History Main / ElementalPlane

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1689 SCP-1689]] is a Bag Of Holding that distributes endless potatoes. Excavations into it's BiggerOnTheInside interior imply it's an alternate version of our world that got wiped out by a GreyGoo potato apocalypse.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the same elemental planes as ''Dungeons and Dragons'', forming the inner part of the Inner Sphere of outer planes immediately around the material world, with Air closest to it, then Water, then Earth, then Fire. Unlike ''D&D'', while elementals are present and common, the true rulers of the planes are the various races of genies, as well as two elemental lords by elements. Since the remaster of the second edition, and the freeing of the four benevolent elemental lords, two new planes have reemerged; the elemental plane of metal and the elemental plane of wood, reprensenting the four western elements and the five eastern elements.

** The Plane of Wood has reappeared between The Plane of Air and The Plane of Water. It's a dense forest vibrant of life where the fauna is flora mimicking animal. The wish-granting genies of The Plane of Wood, will subtly change the wish by adding a personal flair as a signature as they grant the wish.

** The Plane of Metal has appeared between the Plane of Water anf The Plane of Earth. The Elemental Plane of Metal has the horizon curved upward, as if the plane was inside a metal ball.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the same elemental planes as ''Dungeons and Dragons'', forming the inner part of the Inner Sphere of outer planes immediately around the material world, with Air closest to it, then Water, then Earth, then Fire. Unlike ''D&D'', while elementals are present and common, the true rulers of the planes are the various races of genies, as well as the four breeds of primal dragon associated with the elements.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'': In "Dragon Land", the worlds in the eponymous video game (which Nadim and Wilma find themselves [[TheGameComesToLife transported into]]) include of the Land Of Mud, the Land Of Water, and the Land Of Ice, each one obviously themed around one element. (There's also presumably a few other elemental worlds, as Wilma and Nadim skip a few levels on their way to beating the game.)

A setting that represents or is made of a concept/thing. It may be [[GeniusLoci sentient]], in which case it may also have an avatar running around. Often, they will be pocket or parallel dimensions separate from the physical world where mortals live, but they'll sometimes be discrete parts of the main setting. They are likely to come in sets, with multiple worlds for various elements or concepts. The [[NaturalElements four classical elements]] are the likeliest to get such planes. Some might follow one of the other elemental grouping themes like FireWaterWind, LandSeaSky, or FireIceLightning, but this is by no means an exclusive rule. Just as common are planes that are linked to {{Bizarro Element}}s that have no distinct group theming at all.

A setting that represents or is made of a concept/thing. It may be [[GeniusLoci sentient]], in which case it may also have an avatar running around. Often, they will be pocket or parallel dimensions separate from the physical world where mortals live, but they'll sometimes be discrete parts of the main setting. They are likely to come in sets, with multiple worlds for various elements or concepts. The [[NaturalElements four classical elements]] are the likeliest to get such planes. Some might follow one of the other elemental grouping themes like FireWaterWind, LandSeaSky, or FireIceLightning, but this is by no means an exclusive rule.

A setting that represents or is made of a concept/thing. It may be [[GeniusLoci sentient]], in which case it may also have an avatar running around. Often, they will be pocket or parallel dimensions separate from the physical world where mortals live, but they'll sometimes be discrete parts of the main setting. They are likely to come in sets, with multiple worlds for various elements or concepts. The [[NaturalElements four classical elements]] are the likeliest to get such planes, but this is by no means an exclusive rule.

Compare ElementalNation, for when it's a society rather than a physical place that embodies and element or concept, which may still be an example. Compare and contrast AnthropomorphicPersonification, for when it's a person rather than a place, and {{Elemental Embodiment}}s, which are likely to have come from this place.

A setting that represents or is made of a concept/thing. It may be [[GeniusLoci sentient]], in which case it may also have an avatar running around. Often, they will be pocket or parallel dimensions separate from the physical world where mortals live, but they'll sometimes be discrete parts of the main setting. They are likely to come in sets, with multiple worlds for various elements or concepts. The four classical elements are the likeliest to get such planes, but this is by no means an exclusive rule.

* [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]]-1689 is a Bag Of Holding that distributes endless potatoes. Excavations into it's BiggerOnTheInside interior imply it's an alternate version of our world that got wiped out by a GreyGoo potato apocalypse.

* [[WebSite/TheSCPFoundation SCP]]-1689 is a Bag Of Holding that distributes endless potatoes. Excavations into it's BiggerOnTheInside interior imply it's an alternate version of our world that got wiped out by a GreyGoo potato apocalypse.

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* In Myth/NorseMythology, most of [[TheWorldTree the Nine Realms]] can be seen as one of these, though their elemental connotations are believed to be metaphors for the human psyche. The realms that can be considered elemental planes are [[LightEmUp Alfheim]], home of the Light Elves; [[CastingAShadow Svartalfheim]], home of the Dark Elves and the Dwarfs; [[PlayingWithFire Muspellheim]], the primordial realm of fire and light and home of the Fire Giants; [[AnIcePerson Niflheim]], the primordial realm of ice and darkness and sometimes conflated with the land of the dead; [[MakingASplash Vanaheim]], home of the Vanir gods (typically seen as marshes or wetlands); and [[DishingOutDirt Jotunheim]], home of the giants, trolls and ettins (very mountainous).

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* ''DC'': Long ago, when the goddess Hecate came to earth, she gifted humanity magic. Seeing her potential for unlimited power, humans captured her and tortured her for more secrets. As the years went on, Hecate became mad and broke from her imprisonment, gifting her jailers dark magic in hopes that they would destroy themselves[[note]]https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Lords_of_Order#Creating_the_Parliaments[[/note]]. These "Lords of order" would then use their power to perform a ritual that infuse the natural world with power. This would birth the "parliament of life", and with it, supernatural forces like the Red, The Divided, The Green,etc. all with their own elemental plane.

* ''Anime/Bakugan'': Prior to season one Vestroia, the home planet of the Bakugan, became split into six element worlds, one for each Attribute of Bakugan[[note]]Pyrus/fire, Ventus/wind, Subterra/earth, Aquos/water, Haos/light and Darkus/darkness[[/note]]. Naga, the season’s main antagonist, merged them in pairs[[note]]Ventus/Aquos, Subterra/Haos and Pyrus/Darkus[[/note]], before Drago reunited all six into New Vestroia at the end of the season.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': The FlatWorld of Creation is "pinned" in place by the Elemental Poles of Fire in the south, Water in the west, Air in the north, Wood in the east and Earth in the center. The closer you get to the pole, the more prominent the element becomes:
** The South is a vast desert leading to volcanoes, before reaching fields of magma and crystal forests leading to the ceaseless inferno of the Elemental Pole of Fire.
** The West opens to a vast ocean, leading to an Elemental Pole that is a sea without shore, surface or bottom where the waters are endlessly flowing, pooling and shifting to and fro.
** The North is frozen and windblown tundras, leading eventually to fields of howling snow and {{Floating Continent}}s until the Pole is a constantly howling gale amidst which elementals hold court.
** The East is thicker and thicker forests, until the roots crowd out the ground, leaves block out the sky and only endless leaves, wood and unchecked growth remain.
** The Elemental Pole of Earth, unlike the others, lies in the dead center of Creation in the form of a ''colossal'' mountain.

** The Emerald Dream is a plane representing Azeroth as if sentient life had never evolved. It is a lush wilderness populated by green dragons and their druidic allies.
** The Realm of Twilight is a shadowy realm harmful to creatures not of the Twilight Dragonflight, often used by them as a defense or weapon.

** Module [=WG7=] ''Castle TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}''. The Queen of the Honeybee Hive on level 7 opened a gate to the Demi-Plane of Flowers, a gigantic plain covered with every imaginable type of flower and plant.

** This comes especially to the fore in the ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' setting, which takes place in the multiverse at large. The most notable are the “inner planes”, which represent physical matter, and the “outer planes”, which represent more philosophical concepts.