The Maps of Myrist: The

The Plane of Earth is home to The Rathe, the consciousness and pure embodiment of the primal element. The terrain of this realm is varied and includes jungles, caverns, muddy lakes, and burrows. The lush, beautiful lands are filled with precious jewels forged by the inherent powers of the earth.

The many structures found within the plane are symbolic of The Rathe and the earth element that fuels the plane's existence. These consist of temples built in monumental proportions quite beyond the engineering capabilities of mortal civilizations. Servants of The Rathe Council and other denizens of the plane live in the temples.

Among The Rathe's minions are the Vegorogs, large humanoids resembling ogres with bodies composed of rotting vegetation, moss and fungus. Planar scholars claim the Vegorogs were once ogre soldiers that were led by their hero Murdunk during the ogre invasion of the Plane of Earth. The Rathe twisted these ogres to become servants of the plane, and cursed them with bodies of decaying vegetation and hearts of solid stone.

The Rathe themselves reside within the vast open space of the plane where their essence intertwines with ever fiber of the realm. Their bodies of earth and flora feed eternally upon the life-giving warmth of the plane's own sun.