The White Ghost

The brothers were born friendless in a dark mountain, deep in the earth. Baby Ilm with his long bushy tail, and the ghastly Zuoh, who was born with a scar. The brothers learned to keep warm near the eternal embers of their empty home. Like most brothers, they fought tooth and nail until eventually, Zuoh drove Ilm out of the mountain.

Driven from the only place he knew, Ilm vowed to find another mountain. But once he was outside, he saw trees, and forests and grasslands. He couldn't bear the dark, and spent as much time outside in the daylight as he could. During the winter, Ilm kept warm with his long white hair. He became a dreamer, and a lover of books. During the summer months, when it grew too hot, Ilm would travel from village to village, pausing to look at books. Ilm read many sorcery books, and at one point during adolescance, even bought a pair of glasses. The outsider saw just a plain bouncing white puff ball. But inside, Ilm was tired of losing fights. He was studying sorcery. Ilm began learning how to summon the power of fire and light . He learned the secret to staying awake so he would never have to close his eyes. And he learned to wait, and to practice. As he grew older, he began developing wings. He became obsessed with the sun and learned Grimoire Sphere, a powerful attack that turned the battlefield into Fire, and Light. He wore magical bracelets for enhancers, and conjured up many a spell book. But in the fall and spring, he still flounced along in the grassfields, the happiest deadliest Afghan you could dream of.

Zuoh never left the mountain. He found the Earth Shaker, and drove him from the mountain. He fought demons and won. He grew wings of darkness, and became a dragon killer. He called upon Darkness, Wood and Fire. He fashoined his own sword from the teeth of his enemies. He lost an eye defeating the mountain itself, and used black magic to re-attach it to his sword. When the mountain finally grew too small, Zuoh left the mountain, seeking another. Every so often, the demon pauses, and remembers his brother. When he does, he calls with all of his might - 'Come, let us battle the world together! Have you become strong?

And Ilm would hear, and sometimes respond with a Sphere of Fire, but sometimes, Ilm was lost in the grasses, rolling to and fro, unsuspecting that he was being watched by the She Earth Phantom, who had taken a particular interest in Ilm as of late.