Akadi
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| Game background | |
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| Title(s) | Queen of Air, the Lady of Air, Lady of the Winds |
| Home plane | Plane of Air |
| Power level | Greater |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Portfolio | Elemental air, air elementalists, movement, speed, flying creatures, travel |
| Domains | Air, Illusion, Travel, Trickery |
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In the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, Akadi (pronounced /əˈkɑːdi/ ə-kahd-dee[1][2]:90) is the goddess of Movement, Speed, and Air Elementals. Her alignment is primarily Neutral, and the symbol of Akadi is usually represented by a pale cloud on a blue background.
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[edit] Publication history
Ed Greenwood created Akadi for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the deity Lassa, created by Michael Moorcock for his Elric stories.[citation needed]
[edit] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
Ed Greenwood initially used Misha, one of Moorcock's Elemental gods as found in the original Deities & Demigods, as the elemental lord of air for his home Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in the Forgotten Realms. As Greenwood indicated in his article "Down-to-earth Divinity" in Dragon #54 (October 1981), Moorcock's elemental gods "may later be replaced in [his] universe by "official" AD&D beings as these are published".[3] Akadi first appeared in the original Manual of the Planes (1987),[4] and was featured as one of the elemental lords for the Forgotten Realms in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set's "Cyclopedia of the Realms" booklet (1987).[1]
[edit] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
Akadi was described in the hardback Forgotten Realms Adventures (1990),[5] the revised Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993) in the "Running the Realms" booklet,[6] and Faiths & Avatars (1996).[7]
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition (2000-2007)
Akadi appears as one of the major deities of the Forgotten Realms setting again, in Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001),[8] and is further detailed in Faiths and Pantheons (2002).[2]
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-Present)
Akadi appears in the fourth edition as a primordial, not a god.[9]:78, 81
[edit] Relationships
Akadi has many allies, including Quorlinn and Syranita, but she is enemies with Grumbar, a fellow greater power. Akadi has no superiors among aerial beings.
Teylas (an aspect of Akadi) is god of sky and storms for the Horde.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb and Karen S. Martin (1987). Forgotten Realms Campaign Set. TSR, Inc.. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ^ a b Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. Faiths and Pantheons (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
- ^ Greenwood, Ed. "Down to Earth Divinity." Dragon #54 (TSR, 1981)
- ^ Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987)
- ^ Grubb, Jeff and Ed Greenwood. Forgotten Realms Adventures (TSR, 1990)
- ^ Ed Greenwood (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. ASIN B000K06S2E.
- ^ Martin, Julia, and Eric L. Boyd. Faiths & Avatars (TSR, 1996)
- ^ Ed Greenwood et al. (2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. Wizard of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ^ Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims. Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)
- ^ Cook, David (1990). The Horde. TSR. ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
[edit] Additional reading
- Thomas E. Rinschler (2001-06-06). "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting: More of the Divine". Web Enhancements. Wizards of the Coast. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20010606a. Retrieved 2007-03-15.
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