Primordial The primordials , or Dawn Titans , were god - like beings made of manifest entropy and elemental energy whose domains were the Elemental Chaos and Abeir , unlike the gods ( Estelar ) , whose domains were the Astral Sea and Toril . History . Ao created the multiverse from the raw material of the Phlogiston , and within the sphere several worlds drifted upon the Sea of Night . The worlds contained no life , but they were coveted by powerful beings who arose from the Elemental Chaos , known today as the primordials . The beautiful goddesses of light and dark , Selûne and Shar , formed , unbeknownst to the primordials , from the ocean of silvery liquid left over from the realm ' s creation ( the Astral Sea ) and defended the new worlds from the primordials , naturally beings of entropy and destruction . 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 . During the time known as the Blue Age , a race of sea creatures was living on Abeir - Toril in the planet ' s single , vast ocean . 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 . 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 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 . Circa - 31000 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 titan s descended from Annam All - Father . Desperate , the Batrachi summoned several primordials , which released them from their imprisonment . 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 . During the fighting , Ao himself intervened when the primordial Asgoroth the World Shaper hurled an ice moon at Abeir - Toril , wanting to destroy the world she could not claim as her own . Ao then sundered the world into two new , twin worlds called Abeir and Toril . He granted the primordials control of the world of Abeir and the gods control of the original world , Toril . The few primordials who survived retreated to Abeir , tired of conflict . Their dragon slave - steeds then rose on rebellion , igniting the War of Fang and Talon that killed even more primordials , and the remaining Dawn Titans retreated into the mountains of Abeir and fell silent . From that point on , Abeir was ruled by dragons until recent times , when the Spellplague transferred a continent called Returned Abeir from Abeir onto Toril . As of 1479 DR , a few surviving Dawn Titans from Abeir were sleeping in the mountains of Returned Abeir called Fimbrul . Elemental Lords . There were a few primordials who never fought the gods and chose to remain in Toril when Abeir split away . Five such primordials were elemental lords and ruled over the Inner Planes , worshiped like gods . All were true neutral in alignment except Bazim - Gorag , who was chaotic evil . Seven Lost Gods . The " Seven Lost Gods " was a term used to describe various groups of powerful entities at different times . Some of these entities might have been primordials , and candidates included Dendar the Night Serpent , Kezef the Chaos Hound , Maram of the Great Spear , and Borem of the Boiling Mud . Other Known Primordials . There existed many other elemental beings who were confirmed as primordials : Appendix . Behind the Scenes . The primordials are a concept native to " core " " Dungeons & Dragons " . In keeping with their stated policy of using core content in campaign settings for the fourth edition of the game , Wizards of the Coast imported the godlike beings into the Realms . In order to facilitate this process , an unused concept by Ed Greenwood predating fourth edition known as the " sleeping gods " was used to retcon the primordials into the setting .