Role

Chapter 9

Going back and forth over his diagram, the writings from the Lyceum, and the
great Library in Hamsah, he concluded that beings of elemental energy remain as
balanced as a most proper gnome may be. This held true in every instance that
he's ever catalogued, from the magma para-elemental to the air elementals, each
one remained free from the perception of good or evil. They simply were beings
that embodied the elements, regardless of the influence of any plane, even the
positive or negative ones.

Because of his observations and his conclusion about elemental creatures, he
now has come to the belief that mephits are more akin to demons and possibly,
parasites, than they are to elementals. He's discovered that although they
wield elemental power, they seem to have extracted them, by one method or
another, from the planes in which they've taken up residence in. Maybe it's
the tattoos and various markings, maybe it's the consumption, he doesn't fully
understand but what is for certain is that they are not elemental beings.

After these months of study, he's finally come to the conclusion that he'll
depart from further research into the beings known as mephits and begin
searching for more unique entities that may actually be helpful to the light.
His first avenue for this is more research into the methods that Avello may
have used to come up with unique spellcraft but specifically, into the various
sprites and weirds that may exist amongst the planes.