Volcanids

The Volcanids are one of the four races known as the Fused Elementals, corresponding to the element of fire. They were created when the spirits of fire snails became overloaded with fire magic during the Elemental Incursions. They are a reclusive people, preferring to stick to tight-knit communities as opposed to interacting with those they aren't familiar with. Volcanids consume minerals instead of organic material, using any metals they can't digest to form the armour that shells most of their bodies.

Because they cannot eat organic materials, Volcanids must make their homes in rocky regions such as caves and mountains. Being creatures of fire, they are also comfortable in hot environments. Most commonly, their communities are built in volcanic areas, or in the Depths. Volcanid communities also very commonly make use of elemental magic, especially using earth magic to grow the rocks they eat.

Biology

Ethnic Groups

Volcanid ethnic groups are primarily defined by the caverns in which they live. Some prefer living in volcanic regions, some in cooler caverns, and even some that live on the surface.

History

The first Volcanids were born during the Incursion Age. During this Age, the Terrestrial Realm was almost constantly undergoing a Realmic Incursion of some kind—often several at once. These many different Incursions are sorted into different categories, such as the Hellish Incursions and the Celestial Incursions. In the 202nd year of the Incursion Age, the Elemental Incursions were first starting. During these Incursions, the energies of the four Elemental Realms bled into the Terrestrial Realm. While the Elemental Incursions were beginnng to take shape, the Feral Incursion—which came from the Realm of Feralus—was beginning to end. Animal spirits moving to the Terrestrial Realm fused with the energies of the Elemental Realms, creating the Fused Elemental species.

The Volcanids created by this process came from energies from the Blazing Realm, which then fused with the spirits of fire snails. The first Volcanids would have found themselves suddenly awaken on the Terrestrial Realm amidst these snails, as that was where those spirits should have gone. Early Volcanid communities were isolated because of this. They kept to themselves and built their homes among fire snail colonies. Although they had no exact knowledge of where they came from, the cultures of these communities correctly believed that fire snails were important to their origins, and ascribed religious importance to them.

Elemental Wars

Because of their isolation, most Volcanid communities were able to survive the first several decades of the Elemental Wars without it being forced into them.