Dragon

As the wind swept the surgace of the globe, blowing back the water, earth was revealed.

This last, youngest element had none of the speed and elusiveness of the earlier ones, but was strong and steadfast and in that enduring strength was its power. Just as the stars were the keepers of the knowledge and wisdome of the Before-Time, the era prior to the birth of the world, the Earth was the repository of all the knowledge of its history and its present.

That primordial race was dragons