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Archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, they like to consider themselves as much and often grant themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess. They are compared in the source material to the archfiends or celestial paragons, and are considered to be the elemental equivalent of such beings.

Evil Archomentals

The evil archomentals are collectively known as the Princes of Elemental Evil. The five most famous include:

Cryonax: Prince of Evil Cold Creatures

Imix: Prince of Evil Fire Creatures

Ogrémoch: Prince of Evil Earth Creatures

Olhydra: Princess of Evil Water Creatures

Yan-C-Bin: Prince of Evil Air Creatures

Good Archomentals

The good archomentals are collectively known as the Elemental Princes of Good. The four most famous include:

Ben-Hadar: Prince of Good Water Creatures

Chan: Princess of Good Air Creatures

Sunnis: Princess of Good Earth Creatures

Zaaman Rul: Prince of Good Fire Creatures

Para-Archomentals

Three other archomentals are first mentioned in Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987).

Bwimb: Prince of Ooze Creatures

Chlimbia: Prince of Magma Creatures

Ehkahk: Prince of Smoke Creatures

Creative origins

The Elemental Princes of Evil were created by Lewis Pulsipher for the 1981 Fiend Folio.

References

  • Cook, Monte, and William W. Connors. The Inner Planes (TSR, 1998).
  • Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Evil: The Archomentals." Dragon #347 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
    • Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Good: The Archomentals, Part II." Dragon #353 (Paizo Publishing, 2007).
  • Mentzer, Frank, and Paul Jaquays. Egg of the Phoenix (TSR, 1987).