History of the Dragonballs
The First Dragonballs
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Not much is known about the very first
dragonballs. The Nameks inherited the Planet Namek after
it's birth and used their amazing abilities to create the
first set of 7 Dragonballs. The first dragon itself was
modeled after the Namek race. It had similar
characteristics of the Nameks, but had scales and spikes
that protruded out of it's back and limbs. This set of
dragonballs started it all.
Tragedy and the second set
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The life of the Nameks and their
dragonballs went on as usual. Until Namek started to
experience heavy storms and harsh, long periods of
drought. Crops died, bodies of water dried up, and the
Nameks started to die out. This went on for many years
until this cycle left Namek's atmosphere. In the wake of
this cataclysm, stood one survivor. The eldest Namek
named GURU. Guru began spawning children to
re-inhabbit Namek. Life started over on the planet.
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the first set of dragonballs died in Namek's bad
season, a new set of Dragonballs needed to be
created. Since every Nameccian has the ability to
create dragonballs, Guru took it apon himself to
do so. He modeled the second dragon exactly like
the first dragon, and named it PORUNGA. This
set of dragonballs gave the summoner 3 wishes.
This new set stayed with the Nameks until Guru's
demise on Earth. This was the last of the
"original" Namek Dragonballs. |
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Earth's Dragonballs and the
creation of the Black Star Dragonballs-
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Earth received it's set of dragonballs when a
Namek spacecraft landed in Yunzabit Heights.
Inside the spacecraft was a small Namek (name
unknown). He grew up in Yunzabit, not knowing who
he was or where he came from, until he was old
enough to leave. This Namek, through challenges
in his life, became the GUARDIAN
OF EARTH. During this time, he created 7
dragonballs of his own. However, something was
strange about these balls. They had a black
star in the center, instead of an
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This particular Namek had an evil being
that swelled inside of him. The Namek's feelings and
emotions were very turbulant and powerful. Therefore, the
resulting Dragonballs were tainted with evil energy. The
Namek feared the energy of these dragonballs. Their
energy was overwhelming. To ensure no one could ever
harness this evil energy, he scattered the Black Star
Dragonballs throughout the galaxy. The Namek forced
this evil energy out of his body. The energy took the
form of another identical version of himself, but of pure
evil. Now that the Namek was pure, he made another set of
Dragonballs; he succeeded. He decided to model the dragon
after the classic Japanese Dragon. These dragonballs were
about the size of a large marble; much smaller than the
original dragonballs on Namek.
Earth's
Second Set-
During Cell's attack on the Earth, the
unknown Namek who is now called, KAMI (God), fuses with his
other half, Piccolo, that seperated from him so long ago.
When he does, the Earth's Dragonballs become useless and
turn to stone. However, the Black Star Dragonballs
survive because Kami and Piccolo make up the Namek that
first created them.
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The Earth needed a new guardian.
Goku traveled to New Namek and came back with a
new guardian, DENDE. Dende
resurrected the old 7 dragonballs from stone. He
used the previous guardians model of the dragon
to go by. Therefore, the new dragon and
dragonballs were the same as the previous ones.
The only different attribute on the new
dragonballs, was the addition of one more
possible wish. The Earth now had 2 wishes per
summoning at their disposal. |
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Note on Creation- |
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Not
much is ever revealed in the series about HOW the
Dragonballs are created, but hints are given.
First of all, the Dragon is created from some
kind of existing statue or figurine inside of a
glass dome container. Then, the Namek uses his
power to convert the statue into a live dragon.
As for the dragonballs themselves, they are
created out of stones or previous deactivated
dragonballs.
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