History of Kozakura

No one knows when the first humans arrived in the islands of Kozakura. The korobokuru, who had inhabited the islands for ages, keep no written records. Their oral tales are filled with stories of their heroes battling foreign chiefs and gaining wondrous and rare gifts. The korobokuru themselves maintain that the humans came from over the sea. Humans have no recorded history of this migration.
According to the chronicles of various temples and monasteries, the islands of Kozakura were the creations of one or more gods, of which Shinkoku was first. There is no agreement on which gods were responsible, but a general consensus maintains that it was Heavenly Brother and Heavenly Sister. The korobokuru believe the world (and thus the islands of Kozakura) were created by one of the Animal Spirits—possibly the Bear God or the Eagle Goddess.
All agree that Shinkoku has been the home of the gods for untold millennia. Gradually, the other islands came into being. Tenmei was created when Heavenly Sister was banished from Shinkoku by Fierce Wind Son. Hinomoto was created when Heavenly Brother declared his retirement and Mikedono was created accidentally in the war between Fire Bright and Fierce Wind Son.
The korobokuru were the first settlers of the islands and their stories tell how the islands were given to Poinpeyuan, a great hero of their race, as a gift from the gods. The korobokuru could keep the islands so long as they paid proper reverence to the gods and obeyed special taboos. Later stories tell how the korobokuru people broke these taboos and the humans came to take the islands away.
Recorded human history begins with the accounts of several powerful family tribes. Each tribe controlled a small portion of Shinkoku and constantly struggled with the other tribes and the korobokuru for more territory. Then, the Akimatsu tribe presented the claim that its tribal chief, Mori, had been chosen by the gods to lead all the peoples of Shinkoku. Several miraculous events occurred that helped substantiate his title as emperor.

Korobokuru (Dwarf)