Archomental
Archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals 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 (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.
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