Grumbar Grumbar, the Lord of the Earth, was the ruler of the earth element. His portfolios were chance and chaos, and he was invoked by gamblers and anyone who wanted the impossible. He ascended to that status sometime after the Spellplague. Bazim-Gorag Bazim-Gorag the Firebringer, Lord of the Pandemonium Stone, wasn't originally a primordial. Akadi Akadi, the Queen of the Air, was the ruler of the air element. All were true neutral in alignment except Bazim-Gorag, who was chaotic evil. Five such primordials were elemental lords and ruled over the Inner Planes, worshiped like gods. There were a few primordials who never fought the gods and chose to remain in Toril when Abeir split away. As of the Year of the Ageless One, 1479 DR, a few surviving Dawn Titans from Abeir were sleeping in the mountains of Laerakond called Fimbrul. From that point on, Abeir was ruled by dragons until recent times, when the Spellplague transferred a continent called Laerakond from Abeir onto Toril. Their dragon slave-steeds then rose on rebellion, igniting the War of Fang and Talon that killed even more primordials, Meanwhile, the remaining Dawn Titans retreated into the mountains of Abeir and fell silent. The few primordials who survived retreated to Abeir, tired of conflict. He granted the primordials control of the world of Abeir and the gods control of the original world, Toril. Ao then sundered the world into two new, twin worlds called Abeir and Toril. During the fighting, Ao himself intervened when the primordial Asgorath the World Shaper hurled an ice moon at Abeir-Toril, wanting to destroy the world she couldn't claim as her own. The gods quickly attacked their ancient foes, and the Dawn Titans were defeated, and a few even slaughtered, in a cataclysmic period known as the Tearfall. Desperate, the Batrachi summoned several primordials, which released them from their imprisonment. Ĭirca −31,000 DR, during the Days of Thunder and near the end of the Batrachi civilization, the amphibious creator race was waging a losing war against the titans descended from Annam All-Father. The war turned in the gods' favor when the primordial Ubtao the Deceiver assisted the elder gods in slaying, imprisoning, or driving away the remaining primordials. Sarrukh myths and legends tell of great battles during this time between the primordials and the Elder Gods led by Ouroboros the World Serpent. The Blue Age came to an end when a primordial known as Dendar the Night Serpent swallowed the sun, giving way to the Shadow Epoch. ĭuring the time known as the Blue Age, a race of sea creatures were living on Abeir-Toril in the planet's single vast ocean. Thus began the Dawn War, and other gods were created from the residue of the conflict or summoned from other dimensions to help the native gods of Realmspace. They defended the new worlds from the primordials, naturally as the primordials were beings of entropy and destruction. The beautiful goddesses of light and dark, Selûne and Shar, formed from the ocean of silvery liquid left over from the realm's creation (the Astral Sea), unbeknownst to the primordials. The worlds contained no life, but they were coveted by powerful beings who arose from the Elemental Chaos, known today as the primordials. These two alignments were in opposition to one another.Ao created the multiverse from the raw material of the Phlogiston, and within the sphere several worlds drifted upon the Sea of Night. Lawful good characters sought to do benevolent deeds for others within the confines of the laws of civilized society. Opposing alignment Chaotic evil characters were free from any sense of order or morality. Many serial killers would fit this description, as would indeed most of the more violent and reckless criminals found in the worst sorts of places. Ultimately, these characters will commit any act to further their own ends. Typically, they could only be made to align and work with others through force or coercion, with leaders lasting only as long as they could thwart attempts at being overthrown or assassinated. Whether out for themselves, or dedicated to a cause that spread evil and chaos, they were ruthless and brutal in their execution. Chaotic evil characters acted according to whatever their greed, hatred, and lust for destruction drove them to do. The chaotic evil alignment was power without control, selfishness unrestrained by law and order.
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