The history of the Sho is intertwined with their mythology. For more information on the Sho creation story, see Religions and Beliefs. The legendary founder of the Sho Nation was Shou-Jen Rian. According to their beliefs, after dishonoring the Dragon of Power, Shou-Jen Rian and his kinsmen were driven west and south by the Dragon, who burned their crops and destroyed their villages. The people were driven southwest for years, all the way to the sea. There, the Shou-Jen family established a kingdom and named it after the Dragon (Ryujii) to placate the Elder. However, six families instead sailed across the sea and founded their own kingdoms upon islands named after the Firebird (Iiwah) and the Unicorn (Chiran-tou). While the dates of the founding of the Sho Nation are unknown, we can some as