Ben-hadar

Ben-hadar was the good archomental of the Elemental Plane of Water.

Description
He appeared as a rush of pure blue-green water, or as a masculine humanoid formed of that same water, some tall (or long) and weighing approximately. Where his eyes were, the water sparkled like the sun shining on waves, and instead of hands, he had a pair of crustacean-like claws.

Personality
Ben-hadar was a gruff warrior who seemed loud, boisterous, and aggressive, but on the inside he was serene as a still pool. He was a deeply emotional and intuitive person, and one who would sacrifice himself to save his plane and his followers, whom he deeply cared for and nurtured as needed.

Realm
His realm was Ssesurgass, and his command post there was hidden in a massive coral reef and guarded by colossal coral golems. Other inhabitants of his realm, and servants of the archomental, included darfallen, aquatic elves, tritons, water elementals, water mephits, and water weirds.

Relationships
Ben-hadar, unlike the other good archomentals, had no great rivalry with his evil counterpart Olhydra; rather, the two seemed to have a tentative truce and any conflict between their servants was only incidental. Instead, the ooze archomental Bwimb (and later, Bwimb II) was the biggest thorn in the Squallbringer's side, frequently polluting the pure waters that Ben-hadar nurtured. Ben-hadar also kept the marid in line.

Ben-hadar also had a truce with Charon: in exchange for that archfiend keeping fiendish troublemakers from using vortexes between the River Styx and the Plane of Water, Ben-hadar restrained his followers from interfering with Charon's own business. Another ally, of sorts, was the slaad lord Rennbuu, who sometimes visited Ssesurgass to admire and transform the coral reefs; Ben-hadar appreciated his art and would provide him with materials and inspiration.

The Valorous Tempest was on good terms with the deities Deep Sashelas, Eadro, and Persana, and he was known to aid the mysterious Water Lion as well. He actively opposed the schemes of Sekolah and Panzuriel.

There were rumors of Ben-hadar and the celestial eladrin Queen Morwel being occasional lovers after they met during a war.