However, they were the symbol of Planet Namek's hope. The creators are the Dragon Clan, which they are the Namekians. But as the story goes there will one day come a hero who will use the Dragon Balls for goodness, and bring peace and unity to the world once more." This led to pain and suffering as an unjust few wished for power and dominion over mankind. but others were tainted by blind ambition. Separately, the Dragon Balls were useless, but when all seven were united, then a single voice could summon the Eternal Dragon for one wish, and one wish only. To ensure such an attack never happened again, the Dragon Ball was divided into seven smaller orbs, and scattered across the globe. They were shocked to discover the true power of the Ball. These agents of Darkness stormed the temple in an attempt to steal the Dragon Ball for their own selfish gain. They built a shrine around it, and protected the orb by placing it in the mouth of a giant Dragon statue, said to be it's eternal guardian You should have seen the detail on this thing, it was INCREDIBLE, scales made of Ruby, teeth of pearl-speaking of Pearl they say there was this one native girl ("GET ON WITH IT!")- yes well the tribe enjoyed years of prosperity until one day, evil paid a visit to the village in the form of a band of thieves. An ancient tribe discovered it, and was inspired by it's magnificent power. It held all of the mystical energies of the universe. In the beginning there was only one Dragon Ball. "The Legend as, I was told, goes something like this.
33 "The Legend of a Dragon", he stated the the original Dragon Balls were made: When Kame-sennin stated on the English dubbed Ep. Since this strategy technically works, but is considered cheap, the Z-Senshi do not usually employ it, as they prefer to fight fair. Freeza) to find one Dragon Ball and hold on to it, while the Z-Senshi go through the trouble of finding the other six, after which the villain will step in and steal them.
Since all seven Dragon Balls must be brought together (though it is unknown exactly what the maximum distance between the balls is), it is often a sound strategy employed by the villains of the series (e.g. This often results in the Z-Senshi protecting their creator with their lives. A problem with any set of Dragon Balls is that their creator must be alive, otherwise they will be stones for eternity. Restrictions on the Dragons powers are set by the relative capabilities of the Dragon Ball set's creator. Also, when a victim is revived from the dead, they are not undead, but rather, are truly alive. For example, when Piccolo Daimao wished for restoring his youth, he was not reduced to an infant, but rather, appeared in his early twenties. Unlike other forms of fiction that involve wishes being granted, the Dragon Balls seem to grant a wish exactly as the wisher imagined it, rather than warping the wish so that it is technically granted, but ends up making the wisher's life even more difficult. As technology progressed, this became somewhat easier, and became relatively simple with Bulma's invention of the Dragon Radar. To have the opportunity to summon a Dragon, one must travel all over the globe to retrieve them. Dragon Balls are difficult to find because they are scattered all over their respective planet (Earth and a few other planets which have their own set), and are deactivated for a year after every wish, disguising themselves as stones.
Dragon Balls come in sets of seven with each ball containing the number of stars that signifies its respective number in the set.
One of the most mystical artifacts of all time, the Dragon Balls are orange, crystalline spheres (like an average size of a baseball and a tennis ball) with the ability to call forth a colossal dragon (Shenlong) which has the ability to grant a wish.