Fountains of Creation

The Fountains of Creation, also known as the Para-Elemental Plane of Magma, or the Plane of Magma, was the Inner Plane at the intersection of the Planes of Fire and Earth. It was a place of boiling, molten earth and toxic fumes.

Geography
The plane was a vast mountain range of volcanoes that started at the border with the Plane of Earth and extended well into the Plane of Fire, forming an arc around the vast Cinder Wastes. There were also many floating islands of volcanic rock that had not yet fully liquified.

Lava flowing from the Fountains of Creation into the Plane of Earth formed a region known as the Furnaces, where the dao inhabitants of the plane used the lava to power their forges.

Flora & Fauna
Some of the more bestial elementals to be found on this plane included fire bats, thoqqua, a large number of animentals, and small animate burning rocks known as blazons. Some regions of this plane's magma sea were also rumored to contain schools of deadly fish that had been magically altered to thrive in the lava.

Notable Locations

 * Thermax, a vast fire giant fortress-city situated at the nexus of a number of lava tubes.

Inhabitants
The Fountains of Creation were the birthplace of most of the lava children and magmin. The latter lived in small, hunter-gather tribes that were united, while the former dwelt in small underground communities and were frequently trying to avoid enslavement by the dao that came to the plane. The magmin often struck bargains with elementals and para-elementals, but had no love for mephits.

This plane was also the native realm of magma para-elementals, who along with magma mephits were the most commonly encountered creature on this place. Magma para-elementals had no set leaders among them, no borders, and lacked internal conflicts. They also had good relations with the plane's magmin. The magma mephits that inhabited this plane were always feuding with fire mephits, while magma para-elementals waged war on both types. Though they generally tried to avoid conflict with magma mephits when they could, as they were undoubtedly the reigning race on that plane.

Fire giants primarily lived within Thermax, but could be found in strongholds scattered throughout the plane. They and many other natives made their homes on floating islands of volcanic rock. Fire giants could also be found living inside the volcanoes of this plane, as could azers, red dragons, and native inhabitants of both the Plane of Earth and the Plane of Fire.

Many inhabitants of the plane were known to engage in warfare with the dao, though the ones that did the most to keep them in check was a large force of efreet. The dao's primary targets for enslavement on this plane were magmin and mephits. When doing so they sailed across the surface of the plane's magma on obsidian ships.