Editing Elemental Chaos (section)

==Inhabitants of the Elemental Chaos==
As a realm of chaos and turmoil, made from the very building blocks of creation itself, it really shouldn't be surprising that the Elemental Chaos has a diverse array of living beings inhabiting it.

''[[Archon]]s'' are creations of the Primordials wrought during the Dawn War. Recognizing after one defeat too many that the organization of the gods had its strength, the Primordials sought to emulate that by using powerful magics to rework generic elementals into living weapons. Armies of the creatures still throng the Chaos, and the creation forges that can turn elementals into Archons are a massive prize for warlords throughout the multiverse.

''Dao'' are a race of [[genie]]s elementally aligned to earth. Selfish, cruel and isolationist, they remained staunchly neutral during the Dawn War, even as their Djinni cousins begged for their aid, caring only about gathering ever-greater riches of precious stones and rare metals for their hoards. Their only interest in other races is their use as slaves to wring more wealth from the earth. Ironically, this is pretty much unchanged from their depiction in every single edition before that.

''[[Demon]]s'' are creatures that should not be, elemental embodiments of corruption, madness and destruction born from the Heart of the Abyss. From the lowliest Hordeling to the mightiest [[Demon Prince]], they exist only to befoul and ruin all that is pure.

''Djinns'' are a race of [[genie]]s elementally aligned to air. Mercurial and capricious by nature, they once reveled in their ability to manipulate reality, producing many wondrous artworks and engineering pieces through their adeptness at shaping the raw substance of the material world. But during the Dawn War, they allied themselves with the Primordials - not for any hate of the gods, but because they feared the loss of their powers to reshape the world as they saw fit, it is believed. For this, their once-great empire was shattered and most djinni are now mystically bounded to arcane vessels.

''[[Dwarves]]'' are surprisingly common throughout the Elemental Chaos. Before the Dawn War, dwarves labored in servitude under the yoke of the giants, and even though most of their kinsfolk fled to the World after [[Moradin]] freed them, some clans remained behind. Others descend from slaves brought through by dao, efreeti or giants in more recent times, or even traveled to the Chaos themselves in hopes of exploiting its infinite expanse of mineral wealth for themselves.

''Efreeti'' are a race of [[genie]]s elementally aligned to fire. Arrogant and cruel, they are the most powerful of the genies, wielding great power and one of the largest empires in the Elemental Chaos.

''[[Elemental]]s'' are the natives of the Elemental Chaos, physical masses of one or more kinds of elemental matter or energy granted some level of sapience. Whether a walking mass of flame or a sapient whirlwind filled with razor-sharp diamonds, elementals are everywhere in the Elemental Chaos.

''[[Genasi]]'' are the most common humanoid race in the Elemental Chaos, as their inherent affinity for elemental energy grants them the edge in surviving here.

''[[Giant]]s'' proliferate in the Elemental Chaos for a single simple reason; this was the plane of their birth. Shaped by the Primordials in emulation of the first mortals, their mighty frames and innate affinity for the elements makes this realm naturally homey to them.

''[[Githzerai]]'' have resided here ever since the Sundering of Two Skies, founding fortified monastery-cities from which they seek to master their minds and hone their souls, testing their wills against the eternal madness that swirls around them.

''[[Human]]s'' are surprisingly common in the Elemental Chaos, mostly descending from planar explorers, slaves and settlements created deliberately or otherwise.

''Marids'' are a race of [[genie]]s elementally aligned to water. The most obscure of their kind, like the dao, marids remained neutral during the Dawn War and have sought only personal liberty and freedom since their birth. Arrogant but not necessarily evil, they are a race of explorers and adventurers driven to wander the vastness of the waterways of the Elemental Chaos. Again, they're virtually unchanged from their Great Wheel depictions.

''[[Phoelarch]]es'' are a rare race, a spiritual fusion of a bird-like fire elemental called a phoera and a human. Though they mostly live in the mortal world, enclaves of them exist in the Elemental Chaos, seeking to better understand their true nature.

''[[Archomental|Primordials]]'' are the greatest of all elemental beings, the former rulers of the Elemental Chaos until the Dawn War saw them slain, imprisoned, bound and otherwise divested of most of their power. But still they dream and struggle, seeking to rekindle their former might and take back the worlds they created so long ago.

''[[Slaad]]i'' are a strange form of elemental-kin, embodiments of anarchy and personifications of entropy. Driven by mad whims, their sole driving goal seems to be to tear down all forms of order and rule, creating a chaotic realm that even Primordials may not be able to master.

''Titans'' are the first form of [[giant]]s, the elders of their race and the truest minions of the Primordials. Whether ruling enclaves of giants or on their own, titans make for powerful lords in the Elemental Chaos.