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with a small family of wolves. Their kind and welcoming ways led them to accept many wandering wolves to live with them, rapidly turning their tight knit group into a large mass of wolves. They made up the Tanirah Pack. In time it was discovered that a few of the once rogue wolves had powers. Elements.

Soon, wolves that had been born completely normal found themselves with these powers as well. Panic spread. Had these strange abilities really followed some rogue wolves and somehow spread to others? Or was there something special about the lands that were only now showing up? It was never quite certain. And it was never quite accepted. Wolves that showed signs of having an element were quickly attacked: run off the lands or killed. Even the beta male Kemis was exiled, the very last to leave. With the elementals purged from the pack, a prophecy stirred up. Elementals would at some point come again, creating another era of pandemonium. This age would be signaled by the birth of a pup with an unusual "deformation". Of course the idea of this was pushed out of the packs minds as best as it could be.

A period of normality set in once more, and lasted a long while. A different set of alphas, Akara and Kiran, were in command. The birth of their first litter brought about excitement, but also the prophecy at work. It wasn't obvious at first. As the pups grew, it was apparent that the male Argon was larger than his sisters, Migori and Delani. It was also apparent that something strange was growing on Migori's back as she did. The growth formed into wings, and the pack realized that the prophecy really might be true.

They held their breath as the pups continued getting older. When Migori showed signs of having control over water, alarm shook the pack once more. Most wanted to kill her, regardless of her being the alphas daughter, but Akara defended her children like a mother should, and nothing changed. That is until a male, Arivia, attacked Migori. With this fight, the pack was split in three. Migori fled from Tanirah, and over time formed the Izaldi Pack, a home to the many elementals that would sprout up. Arivia was banished, and those who despised the thought of elemental wolves existing, followed him, creating the Zailum Pack. The Tanirah Pack became a pack of neutrality, homing wolves of elemental and non: those who didn't wish to be caught up in a feud and could tolerate each other. Those that found they had control over an element would have the choice of staying there or turning to the Izaldi Pack to defend the right of an elementals life. Normal wolves had the same choice of staying, or joining Arivia in the Zailum Pack.

Things have stayed this way now. Over time, the wolves have figured out how to capture the essence of an element, which does in fact come from the land. Elements can be taken away or given, but only at the will of the Keepers of the Zailum and Izaldi Pack.