Glorious and Almighty Mhunna,
He whose bravery is unquestioned,
He who granted us sanctuary from Amaranth Tide,
He who triumphed over cowardly Baelgrim,
He who rules with grace and justice,
He who judges with neither fear nor favour,
He who commands with honour and discipline,
He who is ever-victorious,
He who is undefeated eternal,
He to whom mountains kneel,
He for whom the earth yields all wealth,

So begins my submission to your highness of undefeated Moghedu's recent experience.

I have in the past days collated the words of your people on the matter. Without fail, all of us who experienced them saw the same things. I believe it was a distant world on the Prime Material Plane, one identified as D'marr.

You will of course be aware that one of the newer species to arrive upon Sapience are the tash'la. What we witnessed suggests to me that their works away from their own homeworld are far more expansive than I had previously believed, though I am sure your ineffable wisdom was already aware of such truths. I believe it would be of great benefit to us to engage with them, that the advances their empire has devised might benefit blessed Moghedu.

More concerning to me is the nature of the elemental conflict. It seemed plain to me, in comparing what was witnessed by myself and what was witnessed by others, that we at the time shared in the consciousness of a most powerful elemental aligned with Garash. Garash is known as the Immovable Mountain, a title that I have no doubt was granted to it for its similarities with your own peerless will.

The tash'la, of the Kelstaad as I learned from answers to a question I placed to the allies you have seized for us in the Underrealm, were attempting to strip the slumbering elemental of what mineral wealth it possessed (an excellent idea, in concept, and one I will be sure to investigate as a possibility in summoning). This may have awakened it.

A paramount elemental is one of the rarest of all elemental entities that are neither conduits nor titans, though of course this is a relative term. As the elements are fundamental aspects of existence across all the planes we know of, even something that is rare in comparison with lesser elementals may still have countless examples of their number. I am unsure how the Kelstaad tash'la were or are able to locate them, but with enough resources and knowledge it is undoubtedly possible.

We have witnessed three other paramount elementals, each one upon Sapience or attendant islands. Speculatively, since our world is host to the four conduits of the elements upon the Prime we could be a locus. Of course, this paramount earth elemental was upon a different world, albeit one that may have once hosted Bataoac before its summoning to Achaea by Dekalb thousands of years ago. Or perhaps it was simply slow to move; earth elementals are known for their tendency towards delayed reaction, but a fury almost unstoppable once properly roused.

Alternate evidence might also argue that they are not drawn specifically to us. Sapience's experiences with water and air were summonings and not a natural migration, and only the paramount of fire encountered in the west some time ago had been here before then. I cannot be certain of their activities, or why such expressions of the elements are reacting as they are more frequently. Based on this limited evidence, however, I do not believe that we risk facing an invasion of the elements in their ongoing war. If there is heightened conflict at the end of the tunnel, it will likely be between the elements themselves, along with any mortal who is tithed to them.

But I simply do not know for certain, my lord. Too much is unknown about the elements and their motives. Their mindset is alien to us.

The rock-wraiths we felt in the skullcap will of course be more familiar to you. I will confess I have never sensed them in such numbers. In blessed Moghedu they are of course an unknown, but it is intriguing to note the way they move in response to, and under the direction of, the whims of their elemental host. Nonetheless, they were a minor factor when set against the strength the tash'la displayed in battle.

Lastly, there are the Kelstaad Vessels. I am afraid that I can offer you no real insights, sacred Mhunna. They appear to be element manipulators, primarily of Earth. They are exceptionally powerful, and dwell within some sort of emptiness when not doing the work of their masters. But beyond that, supreme Mhunna, I do not know. Four of them were enough to near-instantaneously destroy a paramount elemental, and given the results displayed by Sapience's adventuring population in their own encounters with such entities I believe the accomplishment is reason enough to respect the might of Vessels even without more detailed knowledge.

I will continue to study, and what I learn I will communicate to you so that your faultless mind might devise Moghedu's path forward.


Tatynne

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Summary: The mage Tatynne provided a missive to her lord, the Great Mhunna of Moghedu, regarding a series of visions experienced by adventurers in connection to Elemental Earth and the appearance, followed by destruction, of a paramount elemental by the tash'la seeking to mine it.

Penned by My hand on the 8th of Phaestian, in the year 980 AF.