Protean lord

Protean lord

(Creature)

Type

Outsider
(chaotic, extraplanar, protean, shapechanger)

CR

high, usually 20+

Environment

Maelstrom

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: The End of Eternity

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A protean lord is the most powerful type of protean, possessing powers on the level of those of a demon lord. Most protean lords shift shapes wildly and frequently, so none know their true form. They spend their time reshaping and destroying vast realms within the Maelstrom, watching the deities, and furthering the downfall of the powers of Law.

Known protean lords

See also: Category:Protean lords

Il'surrish the Wanderer

This insubstantial protean lord often appears in the form of a cloud of partially coalescent light. If Il'surrish needs a corporeal body, it can fashion one from the Maelstrom or possess a nearby creature, causing them to glow with cerulean light.

Narriseminek the Crownless, The Maker of Kings

Narriseminek usually appears as a protean with a scar or burn mark on his head. He typically appears when a protean is ascending to a higher caste, or when a keketar is about to receive a philosophy-changing vision.

Ssila'meshnik, the Colorless Lord

Appearing as an albino keketar protean with an intertwined trio of crowns, Ssila'meshnik is prone to appearing without warning in the court of Pharasma to arbitrate certain cases.

Ydajisk, the Mother of Tongues

The Mother is a shifting skein of iridescent poetry who vaguely looks like an izfiitar, surrounded by sensory outputs that constantly appear and vanish. They are a blathering, gender-fluid being who presides over language evolution, lost words, and slang.

References

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