Archomental

Archomentals, also known as Elemental Princes or collectively Princes of Elemental Good and Evil , were powerful beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals.

Description
Although archomentals were not truly rulers of their planes, they liked to consider themselves as such and often granted themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess.

Personality
All archomentals varied wildly in personality according to their elemental natures, but each of them skewed strongly to either good or evil

Abilities
All archomentals shared a handful of traits beyond their great power. Their natural weapons, as well as any weapons they wielded, held either good or evil energy (according to the archomental's alignment). They could each shapechange, akin to the spell, into any creature of the same elemental subtype; this change could not be dispelled except at the archomental's will, though true seeing revealed its true nature.

Each archomental could also innately attempt (and mostly likely succeed) to gain control over any elemental of their subtype; the rare elemental that resisted such control was immune to further attempts for only 24 hours. There was no limit to the number of elementals an archomental could control in this manner, and it took no concentration or effort on their part to maintain the effect, which lasted either the archomental dismissed it, the elemental (or, in theory, the archomental) died, or, if summoned on another plane, the duration of the summoning spell expired. This effect overrode even the power of summoning spells, to the point that an archomental could command a summoned elemental to attack its summoner.

And lastly, the archomentals had a certain number of spell-like abilities in common. They could speak to and understand any creature as per the tongues spell, an effect that was always active, and could mimic the effects of detect good, detect evil, greater dispel magic, greater teleport, see invisibility, suggestion, and telekinesis at will.

Known Archomentals

 * The Princes of Good:
 * Chan of Air
 * Ben-hadar of Water
 * Sunnis of Earth (and possibly her consort, Entemoch)
 * Zaaman Rul of Fire (formerly Bristia Pel)
 * The Princes of Evil:
 * Yan-C-Bin of Air
 * Olhydra of Water
 * Ogrémoch of Earth
 * Imix of Fire
 * Bwimb II of Ooze (formerly Bwimb)
 * Cryonax of Ice
 * Rumored or Claimed:
 * Alu Kahn Sang of Dust
 * Chilimba of Magma
 * Crystalle of Mineral
 * Ehkahk of Smoke
 * Gazra of Ash
 * Sun Sing of Vacuum
 * Ty-h'kadi of Lightning

History
The major Princes of Elemental Evil were rumored to have been sired by the Elder Elemental Eye, making them strange siblings indeed; while the Princes of Elemental Good were said to have been birthed by the Elemental Planes as a balancing force. Certainly, they were all unimaginably old and powerful entities. Though Yan-C-Bin was said to be the youngest of the major Princes of Elemental Evil, and Zaaman Rul was certainly the youngest of the Princes of Elemental Good.

In the Age Before Ages, it was said, many of the Elemental Princes joined in the great war between Law and Chaos: Chan, Ben-hadar, Sunnis, and Bristia Pel decided as one to join the Wind Dukes of Aaqa who fought for Law, who eagerly welcomed them as allies. Chan, however, was dismayed to find that Yan-C-Bin also fought on the side of Law, and consequently left the fighting. It was during the Battle of Pesh that Sunnis first met and fought against Ogrémoch, who had joined the side of Chaos in opposition to his then-rival Yan-C-Bin.

Two lesser-known archomentals, Chilimba and Ehkahk, were also said to have fought on the side of Law, until during one of its major battles they betrayed the good archomentals, and ambushed and killed Bristia Pel. After that, Ben-hadar joined the side of Chaos until the end of the war.

In the 15 century DR, several archomental-worshiping cults became active in Faerûn. Such cults were ultimately responsible for the Elemental Evil crisis.