Garr

Elemental Plane of Air

It is as open as the eternal sky.
It is as solid as a child's breath.
It is falling forever.

- Manual of Planes

Planar Movement

Garr has a planar period of 375 days and a terminal period of 18 days and 18 hours. Garr's influence on Nemas affects the storms and wind patterns. Garr's coterminous time creates great windstorms and dry thunderstorms.
During its coterminous period, Nemas experiences thunderstorms and people have experienced winds strong enough to kick them off their feet. As per every elemental plane, elevated power of related magics and an increase in associated elemental creature sightings occur during the coterminous period. The increased power of magics does not manifest in everyday spellcasting. It increases the amount of lightning, thunder, and air energys in the plane and allows for a ritual to channel more than the usual amount. For example, the Goath Family uses the coterminous time to completely filter the air in the city and renew the storm-buffering magics in the barrier.
During Garr's aterminous period, Nemas experiences very little wind. The effect of this is generally not noticed outside of sailing. However, the populous might notice rain takes longer to dissipate or the air just feel stagnate at times. Opposite of the coterminous state, the aterminous state sees a decrease in related elemental magics and associated creatures of Garr are infrequently seen.

Geography

The Elemental Plane of Air was filled essentially completely with air but had various impurities that tended to form pockets or bubbles in the otherwise pure atmosphere. Gaseous bubbles included clouds of every type, fog, steam, mist, smoke, poisonous clouds and acidic vapors; also the rare intrusion of elemental fire which is flame without fuel. Liquid impurities were usually water or water-based and tended to form floating spheres when not buffeted or frozen by the winds. Solid matter could be found here, from dust, ash, salt, or sand, to chunks of earth approaching the size of a large asteroid. The larger chunks were often brought into the plane by intelligent beings and were very likely to be inhabited or formerly inhabited.
If you had to describe the Elemental Plane of Air in a single word, it would have been "blue". The very substance of the plane seemed to radiate the magnificent sapphire hue of a clear summer day on the Prime Material Plane. Visibility was twice what the best conditions on the Prime could allow, unless of course something obscured vision. Weather was the primary natural hazard in this plane. The winds were normally light to moderately strong throughout the plane but could intensify into tornadoes, maelstroms, and hurricanes with powerful lightning. These extreme weather events were common, and when other elements got caught up in the storm it could produce pounding rain, blinding snow, pelting hail, freezing sleet, and storms of choking smoke, biting sand, burning ash, scalding steam, or searing fire. The worst of these was the maelstrom, a toroid-shaped tornado that could last for decades. Being caught in one was like being in a violent dust storm and death was only a matter of minutes away unless the victim was able to achieve great speed (escape velocity), perform an act of great strength or receive outside assistance. Spellcasting was impossible within a maelstrom.

Notable Locations

• Eyrie, Palace of Tempests

Fauna & Flora

Invisible, and yet the most common denizens of this plane were the elementals themselves including air elementals and invisible stalkers. Unless magic was employed their outlines were only vaguely visible if dust or debris were caught in their bodies. When made visible, air elementals were usually large wispy beings with aerodynamic bodies and wings, or propelled themselves by forcing air through their bodies and using fins for maneuvering.
Immigrants to the Elemental Plane of Air included the aarakocra, the djinn and mephits of the air, dust and ice subtypes. Reported sightings of other creatures included cloud giants, various dragon types, hippogriffs, pegasi, sphinxes, sprites, and genasi.

Type

Dimensional plane

Included Locations

• Eyrie, Palace of Tempests