Elemental Plane of Air

The **Elemental Plane of Air** is one of the four primordial planes of the elements.

## Background

The Elemental Plane of Air is a never ending open sky of eternal blue with little, if any, solid ground whatsoever, mostly limited to floating, orphaned islands of different materials like glass or solid cloud matter known as Cloudstone. Because of this premium on groundcover, the inhabitants of the plane live in a cycle; flying upon the backs of inherited Rocs, hunting for skyfish or skywhales, and then return to great islands of glass and cloudstone, all under the banner of communal living, as living alone in the plane is next to impossible. As with all the Elemental Planes, the plane is controlled by a great being that wrests absolute control over it's goings on and commands near universal respect and admiration, in this case, the **Elder Tempest**. The inhabitants of the Elemental Plane of Air primarily eat the Skyfish that swim and fly gracefully across the limitless blue.

Due to the Plane's inherent limitations on extraplanar visitors that cannot propel themselves through flight, The Elemental Plane of Air rarely, if ever, receives visitors from other planes, and magic is rarely if ever seen naturally upon the plane. Most who come there from another plane are almost always pegged as outsiders there to do business, or are potential thieves looking to take magical or religious items away from the plane.

Recently, one of the four great Oni, named Kokyuu, was released from his seals and has begun to wreak havoc upon the plane. With help from a friend, the Unexpectables began their plane-hopping tour here.

## Places of Note

**Tempest Temple** - The heart of the Elemental Plane of Air's civilized population, where the Grand Tempest usually resides. It is surrounded by mountains of glass that naturally defends it, and is well-guarded by many different orders of warriors.

**The Thunderfell** - A Cave system of sorts that exists on the Elemental Plane of Air. It is a place where angry elemental spirits live, and is generally, and understandably, avoided.

## Trivia

* Ornately patterned, long, silks are traded as currency on the Elemental Plane of Air, usually in denominations of five. Gold has absolutely no value to the peoples of the Elemental plane of Air due to it's cumbersome weight and relative, but more mundane material plane metals are considered especially valuable due to their sturdiness, rarity, and exotic nature (for the inhabitants, anyway). Silver is especially prized for it's monster slaying properties, though only in bar or bladed weapon form.
* Rocs on the Elemental Plane of Air are slightly larger than their material plane counterparts, up to 80 foot wingspans, a major sized from the material plane's 50 foot.
* Those not from the Elemental Plane of Air are usually referred to as "Material-Walkers" or "Ground-Walkers".
* Archery is almost exclusively an art guarded by a specific monastic order, and is considered foreign to the populace at large.
* It is possible to reach the Elemental Plane of Earth from the Plane of Air by "falling" for long enough. Objects dropped while in flight in the Plane of Air are said to eventually reach the Plane of Earth.