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This article contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.
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Diagram of the Elemental Plane based on description in Shadows & Light.
The Pantheon shattered the Old Gods' citadels and chained the five evil gods far beneath the surface of the world. Without the Old Gods' power to keep their raging spirits bound to the physical world, the elementals were banished to an abyssal plane, where they would contend with one another for all eternity. This plane is called the Elemental Plane.
The elementals have grown attached to their adopted home in the millennia that passed since. They can be called back to Azeroth for short periods of time, but most are eager to return to their world when the spell that summoned them ends.
Communicating with elementals is difficult, and they have provided little information about the nature of their realm. Scholars believe that Elemental Plane takes the form of a single world suspended in nothingness, and that each kind of elemental has claimed a portion of the world. Apparently, the surface or the realm is divided almost equally between deep ocean and a gigantic continent dotted with active volcanoes. If the lava flows, earthquakes, windstorms, and tsunami are as common as the scholars predict, then the Elemental Plane is a very dangerous place to visit.
The phoenix is a natural predator of the Elemental Plane.
Elemental Salamanders also originate from this Plane.
Various types of Mephits also hail from this Plane.
Various Revenants also live here.
Besides the basic elemental types, there are examples of Elemental Conglomerates as well.
A wide variety of natural beasts and creatures, from birds to mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects can be found scattered throughout the realms.
With the elementals' departure, nature calmed, and the world settled into a peaceful harmony.
Now the elementals have learned to open portals to start Elemental Invasions. At the beginning of an elemental invasion, portals will open to the elemental planes and invaders will begin to pass through. Thus, during an invasion you will find two to three times as many elementals in the area, usually slightly higher in level than the standard ones found there.
The Elemental Plane is a three-tiered realm, with layers much like an onion, surrounding the sun in the core of the planet. It would look like an ordinary spherical planet to an outsider, with realm of air (Skywall) floating above the oceans(Abyssal Maw) and single continent(Deephome), with Firelands as the deepest and outer ring. From the inside out, the top layer is the domain of Air, the middle layer the domains of Water and Earth, and the lowest layer is the domain of Fire.
The domain of Air is called The Skywall, the domain of Earth is called Deephome, the domain of Fire is called The Firelands, and the domain of Water is called The Abyssal Maw.
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