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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8077228" data-attributes="member: 79428"><p>A few scattered thoughts as I think on this more:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">According to EGtW, the Abyss existed before the war against the primordials, and it was the war that attracted them to the world that would become Exandria. Perhaps some of the primordials and their elemental creations sought alliances with the denizens of the Abyss and even relocated to that plane following their defeat at the hands of the gods. Unlike 4E, where the Abyss transformed primordials and elementals into demons because Tharizdun formed it in the Elemental Chaos and pulled them into its grasp, the case in Exandria could be that some of the surviving primordials and their forces could have willingly become part of demonkind. A number of demon lords established throughout the editions are particularly elemental-like (Alzrius, Lissa'aere, Zuregurex, etc).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Continuing from the first point, these elementals-turned-demons would have a vested interest in invading the Underdark, the former home of the primordials within Exandria. An old Dragon magazine article introduced elementals specifically-tied to the Temple of Elemental Evil (of which the rukarazyll was one), and 4E introduced a number of demons with clear ties to the elements, particularly in Demonomicon (the fire-based immolith, and ice-based jarrlak, and earth-based writhing crag are particular favorites of mine).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Beyond demonic elementals, a number of elementals from older editions certainly look like the creations of chaotic elemental deities. I just browsed through the AD&D Monster Manual II last night and found a water elemental that looks like a blob supported by five chicken legs and ringed with hoses that it sprays water from at high force. The tojanida and arrowhawk are fun weirdo elementals as well. Maybe these unique elementals still lurk in the deepest vaults of the Underdark as prehistoric beasts?</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>

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