Pantheon: Archomentals

Pantheon: Archomentals

Archomentals, again, do not have definitive dogma, but ask their worshipers to forward their goals. Good archomentals, just like celestial paragons, do not encourage the formation of their cults, so only evil archomentals are listed.

Cryonax

Archomental

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: a blue-white circle within a square or a silver snowflake

Home plane: Paraelemental Plane of Ice

Domain (-40%): cold spells, ice spells

Portfolio: cold, ice

Worshipers: frost giants, malasyneps, evil arctic druids, amitoka

Unique among the archomentals, Cryonax dwells on the Paraelemental Plane of Ice. Cryonax is the most careful schemer among the evil archomentals. He appears aloof and indifferent, and his advisors and generals know him to be slow to anger or excite. Anyone who thinks Cryonax incapable of a level of violence comparable to Ogrémoch, hovewer, is a fool. The malevolent aura surrounding Cryonax chills both the bodies and the very souls of those around him.

            A true dreamer, Cryonax broods upon his desire to usurp all of the planes. Cryonax continually seeks out places within the Elemental Planes to conquer. In time, he hopes ice to become the one true element.

Imix

Archomental

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: a red diamond

Home plane: Elemental Plane of Fire

Domain (-40%): fire spells

Portfolio: fire

Worshipers: fire giants, red dragons, efreet, fire spellcasters

Passionate, intense, and easily infuriated, Imix is also vain, jealous, and quickly frustrated. Imix possesses boundless energy and passion, and often puts his creativity to good use – to the misfortune of others. Where he walks, Imix leaves roaring infernos of hellish fire, which quickly dissipate into noxious black smoke.

            Extremely paranoid, Imix does not tolerate cold, ice, or water in his domain and considers Olhydra his greatest enemy. When not consumed with his hatred and endless warfare against the Princess of Evil Water Creatures, he busies himself with his dark agenda: to push the entire Elemental Plane of Fire toward evil and thus under his way.

Ogrémoch

Archomental

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: an equilateral triangle with short hash marks through each leg

Home plane: Elemental Plane of Earth

Domain (-40%): earth spells

Portfolio: earth

Worshipers: gnomes, dwarves, stone giants, gargoyles, trolls, subterranean creatures

Rigidity marks Ogrémoch’s personality. He is callously practical, industrious, and prudent. His dispassionate nature does not mask his evil, though, and all creatures of earth fear him. Although few claim to have actually encountered him, Ogrémoch’s evil taint can be felt wherever he walks.

            Ogrémoch, the Stone Tyrant, is the eldest and most powerful of the archomentals. He knew, before his siblings even came to exist, that they might one day unite against him.

            Despite his rough exterior, Ogrémoch tends to be more of a planner and schemer than his appearance and nature would suggest. He thinks of long-term problems rather than matters at hand, and his tendency to plan three schemes beyond the current one makes his actions very confusing to both his enemies and allies. Those unfamiliar with his schemes have given him an unfair reputation as being dull-witted and slow.

Olhydra

Archomental

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: a blue-green square

Home plane: Elemental Plane of Water

Domain (-40%): water spells (no ice and cold)

Portfolio: water

Worshipers: evil aquatic creatures

Olhydra is a surprisingly creative, wistful entitiy, with a rough and turbulent demeanor and a passion for life. Sometimes, though, she is calm and serene, with the capacity for thoughtful reflection. Her foulness temporarily darkens the water she passes through.

             Olhydra harbors an intense hatred of Imix and nurses her enmity through constant schemes to destroy him. This goal is so all-consuming that it sometimes prevents her from tending to the needs of her own plane. Surprisingly, she gives little thought to Ben-Hadar, the good archomental who shares her plane.

Yan-C-Bin

Archomental

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Symbol: a silver-white circle

Home plane: Elemental Plane of Air

Domain (-40%): air spells

Portfolio: air

Worshipers: dervishes, loremasters, swashbucklers, evil aerial creatures

Yan-C-Bin is a rational thinker with a thirst for intellectual stimulation and pursuits, but in contradiction is also quick to react and flighty. In his travels, he seeks out the greatest loremasters, bringing them to his palace to learn their secrets. Yan-C-Bin does have a strong sense of honor, however, and generously rewards those who willingly provide him with knowledge. It is said that all creatures of the sky on any plane are aware of Yan-C-Bin and know to hear him.

            The youngest of the evil archomentals, Yan-C-Bin became the immediate target for Ogrémoch’s aggression, as Olhydra and Imix fought each other from the moment they came into being. After centuries of pursuit, Ogrémoch finally decided that the lord of air was not a worthy opponent. Yan-C-Bin soon discovered his greatest foe in the Princess of Good Air Creatures, Chan. The two archomentals have never actually met, but they have long waged a war of silent terror.