In the eternally hot forge of life, the atmosphere seems to cool down, as the fire elementals looked at their 'father' in varying expressions ranging from shock, fear and a big of fanaticsm.
For the race born from the powers of Zeroth, they are naturally arrogant at heart. Therefore, the only true way to gain their recognition is through supreme power and an even higher arrogance.
Of course, this does not apply to everyone, as a lot of fire elementals felt that Zeroth was too excessive, especially the one whose just got disabled.
His eyes were filled with shock, fear and a tiny hint of resentment that he quickly hid. Yet no matter how face, it couldn't escape the eyes of Zeroth. Zeroth looked at his 'son' lying in the ground, desperately trying to hide his inner resentment. At that time, a hint of killing intent emerged quietly in Zeroth's mind, after all, who doesn't like nipping dangers in the bud.
Yet just as he was about to completely oblitirate him, a hint of hesitation flashed in his heart, as he looked at the pained face of his 'son'. After much internal thinking, he decided to let him go for reasons unknown.
Meanwhile, the fire elementals were completely on edge as they warily watched their King, none daring to disturb him. Just as they were wondering whether they should kneel to see if they get a response, Zeroth slowly looked at them and spoke.
"Come and recieve your names, they will be given meaning in our language based on your action, and become your future clan names."
Hearing this the fire elementals were quickly excited and a little bit nervous. They were excited because upon recieving a names they actually possessed the ability to define it's meaning. Such huge honour this was!
Yet, they were also a bit nervous, because creating a unique meaning meant standing out from the five hundred fire elementals. They are arrogant, they look down on everything except their equal Kin and their almighty King, showing how a special case the arrogance of Zeroth is. This they were worried that if they were remembered as a weakling, then their clan name would become the symbol of weakness.
They all quickly lined up, eager to recieve their new names, with a strong hint kt competitive spirit. Zeroth looked at his 'obedient' subjects in calm analysis, slowly assigning them names and throwing them out of the forge of life.
After this was done, he quietly flew away into the horizon, for if it was now the elementals duty to prove their capabilities and earn the recognition of their kin.
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Give months later,
Below the forge of life, in the barren area stood a newly erected village made of obsidian. It was surrounded by black walls, with two watchtowers and a massive gate in front of it.
As the village was located in a valley, there was only one direction for attack, making it easy to defend, get hard to attack. A perfect military base.
Of course, this wasn't meant for other races, as the nascent civilization of flame elementals couldn't think of others beings as wise as themselves (except for that one anomaly, who has created three wise races, and caused the extinction of two of them).
Instead this was meant for the wild beast hordes that sometimes attack the village.
The village didn't have many cultural feel, except for the great use of obsidian, as the flame elementals are still too nascent to create a effective culture.
Surprisingly, the village also didn't have any food, because the fire elementals can feed themselves by absorbing the rich Feir in the ash filled air, something that would cause their enemies to suffer greatly when they tried a war of attrition.
The buildings were made simply and cruedly, basically a bunch of black match boxes. Yet they had a bit of militaristic vibe to them.
A lot of the fire elementals had already proven themselves and let their kin recognise the meaning of their name, some though have recognised as weak, or humble (in a bad way).
One name though, has been recognised from day one as 'The name of the Fool', this being Azu, the name of the disabled fire elementals. However Azu strives to redeem his name, working hard for it.
Yet, today the usually semi isolist fire elementals gathered around the gate, watching their King leave once again.
Zeroth had periodically came to check the progress of this civilization and then left without interfering. Each time, the fire elementals trying their best to make Him lead them.
Yet each time, Zeroth did not care, for he still had the whole world to look after. This time was the same, he had finally saved the almost extinct species of Bufl. However, their herd was doing a great migration, something easily catastrophic, so he had to keep a close eye.
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Author Note
Hey guys, I know it's a bit late but happy new year.
Now onto some important details.
1:- there are only two hundred fifty clans, with each clan currently having 2 members. Now, you may be wondering, who gets to name the clan after the then, the male or the female? The answer is simple, the one who gets better recognition, duh. For example and only an example, if one name gets recognition for being strong, and the other gets the recognition for being strongest, then the other one is chosen as the clan name.
2:- this is just me giving another new reader benefit. You may choose to comment a calm based on your vision and I will incorporate it into official history. There are some things to note :-
(a)- the clan must have good or normal history, you can't make it overpowered, it must be reasonable and behave according to the racial traits of flame elementals.
(b)- the name of the clan must be similar to the naming pattern that I am using, don't do weird names like Amoogus clan. Lol.
(c)- keep in mind, that while your clan WILL become official history, it can very well go extinct or be destroyed, or never even mentioned.