The story began in late spring. Varlan Empire, in the tenth year of the Dragon Emperor Suk Lam reign.

The morning spring breeze sweep across the beautiful meadow spotted with white patch of Kelin flower, a curvy road carved it way through that green sea of grass, and stretch far to the horizon. A convoy of three carriages and five wagon slowly roll along the road. Escorting the convoy is four hundred Downer men strong, clad in black lamellar armour, their spears shine under the morning sun like the stars of the night. Their helmet covered with black fabric, on the rear attached a small upside down gold triangle with four feather pointed upward, on the front a square gold with a smaller diamond jewel in the middle. On their back a short yellow brocade cloak, embroidered with cloud, sword and lion motifs. These are the prestige Brocade Cloak Guards of the Varlann Empire in charge of safeguard the imperial family.

The men mounted a strange creature, the Velelises. A bipedal horse size dragon like creature, with horizon posture, covered from head to leg in filament feather, small feathered arms with three finger, and the tip of their tail also covered in bird like tail feathered. Their snout and mouth is like of a horse, and on top of their head a pair of cat likes ears. The creatures have two colour, brown and yellow some are spotted between two colours. These creatures are a main mount and a mean of transportation.

In the middle of the convoy there a red carriage pull by four Velelis, it is the biggest of the three, the carriage curved roof painted in deep jade green, red lantern adorn with silver wind chime and red tassel hung on each corners. The carriage wall decorated with cloud and bird motifs. Inside the carriage, hung a hammock, on it lied a Downer mans, the man is in his early thirty, clothed in a right lappet cross-collard robe. These kind of robe used throughout Varlann from the aristocrats to the common people. The robe are knee length, tailor with bright red silk woven with swastika patterns, a silver coiling dragon embroidered in the middle of the chest, tie in the waist with a black silk belt, decorated with gold, white jade jewels and small silver rattler bells. His legs and wrists wearer golden braces with wave pattern carving and adorn with ruby, green jade and silver rattler bells. He have black shoulder length hair, handsome face, thick eyes brow with a short black goatee beard under his chin, and on his forehead right at the hair line, protruded a pair of small deer like antlers bend upward. That man name is Suk Lam, Emperor of the Varlann Empire, Lord of One Hundred Clans, the son of Dragon, the protector of the Realm. Laying on his hammock Emperor Lam reading the reports of his official from the city of Qua Loh, a port city on the lake shore of Lake Kao Ren. And this particularly report is the reason His Imperial Majesty left the comfort of his palace.

- Your Imperial Majesty, we’re will arrived to Qua Loh in 30 minutes please get ready. An official said.

- I know, thank you lord Kue. The emperor answered.

Then the convoy stop, the royal servants get in His Imperial Majesty carriage to help him change to his formal attire. A black silk , right lappet cross-collard robe, with big loose sleeves, embroider with silver cloud motifs and a golden coiling dragon in the middle of the chest, white inner skirt, and dark red outer skirt embroider with sea wave motifs. Both are above ankle length.

30 minutes late, the imperial convoy came to Qua Loh city, at the outskirts of the city a delegation of Qua Loh, the lord official Buh Huy has waiting to welcome His Imperial Majesty arrival. Lord Buh Huy of Qua Loh city get off his velelis, following him is his family. They came before the convoy kneel down and formally bow by interlock their fingers, raise their hands in front of their face, palm faced inward.

- I, Buh Huy and my family, welcome Your Imperial Majesty. Long live the Emperor, may you reign for thousands and thousands of years. Lord Buh Huy and his family simultaneously said.

- Be at ease. Emperor Lam said.

- Thank Your Imperial Grace. Lord Buh Huy and his family said and stand up.

After the welcome, they continue to enter the city. In the city the citizens has took to the street to welcome his arrival and immediately Emperor Lam can feel the air of distress of the citizens, it is because they fear him? It is because Emperor Lam a tyrant? No. There are clearly hope in their eyes when they saw a glance of the emperor carriage before they kneel down. And suddenly a cry echo from the crowd. Emperor Lam ears caught the cry and order the convoy to stop, then his step out of the carriage order the Brocade Cloak Guards to find the person who the cry belong to. After a while the Brocade Cloak Guards escort an old man out of the crowd, the old man face etched with many winkle by time, his eyes soaked with tear. He came before Emperor Lam, put down his walking stick, formally bow and kneel down painfully, His Imperial Majesty immediately took to the ground and hold the old man hand help him get up.

- Your Elderly, why are you cry? What trouble you mind? Asked the emperor.

- Your Imperial Majesty, these are the tears of joy, for this old man had finally can set these blurry eyes upon you. These are the tears of relief, for finally you are here. The gods is smiling upon us, the terror from the deep soon will be vanquish. Said the old man, his tears roll down his wrinkle face.

The crowd becomes noisy, some pray to the gods, some burst into tear, and murmur relief that the emperor is here.

- Your Imperial Majesty, my old sickly wife and two granddaughters is what left of my family, my sons… the old man stop because of a hiccup

- …all my four sons and my grandsons is death, the youngest of my grandsons is only fifteen he is die too young…. It is all because of that monster… please! Your Imperial Majesty slays that monster, so that my sons and grandsons can be at peace, so their souls can meet Mien papa in the underworld and pass on to the next life. The old man kneel down again as he finished his sentience.

Emperor Lam holds his hand and pull him get back up as the crowd started to cry.

- My beloved subjects, ease you mind now and do not be afraid, here I am and right here in the name of the gods, in the name of the supreme Quelas’Airuth, in the honour of the Imperial bloodline and my father the Emperor Suk Luo Tu and my mother the Empress Lu Nue. Emperor Lam stop for a moment to take a breath, tear started to swelling in his eyes.

- This I swear to yours all, the terror yours have endure thus far shall be no more, I shall not rest until this monster has slain, and the souls of those who has gone because of this abomination be at peace.

- LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! Cried the crowd.