"So many sights to see, so many places to explore... but so little time!"
The Windsinger sighed, having taken a rest on the Windswept Plateau after many, many weeks of adventuring. It was always exciting to visit other regions, to see what his brothers and sisters were up to... but there always was something else to catch his attention. The land was ever changing, with everyone fighting to claim terrain in the name of him and the others, and he delighted greatly when his children dominated. Exploring the leftover battlefields was always a treat, if a somewhat macabre one, but he loved seeing what they unearthed.
But once more, so many places! He could never see everything that changed in the world before it changed again, and wasn't that just a pity?
The Windsinger got an idea.
What if he created children who could zip around the world, exploring in his stead in the places he could not reach in time, before they changed? A drake who looked just like his other children, but would have a higher drive to explore, to see the sights, to find interesting trinkets and treasure?
Yes, he decided, this was an amazing idea.
The Windsinger shifted, calling upon his magic and power as he inhaled deeply, so deeply that the winds started shifting and speeding up, trees groaning and creaking, leaves whipping in the wind, bamboo clattering together, animals seeking shelter.
And then, with one mighty exhale, he blew two wisps of wind into existence, each one of them curling and shifting, slowly taking form.
The first wyrm shaped into existence with a giggle, small, visible particles of wind flowing around her as she joyously flew through the sky, circling her creator.
Mariya, the Windsinger dubbed her, the Jubilant.
Not even a moment later, the second wyrm solidified with a deep laugh, tearing through the skies with a glint in his eye, always adjusting, always looking.
Thayn, the Windsinger dubbed him, the Determined.
The drakes were quickly set free into the world, with the mission to see the sights the Windsinger couldn't, collect the artifacts left behind, to find new, uncharted territory, and mark it down. Thousands of stories they would make, thousands of places to visit.
They quickly realized, however, that the two of them would never be enough to complete the task the Windsinger had set before them. Fast and strong they may be, sharp eyes they may have, but it was still only the two of them.
Thus, they decided, they would rely on their children. A large brood who would aid them in their adventures, who would go see the places they couldn't, who would bring back the treasure they did not find.
"We are the Explorers of the Sky," they would say, "and we will leave no place unexplored."
