The Azure Ghaele

The Azure Mountains have long been a favorite haunt of red dragons, their groupies, and other similar kinds of epic monsters since time immemorial. During these times, when humans had not yet settled the mountains, ancient warriors from ancient Ayo would sometimes venture into them on massive hunting trips to thin the population of horrors so that they would not overflow into Ayo. In recognition of the bravery and the commitment to the hunt that these men showed, a powerful Ghaele clad in azure once came down to join them with his own hunting band of celestial attendants. Together, the Ayonesse hunters and the hunters from heaven struck deeper into the darkness of the mountains than ever before, and drew so much monster blood that the great red wyrm that ruled the mountains in those times vowed that he and all his minions would come down the mountain to burn Ayo as the Ayonesse had burnt The Mountains. In response, the hunters vowed to not retreat from the mountains to their home until every one of them had fallen, in hopes of delaying or even outright defeating the Dragon and its horde.

It isn't known how long the hunters lasted, only that the dragon never came down. Eventually, decades later, a new generation of hunters set out to find what had happened to their predecessors, and while they fought may beasts, the numbers where no where near what they had once been. Eventually, they discovered the Azure Ghaele still roamed the mountains, having survived every other member of the hunters both mortal and celestial, and found him still hunting beasts of evil wherever they hid.

At some point, a reclusive wizard named Ai Xiang is known to have engaged in a romance with the Ghaele, from which the Arlote family traces their lineage. Little is concretely known about Ai beyond her relationship with the Ghaele, although there are various folktales surrounding the particulars of their romance and adventures together. It is commonly believed that they fought together in the last battle with the great red wyrm Fernodeus, in which the Ghaele was finally sent back to the heavens and Fernodeus was either killed or sealed somewhere deep underground by Ai's powerful magic, depending on the story.