Burl'Maga and the Flamesphere

The FlameSphere is a rather large construct within the Blackhole Terrace, a fire realm, on the edge of the Effervescent Maw, a singularity.
This marvel of ectenic engineering was originally built by Burl'Maga for a singular purpose: To consume as many other fire elementals as possible. The actual functions of this place vary greatly throughout history depending on knowledge and need. However, the physical structure of the sphere is generally consistent. This construct has allowed Burl'Maga to become so powerful that he can contend with even the strongest forces in all of existence.
The place has a building that can send denizens anywhere in the mortal realms, firing them through the Ectenic Networks like a cannon. Burl'Maga is one of the most influential entities in all of creation causing sweeping changes in various mortal realms by intervening in mortal affairs on a level that borders divine sublimation. A being of sheer force and will, his very presence can burn away the souls of lesser entities. This entity is considered dangerous by many other deities, and even gods of gods fear him.
The general functions of the Entropy Seals keep entities like Burl'Maga out of Ylly itself. But the rest of the mortal realms are not protected by such wards allowing Burl'Maga to burn several inhabited star systems to harvest the great amount of heat energy and SoulForce caused by its detonation. The FlameSphere has many components and frameworks crafted from the solar cores that remain after the destruction. These metals are highly resistant to heat and allow for rapid transmission of large amounts of varying energies in general. The physical structure of the sphere is also reinforced with dense ores that make it as resilient as a star core. When combined, these mechanics allowed a perfect environment for creating an artificial solar core. The sphere is sustained to this day by the epitome of the manifestation of fire: a star.
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===== Burl'maga History below====
Long ago, a mortal hunter caught a rabbit. To partake in this bounty, they must light a fire over which to cook. The hunter has a simple but effective means of starting a fire. By gathering materials and using a tool to create a fire, one of these sparks was Burl'Maga brought into being as a simple, unthinking minor elemental. The fire he fell on gave him fuel for thought, and he strategically consumed the fire, and the material that supported it. Rapidly attaining will and intent, this elemental consumed the fire faster than the material could fuel it. As his thoughts fade and the fire dims, he feels something heavy fall on him. A log was added to the fire. Then another. And another.
Burl'Maga rapidly gained awareness and felt the fire and heat. He felt a hum of energy that would leave the fire, and then return right before dropping a log. This energy was warm like fire, and Burl'Maga formulated a simple plan to attain it. A trap, if you will. Burl'Maga "holds his breath" and causes the flames to slowly recede. As expected, the hum moved away from the fire. When this hum returned to drop another log on the fire, Burl'Maga exhaled as hard as he could. The fire rapidly grew several magnitudes in size and fury, consuming the material, the new log, the hum, and the surrounding areas in a slowly building firestorm. He gained form, sentience, physical being, and a voracious appetite for SoulForce.
He began hunting other fire elementals to consume them and has since gained control of the majority of "elemental fire energies" in the corporeal realms.
-At some point, he entered the Black Hole Terrace, a fire realm filled with denizens of varying types, including many fire Elementals. Here he met his first real resistance. Until that moment he was unchallenged and victorious, using the strategy of simply rolling over the enemy. This method was much less effective in this realm. The Elementals here are more powerful than he is used to. While he is still significantly more powerful than them, he has no training or actual skill in battle. This becomes a problem when he starts to pick fights with other elementals who have the experience to battle effectively.
Taking a different approach, he invested in espionage. He used coal and clay to mold a body and fill its veins with fire. Manipulated like a puppet from the shadows, this being was a perfect avatar for his will. This form was designed to camouflage his SoulForce and the avatar will easily and frequently be mistaken as just another being.
In his avatar form, he approached Xenediel, a powerful water elemental, under the ruse of providing a secret entrance into the black hole terrace that Xenediel could use as a breach point to assault the realm. If she were to pour even a fraction of her power into the area, it would be washed away, extinguishing any fire elementals caught in the crossfire. The terrace has been throwing wrenches into Xenediel's plans for eons, and she begins to explore the opportunity of establishing a foothold.
This "secret entrance" was just a portal Burl'Maga opened from inside the terrace, and after Xenediel initiated the deluge that inundated that area of the realm, Burl'Maga destroyed the portal. It worked. He wasn't sure at first, but even extinguished elementals have residual SoulForce to be consumed. While insignificant individually, the cumulative effect of absorbing thousands of these "scraps" added up quickly. Within just a few minutes, he had nearly doubled his power. An eternal conflict between the two Elemental Lords arose from this event, from the realization that Xenediel had been played by a fire elemental that used to be significantly weaker than her, and the raw fact that Burl'Maga considers Xenediel to be genuinely dangerous, regardless of her water alignment.
The area that was cleared became a home, a town, and later a kingdom for Burl'Maga, and he eventually reached a level of power on par with full-blown deities. He pulled the entirety of his kingdom from the realm, blasting off as if carried by rockets. Once stabilized near the very edge of the terrace, it acted as a staging platform for the construction of the FlameSphere as we know it today.
Since its creation, the FlameSphere has been collecting and refining energies to be pumped directly into Burl'Maga's being, and he has become as powerful as those who would consider themselves the ultimate masters of their domain. These primordials are as old as time, basically born as gods, and Burl'Maga has reached their level from the origin of a mere mortal spark falling on simple, worldly kindling.


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===Scattered notes below =====
Burl'Maga has a habit of disrespectfully making fun of primordials for being weaker than him, a corporeal flame from the mortal realms.
The realm of Burl'Maga -Giant flaming clockwork-like mechanisms
=== These are the most common residents:
-Flaming Animonculi called BlazeWeavers
-Flaming Mon'z called FireFurs
=== And others who follow the deity :
-Occasionally powerful humans (Mel'Trixl)
Mel'Trixl is one of the few humans to survive the events that led to their extinction. She was lucky enough to come under the employ of Burl'maga at the time and continues to serve him to this day. Mel has an otherworldly resistance to fire and heat in general. Even her hair will remain unscathed. Burl'maga forcibly enlisted her under threat of hitting her with the type of power that could melt an entire mountain into a sea of slag. Since then she has become faithful and loyal, and a very powerful being with an immortal soul. Her immunity to fire made her an excellent subject for the Phoenix project, and she has "died" several times only to come back stronger.

Phoenix - an abomination birthed when a Vakiir attempted to secretly tap into the immense energy Burl'Maga has to offer to secure immortality. The Vakiir was a powerful elementalist and completed the ritual but the powers overwhelmed him and he burst into flames, consuming his entire body. The raw force of immortality prevents his soul from being sent to the void, and a new vessel is created from the ashes capable of holding his being Rapidly after the ashes settle, they coalesce into his body in a youthful form. Some entities, mortal and beyond, saw this as a malignant disturbance in the natural order of things. But Burl'Maga is humored by this Vakiir and invited him into his ranks. The Vakiir agrees, and the two eventually create the Phoenixes as we know them today

=- insectoids and other arthropods :
-Ceraphax that have replaced their blood with liquid flame. The carapace is hardened and given an extreme resistance to fire and heat in general, an ability Burl'Maga learns to bestow after studying Mel'Trixl and her near-perfect resistance to flame and heat.
Arachnids, insectoids, and other arthropods can create various volatile biological substances. Some are placed through direct contact, some are ranged projectiles. Think flaming and sticky webs or exploding eggs. Species that can generate pressurized, ejectable fluids make exquisite elementalists.
The Ceraphax have 4 hands that can ignite, and melt rock and steel. Ceraphax from the FlameSphere are trained in martial arts.
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The center mechanism that holds most of the FlameSphere's energy, almost like a small star, is held in place and maintained by the inner "ring like" structures that rotate on various axis. This central "organ" is difficult to access. Changes, upgrades, and alterations usually have to be performed by Burl'Maga himself.
The "gravity" pulls outward toward the edges of the realm, and there are several gearlike platforms that orbit the central mechanism. These platforms can be small and simple, all the way up to large enough to support structures and other large components.
The mid layer of "ring-like" structures rotate at different speeds, as well as various different spin rates like a disc. Most structures are between the mid-layer and the central mechanism. The area is like a functioning city for the residents of the realm.
Beyond the mid layer of rings is a large area of open space that contains many components and mechanisms floating around in it. There is almost no "gravity" and there is no atmosphere.
The outer layer of "ring-like" structures function much the same way as the mid layer rings. They create a barrier around the previous layer to separate, organize, contain, and maintain the components of the realm.
Outside the outer rings is the nothingness that fills the rest of the realm. Mel'Trixl has built a single, but large, orbiting laboratory. She used the help of the BlazeWeavers to wire it up uniquely to the Ectenic Network so it could access other realms rapidly through temporary portals that can can be opened almost anywhere. (Note: This is not the same mechanism Burl'Maga uses to transport entities. This is less of a Cannon and more of a mansion of portals.) -this lab is also used for various research and development endeavors, led by the more intellectually inclined of the fiery denizens.