world.
They were other creatures too but these were unintelligent and thus considered beasts of nature.
The whole world was peaceful until towards the end of the first century, a natural phenomena was observed. A current of energy swirled in the sky like a vortex and within it was a being like no other. The creature had no wings, so it wasn't a fairy, no pointed ears and it's hair was black, so not an elf, it was tall, so not a dwarf and it couldn't do wonders so not a shouki.
It was the first man.
Unlike anything they had seen before, they
Decided to put it in the category of shouki and requested that the shouki look after it and name it. They had called the creature 'man'.
Years later man grew and mates with different species. At the time no other creature had done such but the man had mated with all the species. When the children were born they seemed different from the first man. How child with the elf was of white skin and orange hair. the child with the dwarf was of black skin and black hair. the child with the fairy was of white skin and white hair. They were all given individual names and from them the human race came to be.
Man brought with him knowledge of fire and gods.
* Centuries later*
Man has destroyed the balance of the world and brought with them a foreign trait called emotions. Man was chaotic and made enemies of each other and the rest of the world. There was no peace.
The first man had long since died but his children remain and they have decided to tamper with nature to avoid death.
For that was man's only restraint, death.
...
They learnt to control the energy of the world and sought to channel it into their own bodies.
When something as vast as pure energy is toyed with the repercussions are endless but the repercussion that man brought to their world was far from their understanding.
It called itself Ego and it claimed to be a god. It asked man and all the inhabitants of the earth to worship it. Although it was man's fault that Ego was here in the first place, they rejected its offer instead they sought ways to put it under them and use it's power.
Ego was a being of pride. So it gave them incredible talents and knowledge and told them to master it and once they are strong enough should come challenge him.
The races used the knowledge with their control of energy and brought destruction and Ego found it amusing, so he forced all other races to participate in the use of their energy.
The world was in utter chaos and it amused Ego so he placed a curse on all making it impossible to use the energy of the world unless it is made yours first. That way one would have to kill to become stronger and live longer.
A millennial passed under this cruel god and things had become worse. Nature was dying. The beasts have been targeted and destroyed. A new race of creatures were created to preserve nature and thus preserve the twisted cycle, called nymphs.
Till seven master practitioners had the courage to challenge Ego. In their battle lives where lost but in the end Ego was destroyed.
To control their life rates magic was banned and a special type of crystal formed from pressurising energy was used to store the excess energy in all life and to prevent anyone from ever discovering it's power and their innate talent.
The world was divided. They had known chaos and learnt from it. They had known change and changed with it. They had known peace and abandoned it. The world had seen Ego and dreaded it.