History of the Cao Brothers.

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Long ago there was a young drow by the name of Cao Qaolian.He lived with his drow village in the woods of Umbra.His village was that of warriors that kept to themselves.They did not fight for fame, they fought for the bloodshed.Cao Qaolian had a brother, Cao Xieji.The two drow brothers regularly went out by themselves and slaughtered villages near and far. The two had names different from other drow for some unknown reason. One day the two came upon a village that seemed to be already attacked as bodies laid everywhere and not a house went by that was not blood stained or on fire. The two then came upon a group of very white soldiers on top of a group of corpses. The white soldiers seemed to be eating upon the corpses. The odd white soldiers quickly turned around and attacked Cao Qaolian and his brother Cao Xieji.Cao Xieji was expecting this, but Cao Qaolian was not...He was bitten near his collar bone on his neck.Qaolian quickly turned around and fought off the white soldier clinging to his back. Though Qaolian and Xieji fought off the soldiers, they unusually turned into a bat and flew off out of sight.Qaolian quickly fell to the ground. Xieji ran to his injured brother. He felt no pulse. No breath. No heartbeat.Qaolian seemed to be resting peacefully, and as Xieji was about to walk away with the loss of his brother still on his mind, he heard a familiar voice calling his name.Xieji turned around to find his brother standing and calling his name.Qaolian looked as though he has not even been touched, yet he had the same white tint to his skin as the white soldiers they fought before. They then remembered something they read about...the Accursed...The odd thing was Qaolian was not acting as an Accursed, or as some would call them,vampires.The two hopped back on there horses and rode back to there village. The village priestess looked and examined Qaolian.She then spoke..."It is odd...I have never seen anyone so able of controlling themselves after this kind of attack or encounter...I can not explain it.” She then examined him more closely. She pulled a knife out from behind her and sliced a cut in Qaolian's hand.” He still has blood in him, they will be back to take it...they know what his blood smells and tastes like. They will find him soon...".No sooner than that was said there was a loud sound of squelches. The three ran outside to find a large group of bats flying down screaming as they soared. They attacked all the drow and killed most of them off...Xieji and Qaolian were able to hold them off, but could not slay them, there was too many. The two quickly mounted and searched for cover to defend themselves, they were still too weak to battle for long. They then came upon a shining blue gate within a large city's walls. The two quickly ran through the gate to find themselves in an odd place...known as Tokuno.The two felt safe and tried to make to safety. Then all of a sudden they hear something and quickly turned around. Nothing was there. They heard the sound again. But this time they didn't have time to turn around. They were knocked unconscious by something from behind. They awoke to find themselves in a dojo of sorts surrounded by men is dark clothing hiding there face and body. One spoke up. “I am Takashi Mandaka of the Blue Lotus Clan. We are ninja of Zento.What business do you have here foriegners?”Qaolian then looked to Xieji with a puzzle look.Qaolian spoke up, “I am Cao Qaolian...a drow from the deep forests of the land of Umbra and this is my brother,Cao Xieji.Our village was attacked by vampires...it was my fault...I led them there...Everyone is dead...".There was a long pause among the group. Then a different ninja stepped out and began to speak, “I am Bishimi of the Blue Lotus. I will see that you two are taken care of as long as you swear to pose no threat to us.” The two drow agreed to the conditions even though they did not plan to attack the ninja in the first place. The two drow were taken care of by the priestess Solar Maid of the Temple of Zento.The two were trained in the way of bushido and other arts of fighting. They were able to join the samurai of the Empire of Tokuno which they did to serve the people who saved there lives. The brother Cao Xieji lost the drowish looks he once had. He had a lighter skin and darker hair.Cao Qaolian's hair remained white as did his skin tone.Cao Qaolian went to meetings with the ninja allies and found a noble family of drow... The Viaxus.Cao Qaolian then learned they were his enemy and must keep an eye on them. Qaolian spoke to the one known as Velturus Viaxus and gained his permission to enter the town and look upon the tomes of the old.Qaolian found his past once again, and from here the story continues.