Light Elementals
Light elementals, sometimes called Glow Elementals in certain cultures and kingdoms, are living manifestations of radiance. They exist between raw magical light and the rays that illuminate the world.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Lesser light elementals appear as glowing orbs, motes of brilliance, or beams of refracted light that shimmer like miniature suns. As they grow, they take on diverse forms some become towering pillars of radiant energy, others shape themselves into bipedal or quadrupedal bodies woven from pure light.
Of all the elementals, they display the greatest variety in form. Their bodies behave like living prisms, able to refract and shift through the full spectrum of visible colors, though they remain within the lighter end of the spectrum.
Growth Rate & Stages
On the material plane, light elementals grow by absorbing magical light energy. A powerful light lay line can, over decades, nurture elementals of immense size and intensity.
In metaphysical and divine realms, their growth remains mysterious. Despite having limitless sustenance, they still vary greatly in size, intelligence, and form. Some scholars suggest that divine will sets their limits, while others believe metaphysical laws shape them in ways mortals cannot yet understand.
Ecology and Habitats
Light elementals can be found across three realms:
- Physical Realm Common near ley lines tied to light, deserts, high plains, and other places open to unbroken sunlight.
- Metaphysical Realm Primarily dwell in the Realm of Light. They are rare elsewhere, appearing only where high-level white or holy magic saturates the environment.
- Divine Realm Linked to Hikari god of Light and Zia Goddess of Trickery . Here, their essence is steeped in divine brilliance, and their forms glow with sacred luminance.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Physical Realm Light elementals draw power from ambient light mana, leyline nodes, and radiant crystals. Once drained, these crystals lose their glow and revert to plain leyline stones.
Metaphysical & Divine Realms They simply absorb the endless brilliance around them, effortlessly sustaining their forms.
Additional Information
Average Intelligence
Physical Realm Usually act on instinct, darting quickly through their environment. They are territorial, attacking intruders in sudden bursts of radiant energy.
Metaphysical & Divine Realms Greater light elementals possess true intelligence. Instead of speaking, they communicate through visual displays—flashes of color, shifting patterns, and radiant illusions that reveal mood or meaning.
They are playful and dramatic, often treating both conversation and combat as a performance. However, they are notoriously poor at keeping secrets, frequently revealing truths in flashes of imagery or radiant “slip-ups.”
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Light elementals perceive the world entirely through radiance. To them, existence is an intricate weave of refractions, rays, and colors, far richer than mortal sight can comprehend. Every subtle shift of light, every glimmer and hue, is clear to them.
Other sensory notes:
Hearing They lack conventional hearing, but their field of vision is so broad that sneaking up on them is nearly impossible.
Touch They perceive only outlines and shapes, not textures. Prolonged contact can burn, leaving behind sun-scorched marks or worse.
Smell/Taste Absent.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Geographic Distribution
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