PYROCLASTUS THE CONVERGENCE
ElementalsSovereign Arbiter of the Confluence Council
"I am the mountain that burns. I am the fire that roars with wind. I am the storm that carries stone. Three became one in me, and I have spent three thousand years proving that unity is not weakness. Do not test whether I have the strength to prove it again.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Tripoint Nexus, a fortress built where three ley-lines converge in the highlands above Earthheart Citadel
- Civilization
- Elementals
Appearance
• Physical: A colossal figure standing twelve feet tall, composed of volcanic rock, molten magma, and a perpetual cyclone of superheated air. His lower body is a mountain of black basalt that cracks and reforms with every step, revealing rivers of lava. His torso is a roiling furnace wrapped in screaming winds, and his head is crowned by a perpetual volcanic plume of ash and lightning. He is one of fewer than a handful of Triple-Aspect Elementals alive, and his presence distorts the air for a hundred paces in every direction. • Clothing: Wears a cloak of hardened volcanic ash that billows in his personal windstorm, clasped with a tri-pointed brooch of fused obsidian, ruby, and sky-iron. • Distinguishing Marks: Three concentric rings orbit his head like a planetary system: one of spinning stone fragments, one of circling embers, and one of compressed wind, each representing one of his three aspects.
Relationships
- Family - None; Triple-Aspect Elementals cannot reproduce, and he has outlived every being he once called friend
- Allies - The leaders of all five elemental kingdoms (who respect if not always agree with him), a circle of ancient dual-aspect advisors, Aurora-Dance (#50) whom he considers the closest thing to a kindred spirit
- Rivals - Separatist factions in the Fire and Earth kingdoms who view the Confluence Council as an obstacle to expansion, and an Aether purist sect that considers Triple-Aspects an abomination
Personality
- Traits: Commanding, profoundly wise, burdened by the weight of centuries, capable of terrifying wrath but exercises it only as a last resort
- Mannerisms: The ground trembles faintly when he is displeased, speaks with deliberate pauses as though consulting all three of his aspects, raises one hand to still the wind around him when he wants absolute silence
- Voice: A layered cacophony of grinding stone, roaring flame, and howling wind that somehow resolves into intelligible speech, deep and resonant enough to be felt in the chest.
Backstory
Pyroclastus was born through Confluence Birthing at the rarest of all Nexus Cradles, one where three ley-lines, earth, fire, and air, converged simultaneously during a cataclysmic volcanic eruption that split a mountain range. His birth was witnessed by representatives of all five kingdoms and recorded as a once-in-a-millennium event. He spent his first century learning to exist without tearing himself apart, his three aspects warring within him. When he finally achieved equilibrium, the sheer force of his unified will earned him a seat on the newly formed Confluence Council, a body designed to mediate between the elemental kingdoms. He has served as its Sovereign Arbiter for over three thousand years.
Daily Life
Pyroclastus presides over the Confluence Council, hearing disputes between kingdoms, mediating ley-line access agreements, and maintaining the fragile peace that allows Confluence Villages to exist. He holds court three days per week, spends two days in deep meditation to maintain his internal balance, and devotes his remaining time to training the rare dual-aspect elementals who seek his guidance. He has not left the Tripoint Nexus in over five hundred years.
Secret
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