Five Symbols

Five Symbols, (五象, Gozō) are the legendary five mythical beasts that were created by an unknown power superior than the Sage of the Six Paths to serve as the guardian of Rōran. The five mythical beasts have enormous chakra that were supplied by their own respective Ryumyaku's vein beneath the specific region and it is also the primary reason for them to protect the land.

They are Seiryū, the Azure Dragon of the East, Suzaku, the Vermilion Bird of the South, Byakko, the White Tiger of the West, Xuanwu, the Black Tortoise of the North and finally Kōryū, the Golden Dragon of the Central. Each of them has its own individual characteristics, personality and surprisingly linked together by blood relation as siblings.

Since their birth, they had a seal planted on them. It forbade them from harming living being with malicious intention or else life force will be reduced. Because of they can't retaliate, they rarely show up as their true form to reduce the risk of being hunted. They also possess the ability to shapeshift into human form with most of their true form appearance retained.