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#1 zombiegleemax Dec 01, 2004 11:02:48	i remember reading some where about para elementals could anyone give me a little info on the type and also i recall something of elemental lords is there just a single lord for each of the elemental planes ? does anyone know if they have names ? and a unrelated question pertaining to the araakroca(did i spell that right?) there is a group of them that live in the white mountains ? where is that ?by the silt sea? it mentions in the revized set that they are at odds with eldarich is this fact is eldarich in range of there villiage in the mountains ?now do they have a comman language with the other races (thier bird people) and did they have a champion that wanted to wipe them out if so who and why are they still around basicaly i need more details on this race very little is mentioned of them .do they have a known racial enemy? ok thanks i appreciate all the help
#2 Kamelion Dec 01, 2004 11:53:05	i remember reading some where about para elementals could anyone give me a little info on the type and also i recall something of elemental lords is there just a single lord for each of the elemental planes ? does anyone know if they have names ? and a unrelated question pertaining to the araakroca(did i spell that right?) there is a group of them that live in the white mountains ? where is that ?by the silt sea? it mentions in the revized set that they are at odds with eldarich is this fact is eldarich in range of there villiage in the mountains ?now do they have a comman language with the other races (thier bird people) and did they have a champion that wanted to wipe them out if so who and why are they still around basicaly i need more details on this race very little is mentioned of them .do they have a known racial enemy? ok thanks i appreciate all the help Just a couple, eh? ;) Dark Sun paraelementals are from the paraelemental planes of magma, rain, silt and sun. There are 3e versions of the latter 3 in Terrors of Athas - magma is in Manual of the Planes. Elemental lords have appeared in various forms throughout the various editions of the D&D game and have individual names. Kossuth (fire), Akadi (air), Grumbar (earth) and Istishia (water) were the original ones back in 1e and, iirc, these have been absorbed into the Forgotten Realms cosmology. Dark Sun does not necessarily recognise the existence of such beings, however (and its elemental planes differed quite strongly from standard cosmology under 2e rules). There are indeed aarakocra living in the White Mountains, in a settlement called Winter's Nest. The White Mountains lie north of the Tablelands, sandwiched between the Barrier Wastes and the Sea of Silt. Eldaarich is certainly within a few days flight of Winter's Nest, but I would say that the reason for their conflict is the fact that Daskinor (Sorcerer-King of Eldaarich) is just a paranoid loon and they are the current targets of his delusional hatred. Lalali-Puy of Gulg was the Champion dedicated to wiping them out, but she was unsuccesful and (I'd imagine) the rebellion against Rajaat brought her genocide to a premature end. Still, I seem to recall something about Aarakocra not being allowed in Gulg, so possibly she still keeps some of her old ideas intact. 3e rules give them Auran, which is the language of Air (and a bloody silly idea, imho, heh heh) so I suppose they would have that in common with other fliers. I dunno about racial enemies, but you could devise a rivalry with the kenku, should you so desire. (Aarakocra are cool. Had a great one in my last DS campaign, the late, lamented Kraa'ak.)