1000 years before the humans arrived the spirits lived peacefully in their forest and underwater territories.
100 year later brought the arrival of a new race. While the Spirits tried to have peace, the Ancients were barbaric: causing an outbreak of war.
10 years after the war's beginning, the spirits where struggling to fight with any reliability against the physically superior race. Fortunately, the spirits discovered they had the ability to possess animals: matching the barbarians with the strength of animals: thus becoming Animalians. As they fused with the animals their body changed and become more human like over time.
190 year pass in war, but with the Ancients fighting among themselves over technology, the spirits turn the tides by aiding the more intellectual side: the first cross-species alliance in history.
10 years later they successfully hunt down the remaining opposing forces.
50 years later, after the war ended, the spirits were unsure of what to do with the new races they created. The Animalians didn't have homes or a land to call their own, so were fighting for territory. The spirits could not accept their creations: forcing them into slavery.
50 year passed like this. The spirits seemed to have a hold over their 'pets' but when a dark spirit tortured animals with crossbreeding, a rebellion broke out. With the fear of imposing war, the spirits asked the Ancients to be the middle party negotiating between the two site. The made a temporary peace agreement in the end.
90 years pass with a tense air between the spirits and Animalians when the spirits decided to let the Animalians free and give a part of their region to them as a sign of good will. The Animalians accepted and started to build a new relationship with the spirits as equals now.
400 years pass as the spirits recovered from the long war and the rebellion. The started to re plant forests and rebuild their city's.
In the main time the Animalians build 3 great city and established their leadership. The winged Animalians made a floating city with the help of the ancients. The land animalians who could not fly or breath under water the made a city in the wast forest the get from the spirits. And lastly the the under water animalians and water spirits made a great under water city.
100 years pass with the Animalians making Trade routes to all the races.
The Spirits started their reincarnating cycle leaving the young spirts to live apart from the experienced ones. The old ones died off: leaving the new generation to live a new life.
Today, the Animalians help the humans with resources and magic.
The spirits are more interested in the Soul Reapers as they feel closer to them than any other race due to their similarities.