People often ask why the Grizzly and Titanian can coexist on Mt. Itoi. They are both such powerful creatures, yet there is little conflict. This old scroll recounts a local legend: It seems the champions of the Grizzlies and the champion of the Titanians both desired the lush, green peaks of the mountain for their. They met each other and could not come to terms - compromise was impossible. So they began to fight. The immense power of the grizzly and impenetrable defense of the Titanian. The intensity of their battle killed the plants around them and drove the other animals away. But still they fought. Ageless trees were shattered to stumps. But still the battle raged on for a full month. Finally, they came at each other with their desperate te techniques. The Bear’s Last Blow and the Titanian’s Stone of Origin. They died in each others arms, realizing then how worthy the other was. As their forms crumbled, their spirits lingered to see to the slow regrowth of the mountain and the fellowship of their kind.

Pushed to its limits and beyond, this Carbon Dog rages. They have never been tamed, never been broken. But this cartel aimed to do just that. Starved, beaten, humiliated, mutilated. But when they threatened to do the same to the cubs of his pack, something inside him ignites. The heat of his rage is melting away his specially treated restraints and shielded wires to the inhibitor around his neck. His body oscillates between fur and a mineral substance. He glows a full spectrum of brilliant light and his strength starts to increase exponentially. He is about to realize and release a strange and beautiful power in a very sudden and violent way.