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No beings rule the chaotic and changeable plane known as the [[First World]], the home of the [[fey]], but its most powerful residents are the mighty beings known as the '''Eldest''', sometimes known as the '''fey-lords''' or the '''shapers'''.<ref>Please note that within the context of Golarion and the associated Paizo multiverse, there is no {{w|Seelie Court}} nor its opposite, an {{w|Unseelie Court}}, as in real-world tradition or in other fantasy multiverses. Instead the courts of the Eldest replace this concept. Please see ''[[Fey Revisited]]'' for more information.</ref> They each pursue their own mysterious goals, and have little interest in the doings of lesser creatures.<ref name="PF36-67" /> All command great respect or fear from the other inhabitants of that strange realm,<ref>{{cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|233}}</ref> and as [[demigod]]s can grant spells to their worshipers.<ref>{{cite book/Inner Sea Gods|190}}</ref>

== Powers ==
The Eldest are extremely adept at moulding the substance of the First World to their will, so their domains are oases of stability on that constantly changing plane&mdash;albeit oases that move around with their masters.<ref name="PF36-67">{{Cite book/Sound of a Thousand Screams|67}}</ref>

== History ==
The Eldest were responsible for creating the fearsome living weapons known as the [[Tane]], and could unleash them once more should they feel the need to do so.<ref>{{Cite book/Sound of a Thousand Screams|70}}</ref>

==The Eldest Known to Golarion==
Presumably there are many Eldest spread across the infinite plane of the First World, but [[Golarion]] has only felt the influence of the nine whose realms are, or were, coterminous with this particular part of the [[Material Plane]].<ref name="PF36-67" /> The father of all [[linnorm|linnorms]], mighty [[Fafnheir]], claims that he only left the First World after slaying three of the Eldest at some point in the misty depths of pre-history.<ref>{{cite book/Lands of the Linnorm Kings|56}}</ref>

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* [[Count Ranalc]]
* [[The Green Mother]]
* [[Imbrex|Imbrex, the Twins]]
* [[The Lantern King]]
* [[The Lost Prince]]
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* [[Magdh]]
* [[Ng|Ng the Hooded]]
* [[Ragadahn|Ragadahn, the Water Lord]]
* [[Shyka|Shyka the Many]]
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== References ==

Eldest are described in ''[[The First World, Realm of the Fey]]''.

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