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"Four centuries ago two young friends went in the In Ten mountains of Angarock to learn Martial arts in the In Ten Monastery. Their names were Yang Ho Cheng and Ing Yao /their first names form Ing Yang/. These men were childhood friends and both decided to become warriors. By that time there were no Monks and Dragon warriors. There were only In Ten warriors.
The men from the In Ten Monastery welcomed the two friends and they started their tuition. Years passed and they mastered the art of fighting. Yang Ho Cheng mastered the so called Iron Fists and Ing Yao mastered different weapons. Soon they become famous teachers - Yang Ho Cheng - the master of fists and Ing Yao - the master of weapons.
Their fame reached even the faraway Aurian and the Aurian mage order high in the mountain of Angarock - the famous holy mages of the land. The mages sent one of them to visit the masters and maybe learn something from them. Her name was Moon Snow - a beautiful woman, one of the best Aurian mages ever. She became close friend with the two masters and even helped them to improve their magical skills.
Then Yang Ho Cheng had and idea - to create a Martial arts textbook. He asked his friends Ing Yao and Moon Snow to help him and they happily agreed. The textbook was created for two years and it contained many techniques an even some magical ones written by Moon Snow. She helped a lot with her knowledge of meditation and holy spells. The textbook was written in a secret code and only the best students knew it. The textbook was called The Book of In Ten.
But as years passed the masters started to fall in love with the mage. Both of them. When Moon Snow knew about their feelings, she was confused. Then both masters told her to make her choice. She also had feelings to one of them, but the legend doesn't say who. The Aurian mage asked for one day to think about it. Moon Snow perfectly knew that whatever her choice is, it will put an end of the masters friendship and it will also be the end of their work together. She though over every option carefully. Then she decided to make a sacrifice - she left the masters before sunrise leaving them a farewell letter in which she explained her reasons.
But her sacrifice was in vain. The two teachers blamed each other for her leaving, then they got in a fight. Yang Ho Cheng gave up the teaching and the textbook and went on a journey to find Moon Snow, while Ing Yao thought that searching for the woman is pointless and continued his work. He changed the name of the temple founding the Dragon Wing Monastery and accordingly the Dragon Wing doctrine. Meanwhile something very bad happened - someone stole the Book of In Ten and they never found out who. The textbook was lost.
Yang Ho Cheng spent nine years searching for Moon Snow, but he couldn't find her. When he reached Ivgorod, he fell in despair. He decided to stop his search and come back to his work, and he found students to teach. Soon after that he built a school founding the Iron Fist monastery and accordingly the Iron Fist doctrine.
The men in the Dragon Wing monastery in the In Ten mountain started calling themselves Dragon warriors.
The fighters in the Iron Fist monastery in Ivgorod started calling themselves Monks.
Both sides blamed each other for the loss of the secret textbook and became rivals.
The famous masters continued to teach students for all their life.
Their names were not forgotten."