Nathan > I suppose it couldn’t hurt...
Nathan > The humans during this time relied on more spiritual practices in their day to day life. The local Ninetales and Zoroark were drawn to this and grew curious about their new neighbors. The foxes would play pranks and took to petty thievery.
Nathan > Eventually, the foxes grew more opportunistic, even targeting beloved pets for food. Once tolerated, the foxes began to overstay their welcome among the humans. They’d had enough.
Nathan > A local farmer set out to capture the largest Ninetales who seemed to be leading these raids, to make sure she wouldn’t come back-
Nathan > After her death, part of her life essence was released in her death place and the human that killed her lost all his crops. A week passed of peace among the village until the Ninetales reappeared before them, this time with furious allies at their side.
Nathan > Again and again, the humans would kill this Ninetales and those who returned to the village to fight alongside her, but they’d just keep coming back.
Nathan > The village became more polluted spiritually, but with each death, the foxes would lose a tail upon expending their life energy to curse the humans that tried to end them.
Nathan > Down to one tail, before she could expend the rest of her energy on teaching the humans a lesson, the villagers had enough. They hired monks to take care of their pest problem and were able to channel all the expended life energy from the foxes and repel it back at them. Doing this, they created a spell bind powerful enough to seal the foxes to the forest's barrier.
Nathan > Thus, her children were left to guide their kin in her place.
Nathan > The home of the Zoroark and Ninetales tribes became their eternal prison. Their respective environments began shifting over time from the foxes’ influence to what is now known as Fox Territory for the Ninetales and the Woods of Whimsy for the Zoroark. These were our ancestors.
< It seems Finley has fallen asleep >
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