Elemental lord
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An elemental lord is a divine being birthed from, and made of the substance of one of the four elemental planes. As demigods, they have worshipers amongst creatures of their element. For most of history, there was no balance between good and evil among the elemental lords (unlike elsewhere in the Great Beyond), as the evil elemental lords defeated and sealed away their good rivals long ago, and the good elemental lords were only recently freed from imprisonment. The evil elemental lords seem to embody the worst qualities of fire, water, wind, and earth, and are fickle and dangerous.123
History
Many believe that the elemental planes were already ancient when the Material Plane first came into existence. Ruling these planes were eight beings that were masters of elemental creation and destruction: the elemental lords. The four evil lords, Ayrzul, Hshurha, Kelizandri, and Ymeri, were opposed by the four benign powers: Sairazul, Ranginori, Lysianassa, and Atreia. Their abilities were so evenly matched, however, that none could overcome the other, and they existed in a state of volatile equilibrium. This all changed when the gods created the Material Plane and mortal life.4
The gods fashioned the Material Plane using the substance of the elemental planes. At first this was a one-sided transaction, but soon the elemental planes began receiving something in return: souls passing through them on their way to the Outer Planes. Where once the elemental planes had been unchanging, if mutable, foundational realms, they began to be imbued with mortal imagination, thought, and motive. Elemental beings began to be moved from their inherent neutrality, and none more so than the elemental lords.4
According to the elementals, when the Material Plane was young, the good elemental lords combined their powers to create stars, planets, oceans, and life, while their evil rivals were too disunited to effectively resist. However, as mortals began to use the elements for evil, the good elemental lords started blaming each other, while the evil elemental lord Kelizandri managed to form a temporary pact with the three others, and together they defeated and imprisoned their good rivals in four artifacts: the Moaning Diamond, the Gasping Pearl, the Untouchable Opal and the Garnet Brand.24
In 4717 AR, the good elemental lord Ranginori was freed by the Pathfinder Society and returned to his old realm, leading to conflicts that could escalate to planar wars.35
The evil elemental lords
- Ayrzul, the Fossilized King (Plane of Earth)
- Hshurha, Duchess of All Winds (Plane of Air)
- Kelizandri, the Brackish Emperor (Plane of Water)
- Ymeri, Queen of the Inferno (Plane of Fire)
The good elemental lords
The names and the titles of the long-ago defeated and recently-freed elemental lords are:4
- Atreia, The Lambent Prince (Plane of Fire)
- Lysianassa, Empress of the Torrent (Plane of Water)
- Ranginori, Duke of Thunder (Plane of Air)
- Sairazul, the Crystalline Queen (Plane of Earth)
References
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- ↑ James Jacobs et al. (2011). "Religion". The Inner Sea World Guide, p. 233. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-269-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Compton, Paris Crenshaw, Eleanor Ferron, Thurston Hillman, and Jessica Price. (2016). Planes of Power, p. 5–6. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-883-0
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mark Seifter, et al. (2019). Bestiary (Second Edition), p. 146. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-64078-170-2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 F. Wesley Schneider. (2012). Artifacts & Legends, p. 31. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-458-0
- ↑ Robert Brookes. (2017). Unleashing the Untouchable, p. 24. Paizo Inc.