Long before many empires were even a passing thought to any, a creature was born. This creature was born long before the rise of the Three Tribes of Equestria, long before Boreas' image graced Eques and rose the griffons from squabble and squalor, and longer yet than the first native set hoof on Zebrica. It watched over the birth of the Solar and Lunar diarchs, it observed as the glorious mountain empire of the Diamond Dogs crumbled and vanished in the winds of history. It lead the enslaved zebras from Griffonia to Zebrica and helped them settle the untamed wilds of the new continent. In many countries, the world over, the first recorded pieces from many empires were of this creature, some depicting it as a god, others as a mortal with a curse laid upon it for some unknown deeds, and others claim it to be no more than an icon of goodwill and that the creature never truly existed. After all, once empires were established and understanding of the world grew, fewer and fewer sightings of this creature occurred before it eventually vanished from the world altogether, soon becoming nothing more than a myth and legend told to the young at bedtime.