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<blockquote data-quote="Boojum" data-source="post: 1817522" data-attributes="member: 21028"><p><strong>Story told by an elder of the Con Beo</strong></p><p></p><p>Long ago The Con cua Chua had a war, it was called a great war, but many of the Con cua Chứa did not help, for they are all cowards, And so the Chứa seeing they had made a mistake gave the Con cua Chứa a great gift. They gave them the gift of our great ancestors, Strong and brave, unafraid of death. But the Con cua Chứa did not like the gods gift and so, they shunned there own children, they banished them taking them to the endless forest and abandoning them there. But the children did not die. Instead they thrived, under the leadership of the first Bắc-sỉ, He brought together the numerous small tribes and joined them in the first great liện-bang, Together we bastard Con đễ haong fought to destroy the weakling race of Con cua Chứa. We would have succeeded in our task but there were others who came to aid the con chứa a small people, but not a week people. They fought almost as well as our people did, and combined with the might of the Con cua Chứa, these Con Quả Nứi were enough drive our people back into the forests and plains. Together they scattered the tribes and slew our great leader Rồng first of the Bắc-sỉ, but all was not lost for our kind. Before Rồngs death, he confided in his pupils that there was a way two defeat Con cua Chứa and Con Quả Nứi he spoke of the hand of a great Chứa and of a place of much power, little else is known of his final instructions. </p><p></p><p> With Rồngs death the tribes had fallen again to strife, many could not believe that they had been defeated by such weak fools and blamed the other tribes for the failure of our goal. Of course no tribe could bare such a black mark upon its honor and so the period of warring tribes began. For a long time little cub did our people fight and with each victory we became more arrogant and each defeat made us more savage. Soon honor was a forgotten trait among us, and then blacker days came. The great dragon that slumbered for eons awoke; at first she made war only with Con Quả Nứi. Then the mountain folk sent word to the Con Chứa and cowards though they are they recognized that the dragon would destroy them with out the aide of others. Then from the one dragon came many, and again our people came together. The second great Bắc-sỉ came to us and told our “people now is the time to battle again against the weaker races.” So seeing that our time was at hand we laid siege to the Con Chứa. The great dragon seeing that we had come to aid her and her children did not make war on our people for a time the Bắc-sỉ even chose her children as mounts for battle. Again as we approached the dawn of our victory the tides of war shifted. The mighty Chứa came down from there stars in the sky and fought against the great dragon. </p><p></p><p> Here Young Gấu con is where our histories split, of all the tribes only we came to the side of the Chứa. Our leader a Chiếnsỹ, but also a wise man went to the Chứa with one hand and pledged our service to him. From that day onward we fought the other tribes and the great dragon, but we were not enough to turn the tide of war, only to slow it. The great dragon was far too strong for our people even with the help of all the weaker races. Our lives seemed forfeit. But through some miracle another great dragon was called and with his help we knew victory. Tired and few our people were, slowly we came to realize that the lands of our ancestors could not be returned too. We were no longer welcome in the midst of the Con đễ haong, nor were we welcome amongst the Con cua Chứa and Con Quả Nứi. We set our feet too wandering never living in one place to long lest one or the other of our enemies come to finish us off. It was during this time that the Chứa with one hand came to our leader, as we had been loyal even unto what seemed like certain death he offered our people a place far from others and he gave unto us a guild so that we may find the hidden way, and he gave us yet another boon, though we know not what it was. The guild was the spirit of land in which we were to live; to us it took the shape of a Giant bear with strength unequaled, and fangs as long as trees. We knew from the shape of the spirit of our land that it was a harsh place but that its strength would in turn make us stronger. Knowing this we moved forward fallowing our guild. For four years we followed the Giant Bear only staying in one place for one night fighting new terrors and conquering new heights. After our long journey we found our home, a great valley hidden in the clutch of tall mountains. At first we did not understand that the land before us was to be ours but our Spirit guild slowly faded away leaving us to fend for ourselves. Only then did we come to understand the nature of the valley. Here cut off from the Con cua Chứa behemoths still roamed the land. Monsters the size of great buildings walked freely, devouring all lesser things in there path. </p><p></p><p> It was a worthy home a challenge worth undertaking for our people and in order to show our gratitude we built a Shrine to Giant Bear, by hallowing out a mountain. It was the custom them for our chiếnsỹ to leave the first kill of any hunt to the Giant Bear or to take it back to the shrine. Many years passed in this manner until one day a strange child was born Kỹ Mỹ. She was a head shorter than even the shortest of our people and her skin was tinged with pink, for all the world they say she looked much like the Con cua Chứa, but despite this she was an excellent chiếnsỹ and soon she rose to become a Bắc-sỉ. What’s more she attracted the attention of the Giant Bear; he was smitten with her and came before the tribe as a Con đễ haong to ask for her hand in marriage. But the leaders of the tribe could not see his true nature, and so they rejected his proposal unless he could best the greatest warrior of the tribe. Of course the greatest warrior was Kỹ Mỹ, the Giant bear accepted the challenge and maintained his ruse. For 2 days Kỹ Mỹ and the Bear battled, neither willing to give in to fatigue, finaly though Kỹ Mỹ slowed by the days of combat was caught off guard and forced to concede the challenge. It was then that the Giant Bear revealed himself, alleviating the shame on his new bride. With the blessing of the tribe the two sped off. Ten years later Kỹ Mỹ returned to the tribe though she had not aged a day and gave to the tribe leader her two daughters, twins. From them she said we would learn the ways of nature and strength this would prepare us for that which was to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boojum, post: 1817522, member: 21028"] [b]Story told by an elder of the Con Beo[/b] Long ago The Con cua Chua had a war, it was called a great war, but many of the Con cua Chứa did not help, for they are all cowards, And so the Chứa seeing they had made a mistake gave the Con cua Chứa a great gift. They gave them the gift of our great ancestors, Strong and brave, unafraid of death. But the Con cua Chứa did not like the gods gift and so, they shunned there own children, they banished them taking them to the endless forest and abandoning them there. But the children did not die. Instead they thrived, under the leadership of the first Bắc-sỉ, He brought together the numerous small tribes and joined them in the first great liện-bang, Together we bastard Con đễ haong fought to destroy the weakling race of Con cua Chứa. We would have succeeded in our task but there were others who came to aid the con chứa a small people, but not a week people. They fought almost as well as our people did, and combined with the might of the Con cua Chứa, these Con Quả Nứi were enough drive our people back into the forests and plains. Together they scattered the tribes and slew our great leader Rồng first of the Bắc-sỉ, but all was not lost for our kind. Before Rồngs death, he confided in his pupils that there was a way two defeat Con cua Chứa and Con Quả Nứi he spoke of the hand of a great Chứa and of a place of much power, little else is known of his final instructions. With Rồngs death the tribes had fallen again to strife, many could not believe that they had been defeated by such weak fools and blamed the other tribes for the failure of our goal. Of course no tribe could bare such a black mark upon its honor and so the period of warring tribes began. For a long time little cub did our people fight and with each victory we became more arrogant and each defeat made us more savage. Soon honor was a forgotten trait among us, and then blacker days came. The great dragon that slumbered for eons awoke; at first she made war only with Con Quả Nứi. Then the mountain folk sent word to the Con Chứa and cowards though they are they recognized that the dragon would destroy them with out the aide of others. Then from the one dragon came many, and again our people came together. The second great Bắc-sỉ came to us and told our “people now is the time to battle again against the weaker races.” So seeing that our time was at hand we laid siege to the Con Chứa. The great dragon seeing that we had come to aid her and her children did not make war on our people for a time the Bắc-sỉ even chose her children as mounts for battle. Again as we approached the dawn of our victory the tides of war shifted. The mighty Chứa came down from there stars in the sky and fought against the great dragon. Here Young Gấu con is where our histories split, of all the tribes only we came to the side of the Chứa. Our leader a Chiếnsỹ, but also a wise man went to the Chứa with one hand and pledged our service to him. From that day onward we fought the other tribes and the great dragon, but we were not enough to turn the tide of war, only to slow it. The great dragon was far too strong for our people even with the help of all the weaker races. Our lives seemed forfeit. But through some miracle another great dragon was called and with his help we knew victory. Tired and few our people were, slowly we came to realize that the lands of our ancestors could not be returned too. We were no longer welcome in the midst of the Con đễ haong, nor were we welcome amongst the Con cua Chứa and Con Quả Nứi. We set our feet too wandering never living in one place to long lest one or the other of our enemies come to finish us off. It was during this time that the Chứa with one hand came to our leader, as we had been loyal even unto what seemed like certain death he offered our people a place far from others and he gave unto us a guild so that we may find the hidden way, and he gave us yet another boon, though we know not what it was. The guild was the spirit of land in which we were to live; to us it took the shape of a Giant bear with strength unequaled, and fangs as long as trees. We knew from the shape of the spirit of our land that it was a harsh place but that its strength would in turn make us stronger. Knowing this we moved forward fallowing our guild. For four years we followed the Giant Bear only staying in one place for one night fighting new terrors and conquering new heights. After our long journey we found our home, a great valley hidden in the clutch of tall mountains. At first we did not understand that the land before us was to be ours but our Spirit guild slowly faded away leaving us to fend for ourselves. Only then did we come to understand the nature of the valley. Here cut off from the Con cua Chứa behemoths still roamed the land. Monsters the size of great buildings walked freely, devouring all lesser things in there path. It was a worthy home a challenge worth undertaking for our people and in order to show our gratitude we built a Shrine to Giant Bear, by hallowing out a mountain. It was the custom them for our chiếnsỹ to leave the first kill of any hunt to the Giant Bear or to take it back to the shrine. Many years passed in this manner until one day a strange child was born Kỹ Mỹ. She was a head shorter than even the shortest of our people and her skin was tinged with pink, for all the world they say she looked much like the Con cua Chứa, but despite this she was an excellent chiếnsỹ and soon she rose to become a Bắc-sỉ. What’s more she attracted the attention of the Giant Bear; he was smitten with her and came before the tribe as a Con đễ haong to ask for her hand in marriage. But the leaders of the tribe could not see his true nature, and so they rejected his proposal unless he could best the greatest warrior of the tribe. Of course the greatest warrior was Kỹ Mỹ, the Giant bear accepted the challenge and maintained his ruse. For 2 days Kỹ Mỹ and the Bear battled, neither willing to give in to fatigue, finaly though Kỹ Mỹ slowed by the days of combat was caught off guard and forced to concede the challenge. It was then that the Giant Bear revealed himself, alleviating the shame on his new bride. With the blessing of the tribe the two sped off. Ten years later Kỹ Mỹ returned to the tribe though she had not aged a day and gave to the tribe leader her two daughters, twins. From them she said we would learn the ways of nature and strength this would prepare us for that which was to come. [/QUOTE]
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