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The element of air was one of the four fundamental building blocks of matter,[4] and the origin of everything that was gaseous.[5] It represented change, flexibility, and freedom.[6]

Cosmology[]

Air manifested its position in the cosmos as the Elemental Plane of Air, one of the Inner Planes.[7][5] The element was also represented there in living form as air elementals.[5]

The ruler over the portfolio of air in Faerûn and Zakhara was the elemental lord Akadi[6][8]—in the Hordelands known as Teylas[9]—while it was held by Enlil in the Untheric[10][11] and Qotal in the Maztican pantheon.[12] Among demihuman deities, Aerdrie Faenya of the elves held dominion over air.[13] The archomental Yan-C-Bin also announced his wish to dominate the element by calling himself Master of Evil Air,[14] as did, by her very name, the Queen of Air and Darkness.[15]

A number of Torilian powers were concerned less directly with the elemental aspect but with moving air, either as beneficial wind—Bahamut,[16] Eha,[17] Hakiyah, Haku,[18] Valkur[19]—or destructive storm—Anhur,[20] Talos,[21] Umberlee (at sea),[22] and Set (in the desert).[23]

Magic[]

School of Elemental Air[]

Many magical spells utilized the element of air.[24] Elemental air was recognized as a "school of effect" (rather than one of the eight traditional schools of magic).[25][26] Wizards specializing in this school were called air elementalists.[26] Air was opposed to the element of earth, both as a school of magic[26] and as a worldview.[6][27]

Magic-users in Zakhara had a similar, but not identical, notion of air magic in the form of the province of wind. These individuals were called wind mages.[28]

Divine Air Magic[]

A number of deities granted divine spells that relied on the element, either in the form of the elemental air sphere,[29] or the air domain.[30][31]

Celestial Bodies[]

Spacefarers also used the four elements to distinguish different types of celestial bodies present in the crystal spheres.[32] The one major air body in Realmspace was the gas giant Coliar.[33][34]

Appendix[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Jeff Grubb (July 1987). Manual of the Planes 1st edition. (TSR). ISBN 0880383992.
  2. ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 68. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
  3. ↑ Richard Baker, John Rogers, Robert J. Schwalb, James Wyatt (December 2008). Manual of the Planes 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-5002-7.
  4. ↑ David "Zeb" Cook (1994). Planescape Campaign Setting, A DM Guide to the Planes. Edited by David Wise. (TSR, Inc), p. 26. ISBN 978-1560768340.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Monte Cook and William W. Connors (December 7, 1998). The Inner Planes. Edited by Michele Carter and Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 6, 20–29. ISBN 0-7869-0736-3.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0786903849.
  7. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 256–257. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  8. ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 57. ISBN 978-1560763291.
  9. ↑ David Cook (August 1990). “Volume I”. In Steve Winter ed. The Horde (TSR, Inc.), p. 13. ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
  10. ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 94. ISBN 978-0786906574.
  11. ↑ Colin McComb (October 1996). On Hallowed Ground. Edited by Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 62, 172. ISBN 0-7869-0430-5.
  12. ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Gods & Battles”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 24. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
  13. ↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 114. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
  14. ↑ Monte Cook and William W. Connors (December 7, 1998). The Inner Planes. Edited by Michele Carter and Ray Vallese. (TSR, Inc.), p. 26. ISBN 0-7869-0736-3.
  15. ↑ Carl Sargent (May 1992). Monster Mythology. (TSR, Inc), p. 125. ISBN 1-5607-6362-0.
  16. ↑ David Noonan (May 2004). Complete Divine. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 108. ISBN 0-7869-3272-4.
  17. ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Gods & Battles”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 30. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
  18. ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-1560763291.
  19. ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 72. ISBN 978-0786906574.
  20. ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0786906574.
  21. ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 155. ISBN 978-0786903849.
  22. ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 173. ISBN 978-0786903849.
  23. ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 126. ISBN 978-0786906574.
  24. ↑ Cook, Findley, Herring, Kubasik, Sargent, Swan (1991). Tome of Magic 2nd edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 151. ISBN 1-56076-107-5.
  25. ↑ Richard Baker (1996). Player's Option: Spells & Magic. (TSR, Inc), pp. 16–19. ISBN 0-7869-0394-5.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Cook, Findley, Herring, Kubasik, Sargent, Swan (1991). Tome of Magic 2nd edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 9. ISBN 1-56076-107-5.
  27. ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-0786903849.
  28. ↑ Jeff Grubb and Andria Hayday (April 1992). Arabian Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 111. ISBN 978-1560763581.
  29. ↑ David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 34. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.
  30. ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 62. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  31. ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 185. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
  32. ↑ Jeff Grubb (1989). AD&D Adventures in Space (Concordance of Arcane Space). (TSR, Inc.). pp. 74-76. ISBN 0-88038-762-9.
  33. ↑ Jeff Grubb (1989). AD&D Adventures in Space (Lorebook of the Void). (TSR, Inc.). pp. 92-95. ISBN 0-88038-762-9.
  34. ↑ Dale "slade" Henson (April 1991). Realmspace. Edited by Gary L. Thomas, Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-56076-052-4.

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Connections[]

The Building Blocks of the Multiverse
Elements

Air • Earth • Fire • Water • (Wood)
Energies

Negative energy • Positive energy
Schools of Magic
Abjuration • Conjuration • Divination • Enchantment • Evocation • Illusion • Necromancy • Transmutation • Universal
Schools of effect
Air • Earth • Fire • Water • Dimension • Incantation • Shadow
Schools of thaumaturgy
Artifice • Song • Wild magic
Zakharan provinces of magic
Flame • Sand • Sea • Wind • Universal
Netherese Fields of Mythal
Inventive • Mentalism • Variation
Others
Chronomancy • Hishna • Pluma • Paths of power
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