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[[File:First World.jpg|250px|right|thumb|The First World, home of the Eldest.]]

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 [[spell]]s 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 ==

[[File:Jabberwock.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The infamous [[Jabberwock]], one of the Tane.]]

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==

[[Golarion]] has only felt the influence of the nine Eldest whose realms are, or were, coterminous with this particular part of the [[Material Plane]].<ref name="PF36-67" />
 
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* [[Count Ranalc]]
* [[The Green Mother]]
* [[Imbrex|Imbrex, the Twins]]
* [[The Lantern King]]
* [[The Lost Prince]]
* [[Magdh]]
* [[Ng|Ng the Hooded]]
* [[Ragadahn|Ragadahn, the Water Lord]]
* [[Shyka|Shyka the Many]]
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==Other Eldest==

In addition to the aforementioned nine, there are also many Eldest spread across the infinite First World, Eldest of past ages, or those whose realms lie so far beyond Golarion that contact is rare, including:<ref>{{Cite book/The First World, Realm of the Fey|37}}</ref>

* [[Apholine]]
* [[Enchar]]
* [[Oleron]]

The father of all [[linnorm]]s, 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> 

Thousands of years ago, another Eldest, whose name has since been forgotten, attracted the wrath of [[Pharasma]] by siphoning part of the [[River of Souls]]; in return, he was plucked from the First World into the [[Boneyard]] to serve the Lady of Graves for an eternity.<ref>{{Cite book/The First World, Realm of the Fey|15}}</ref> 

The body of the [[Bonefather]], another of the Tane, is said to house the remains of three Eldest.<ref>{{Cite book/The First World, Realm of the Fey|55}}</ref>

In the [[Yara Waste]], one can find the way to the [[Tomb of Karumaq|Tomb]] of [[Karumaq]], a former Eldest of cold and ice.<ref>{{Cite book/The First World, Realm of the Fey|53}}</ref>

== References ==

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

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