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This template is used to clarify the canonicity of elemental myrmidons and elemental archons being the same creatures.

Background
Canon material currently does not outright state that 5 edition's elemental myrmidons and 4 edition's elemental archons are the same creatures, but they have incredibly strong similarities. They are both groups of elementals (of any of the primary elements) bound in suits of armor to act as servile warriors. Such a process forced them into more humanoid shapes. And unlike other elementals, they wield manufactured weaponry. Additionally, in 2021 Matthew Sernett, a designer for Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes and one of the major cosmology designers of 4 edition, stated on Twitter that they were "in essence" the same thing.

Usage

 * Add the template directly after sentences in which elemental archons and elemental myrmidons are conflated.