Talk:Inevitable

The known inevitables of 3rd edition are:
 * Marut, in Manual of the Planes 3rd edition and Monster Manual v.3.5.
 * Kolyarut, in Manual of the Planes 3rd edition and Monster Manual v.3.5.
 * Zelekhut, in Manual of the Planes 3rd edition and Monster Manual v.3.5.
 * Quarut, in Fiend Folio 3rd edition.
 * Varakhut, in Fiend Folio.
 * Anhydrut, a.k.a. waste crawler, in Sandstorm.

Only maruts have particular Realmslore, on account of existing in earlier editions and predating the inevitables grouping. Otherwise, the only real connection in Player's Guide to Faerûn page 152 saying "inevitables" (no particular type) were created by Mystra and exist on Dweomerheart. I've assumed kolyaruts and zelekhuts are included because they're in 3e's core group.

But what about the other three, quaruts, varakhuts, and anhydruts? Should we assume they exist in Dweomerheart too? BadCatMan (talk) 12:34, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I don't have any information on this and no strong opinion, but one idea to go could be using out-of-universe information: Fiend Folio 3rd edition was published before the Player's Guide to Faerûn. If the writers did their homework, they would have known about the quarut and varakhut then. Them mentioning inevitables without restriction to specific types would then include those two. Sandstorm was published later, so we don't have that kind of argument for inclusion for anhydruts. Daranios (talk) 15:12, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Side topic, a quarut appeared in tangentially realmsian 5e adventure "Infernal Machine Rebuilt". -Artyom.pavlov (talk) 15:13, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree with Daranios' suggestion and in fact have used it in determining which celestial archons, guardinals, and celestial eladrin to include. ~ Lhynard (talk) 15:18, 5 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Alright, thanks. I guess we can include all of them then, on account of planar coverage. (The Eberron Wiki has the opposite problem: the inevitables are only referred to by specific type, and on different planes, so only the original three can be included.) I guess I'll work on the other three at my leisure, or someone will, but I'll include some links now. BadCatMan (talk) 02:01, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Should be two of them. We were both saying not to include the anhydrut. ~ Lhynard (talk) 02:04, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Hmm. Alright, then. It's the weirdest of the inevitables anyway, being about vague inevitability of the waste than any moral principle. BadCatMan (talk) 02:20, 8 August 2021 (UTC)


 * As v.3.5 got later in its life, it started to become like 4e. bleh ~ Lhynard (talk) 03:27, 8 August 2021 (UTC)