Burl'maga
There are entities as old as the concept of old. Some of these beings even predate linear events. Known as Primordials, these are the most powerful and influential creatures to ever exist.
Most of these entities were born of power and large amounts of constituent energies. Brought into being already powerful, they have never had reason to develop advanced energy management. These creatures never had to start as nothing and painstakingly claw their way to godhood.
Burl'maga is different. Originating as a spark created by Flint and steel, he fell on tinder meant to start a fire for cooking. From that simple spark he built himself, consuming the fire, the mortal who struck the Flint, and the surrounding forest.
He values his power more than he values the power of other entities, whereas they manifested powerful, he gained this power of his own toil.
Since his rise from the literal ashes of the world, Burl'maga attained abilities well beyond that of normal elementals. Eventually, he has creates an entire realm, And populated it with denizens. He has been gathering mortals with high SoulForce and imbuing them with raw power. Recently this specific activity has increased dramatically, and recruiters often visit the mortal realms seeking coporeal entities with high SoulForce. He has always been known to favor mortals, however the sudden and dramatic increase of interaction with the mortal realms has caused some concern. It is unknown why he is doing this. Not even those he empowers know what's going on. Whatever his plan, it has clearly already been set in motion.
Physical Description
Body Features
This extremely powerful elemental DID originate as a tiny spark. Burl'maga is about the size of a candle flame and squeaks when he speaks. Dare not make fun of him, lest you become one with the ash.
Facial Features
He has fashioned for himself a face that is disturbingly relatable to most mortals. His expressions are very verbose and can be discerned regardless of his small stature.
Physical quirks
Frequently flickers or flares.
Mental characteristics
Education
While self taught, he has accumulated more knowledge than some of the most powerful entities alive.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Creator of the FlameSphere
Morality & Philosophy
If you are not my ally, you are my enemy. Stay out of my way or be incinerated.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Attain power and create a safe haven for those lucky few he has chosen to become his people.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Burl'maga is a creature with many friends and many many more enemies.
Xenediel - This water elemental lord is a glutinous and lazy embodiment of decadence. She spends most of her time in the energy saturated cylothian sea, and is frequently drunk on Ley energies.
She was deceived once by Burl'maga who blatantly used her as a means to an end. Burl'maga became significantly more powerful from the incident, and both of them angered several other deities.
Xenediel didn't have any real enemies before then, and attributes any conflict within her realm as a direct result of Burl'maga's influence.
She is considered dangerous by Burl'maga because a small pendant she wears around her neck contains the water from a melted ice moon. If she were to die, or if the pendant was significantly damaged, an explosion of water would sweep over the land, likely sinking almost everything. He has been searching for a way to safely dispose of the pendant, but until then keeps a constant watch on her.
Pnumesthersept - as with most powerful Influentials, Burl'maga was eventually approached by Pnumesthersept. She makes assessments on new deities to determine whether or not they are a threat. They decided their interests did not clash, and generally try to avoid each other.
Mel'Trixl - Burl'maga discovered this human back when humans were still a thing. She had an uncanny resistance to heat, and he imbued her with several magnitudes of burning SoulForce. She actively seeks methodologies for improving the FlameSphere.
The Ceraphaxian GodQueen - this Ceraphax Queen attained enough SoulForce to become the living embodiment of her SoulForce. No longer victim to the mechanics of the underworld, she achieved effective immortality. She has the power to spawn thousands of skilled warriors in just a few days, and is considered to be a deity, even by some of the other deities. Ceraphax have a high compatibility with fire magic, and elementalism in general. Queens can control just how much SoulForce they pour Into their eggs, and she birthed for Burl'maga a few thousand special Ceraphax designed to be compatible with his crushing presence, and burning SoulForce.
In return, Burl'maga infused her with some of his power. Quite A bargain.
Dervendenti - this desert Falderdine happened upon one of Burl'maga's emissaries quite by accident. (Undeveloped activity leads to friendship)
Once they became friends, Burl'maga gave Dervendenti an artifact that gave her an elemental form, and she took on the visage of a bulky and beautiful Ceraphax male. This new form eventually allowed her to develop earth elemental abilities, and she began research into concepts that would later lead to the formulation of Dervish abilities. These elemental masters of both fire and earth, they are sometimes commissioned by Burl'maga to assist with restorations within the FlameSphere. The dervish otherwise occupy themselves with the "paths of Sand" and indulge in the neverending acquisition of knowledge and power.
Thasinaz - the GodKing of mankind wants really bad to be Burl'maga's friend. The fact that they both favor mortals as followers and denizens made him think they could connect on some level, maybe even bond. Burl'maga however is reluctant to let Thasinaz even near his people, as Thasinaz is a tad unpredictable and known to cause a lot of collateral damage by partying too hard.
Archmage Kaz - This human witnessed the truth of the universe without going totally insane. She maintained herself, and came to be the most skilled mage in existence. She can port through reality as easy as crossing a river, and has visited most of the mortal realms.
One of her ports was "derailed" and pulled to the power of the FlameSphere like a magnet. She manifested within the structure used to create portals to the other realms. It was awkward and difficult to come to an understanding at first. She was an unknown out of nowhere. Eventually Burl'maga just didn't care, and didn't want to take any risks. He struck her with the type of kinetic fire that could obliterate a castle, but she put up a barrier that completely protected her. In the moments of confusion following, she was able to use the residual energy from the blast to facilitate a port out of the realm.
Mel'Trixl was intrigued by this other human, and went to find Kaz. Far more willing to negotiate than her boss, Mel'Trixl is able to bring Kaz to an understanding, and vice versa. Kaz returned to the FlameSphere with Mel and the two helped each other to develop FlameFeathers, fiery birdlike creatures that could be created using a Vakiir soul and the burning SoulForce of Burl'maga. With bodies of pure, cold flames, the FlameFeathers are frequently mistaken for a Phoenix.
Burl'maga thanks Kaz by forging her a ring capable of capacitating large amounts of SoulForce, as long as that SoulForce is infused with fire elementalism.
Speech
He squeaks when he speaks.
Favors words like "blaze" and "slag"
Never sarcastic, but frequently patronizing.
Divine Classification
Primal Elemental Lord.
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