Dranoa
From Earth came the eldest, Craske, he was as strong and stubborn as the mountains. Next was Tset, the child born from the air. She was wild and free-spirted. Cam, the youngest male, came forth next. He came from the fire, and burned with a purpose and his heart was pure. The last was the child of water, Masandra. She was full of the healing powers of water and a love of beauty.
Taern saw his four children, and again he was happy. Each of them imbodied the best of what the world had to offer. But he soon began to realize that like all children, they yearned to explore the world for themselves. Being a loving father, Taern lets them go out into the world.
Again he is alone.
After a time, Taern decided to once more create something, something that would live him and that would learn from him. First he took the earth, and from it he formed bodies for his creations. Then he filled it's lungs with air and gave them breadth. Next he had water flow throughout them, giving them fluids in which to derive life from. Lastly he put fire in their minds, giving them a will.
Seeing his creation, he realized that they were still not much different from the other creatures that inhabited the world. So he took all four of the elements and fused them together with a piece of him. Thus he gave them a soul. Next he split it in two, giving one to the male, and one to the female. And when the two halfs combined they would create a new soul.
Thus was born the first dragons.
Taern taught them his ways and showed them how to use their power to help life grow. Unlike the four spirits, the dragons were not immortal, they lived for only a few centuries. But they could give birth, and in their own way achieve immortality.
Again time passed, and the four spirits returned to their father. They had learned a lot in their travels, and were yearning for Taern's approval. They had seen the dragons that their father had created, so they decided to create another race as a suprise gift for him.
They each took apart in forming the body. Craske giving up the earth, Tset the air, Masandra the waters of the world and Cam the fires that lay deep inside. But as they came to the creation of the soul, they discovered that they had a problem. As this was a suprise gift, they couldn't ask their father for some if his power. But during their travels they had come across another power, a power enormously strong. So in their naivety they took this power and fused it with their own. They split it in two and gave the halfs to their creations.
And thus was born man.