Exto

## Baylefyre

The Sigil of Exto, etched using an ancient Primordial script.

### Served By

Azers, Brass Dragons, Comburo, Efreeti, Fire Elementals, Fire Giants, Fire Snakes, Gold Dragons, Harginns. Magma Mephit, Magmin, Phoenix, Red Dragons, Salamanders, Smoke Mephits

### Rivals

Malovox
Scothyx

## Rules Information

### Alignment

Chaotic Neutral

Exto, also known as Baylefyre, the Evoker and The Ever-Burning, is one of the Primordial Elemental Princes, vastly powerful beings personifying the might of nature.

## Description

Ever-shifting in appearance, the dancing flames of Baylefyre spread through the Great Conflagration in the Elemental Plane of Fire, for the Primordial is said to sprawl like a vast roiling sea of fire, the heat given off sufficient to spontaneously ignite all but the most resilient creatures and objects. Nonetheless, in times when a more definitive form is desirable, Exto is said to take a more humanoid form, akin to gargantuan creature encased in jagged molten rock, flame spilling from its seams and joinings.

## Commandments

* Engage with all that comes your way with vigour and passion. Each moment and every opportunity they present should be savoured for all that they have to offer.
* Celerity is the order by which all can be achieved. Move quickly, spreading untethered, unconstrained, and those that seek to undermine you will find themselves too slow to respond.
* Let nothing quench or mollify your strength. Those that wish to confine you do so because they fear your potential.

## Worship

Worship of the Evoker is highly variable, with three distinct sects or orders arising from their teachings. These sects, befitting of an entity as fickle, unpredictable and changeable as the Ever-Burning often find themselves in perpetual conflict, but may find themselves unified when threats arise by means of Exto's rivals amongst the Princes, namely that of Malovox and Scothyx, who threaten to quell and smother the Baylefyre's flame.

The Order of Ignited Souls embraces the side of Exto that encourages enjoyment and engagement with life, living the time given with an eagerness unfettered by expectation. To this effect, some members of the Order may find overlap in their words and deeds with forces from both the Sixteen and the Malign, namely that of the teachings of the Sweet-Kiss Prince Buwello, who encourages their followers to live life as each day is their last, but likewise that of the Dark Prince of Azzagrat, Graz'zt, who revels in hedonism and decisions made by primal desire first and foremost.

The Fervency is the closest thing that Exto has to an organised church of sorts, albeit still lingering below the level of public knowledge given the suppression of open worship of the Archomentals in Ahlus, rivals to the Sixteen as they are. Through the Fervency, the acts, teachings and commandments of Exto are spread, the largest population within the Plane of Fire that act in direct servitude to the Primordial.

The Disciples of the Unquenched embrace the empowering words of Exto, guiding them to grow strong, regardless of the cost to that which surrounds them. Highly militant, the Disciples of the Unquenched are comprised predominantly of monks, sorcerers and warlocks, wielding dominion over the burning might of their patron to enact their plots.

## History

The Primordial Elemental Princes, also known sometimes as the Archomentals, are powerful elemental forces most commonly associated with the Elemental and Para-Elemental Planes of Existence, although thought to have originally spawned from the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo. During the time before and after Aita's First Gift, the Primordial Elemental Princes invaded the lands of Ahlus, shaping the soil and stone to their own liking. Mountains rose from the plains, forests withered into frozen wastes, islands rose anew from waters seething with noxious fumes. Seeing the damage wrought by the Archomentals, Aita gave her First Gift, culminating in the banishing of the Princes from the continent.

Despite claiming ownership of the Elemental and Para-Elemental Planes, not all of the Archomentals reside upon them, with a few amongst them are said to have instead carved individual domains in the endless winds of Pandemonium, the infinite caverns of Ysgard and the ice-bound wastes of Agathys, the sixth layer of Carceri. The influence of the elements remains ever present in the lands of Ahlus nonetheless, and secret cults herald the stirring of a volcano long dormant or the approach of a fearsome gale as proof of the power that is still wielded by the Princes. With the changing of the lands over the last century, much speculation has been placed towards the awakening of the Primordial Elemental Princes once more fuelling such occurrences, though others instead claim it the will and presence of the Molten Crown, or the settling of the lands from the agitation prompted by the brief presence of a vestige fragment of the Darkbringer as the Elder Evil Hadar in the century past.