The PS Inspiration Thread

On a similar note, here's some of the food lists I have so far for the treasure chart doc I'm working on.
As you can see, I have yet to add the fantastical.
(I have yet to think of an alternative name for Davidson's plum-- with any luck, Noosa's Native Plants might have an aboriginal name listed for them...) As with the woods, I might end up (in the finished product at least) listing the scientific names for the fruits and legumes. The lists are meant to be completist like those found in Madkaiser Games Kaiser's Bazaar and Jeweler's Exchange (and likewise, the Enchiridion of Objects d'Art and A Magical Society Silk Road, which all copied off one another) Doubtless you've never heard of a good 50% of these, and probably didn't even know that there are different types of millet.

GRAINS, PER LB
5 cp: Pea Vetch (not sure why anyone would sell-- let alone buy Lathyrus sativus, but I'm listing it anyway.)
5 sp: Adlay, Barnyard Millet/Hie, Broomcorn, Buckwheat, Eleusine/Ragi, Fonio, Pearl Millet, Teff
7 sp: Barley, Oats, Quinoa, Rye, Spelt, Triticale
1 gp: Lentils, Maize, Rice, Wattleseed, Wheat, Wild Rice
2 gp: Amaranth, Chickpeas, Kamut, Purple Barley, Wh. Maize
4 gp: Black Rice, Blue or Red Maize, Red Rice
7 gp: Forbidden Black Rice

STARCHY TUBERS AND SEEDS, PER LB
Note: I used the same pricing system as grains, since in many cultures, starchy tubers made up and still do make up the staple diet rather than grains.
1 gp: Biscuitroot, Ensete, Manioc, Plantain, Potato, Taro, Wapato, Yam
2 gp: Breadnut, Camas, Foxnut, Lotus Seed, Sweetpotato, Water Caltrop, Wild Yam
4 gp: Fritillaria bulb/Northern Rice Root, Purple Yam/Ube, Tigerlily Bulb

DRIED FRUITS, PER LB.
5 sp: Crabapple, Elderberry, Hawthorn, Wh. Mulberry, Pigface, Rose Hip, Salal, Thimbleberry,
1 gp: Akudjura/Kutjera, Apple, Apricot, Banana Chip, Brambleberry, Cherry, Currant, Date, Davidson's Plum, Feijoa, Fig, Goumi, Jabiticaba, Jujube, Mango, Bk & Rd Mulberry, Papaya, Peach, Prune, Raisin, Serviceberry
2 gp: Blueberry, Cranberry, Goji, Blue Honeyberry (Lonicera caerulea), Huckleberry, Ligonberry, Pomegranate Seed, Strawberry
3 gp: coconut, grapefruit, pommelo
4 gp: citrus, durian, kumquat, pineapple
5 gp: mangosteen, red durian
8 gp: cantaloupe/melon, rhambutan
10 gp: dragonfruit, longan, lychee, watermelon
NOTES ON PRICING: "Brambleberry" includes any berry of the genus Rubus. This includes raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries, marionberries, salmonberries, cloudberries, dewberries, etc. Thimbleberry, though also a bramble berry, is much cheaper because this fruit is usually fairly dry to begin with (thus less labor-intensive to dry) Fruits such as litchi/lichi, watermelon, and cantaloupe are very expensive largely because they contain so much moisture, which makes drying more labor intensive and requires much more fruit to equal 1 dried lb.

PRESERVES, PER PT
2 sp: Barberry, Crabapple, Elderberry, Hawthorn, Mahonia, Rose Hip, Salal, Viburnum Berry, Wild Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
3 sp: Apple, Apricot, Brambleberry, Cherry, Citrus, Currant, Davidson's Plum, Fig, Goumi, Grape, Jabiticaba, Lilly Pilly, Mango, Mombin, Papaya, Peach, Plum, Quince, Passionfruit, Pine Plum (Podocarpus), Serviceberry, Sugar Plum (Uapaca kirkiana), Water Apple
4 sp: Blueberry, Cranberry, Conkerberry, Blue Honeyberry (Lonicera caerulea), Huckleberry, Kiwi, Lemon Aspen, Ligonberry, Medlar, Nekkarika/Blue Tongue Berry, Numnum, Prickly Pear, Sloe, Strawberry, Waterberry
6 sp: Tamarind
1 gp: Rose Petal, Wine

Thanks.
It's worth noting that the preserves are far cheaper than dried fruit because they last longer (get a little bit of moisture on some dried fruit and it can get mushy or moldy, while preserves can last for years) Fresh fruit would be more expensive still, despite involving far less labor than dried fruit or preserves, and the price of the fresh fruit would be determined primarily by perishability-- for instance, fresh berries would be very expensive, whereas fresh bananas, citruses, and coconuts would be far less so.

When I finish the woods and gems, these will essentially be compatible with 1E to 3x (does Pathfinder use the same gem tables?), same with the shells and the monster spoils.
Many of the non-food charts I'm making work best with Kalamar Goods & Gear. Many of the item categories in that book are compatible with 3E Arms & Equipment and Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue (bear in mind however that the clothing in Arms & Equipment 3E is NOT compatible with Aurora)

The following item types are consistent with the pricings from Arms & Equipment, and several items are recylced from that, Defenders of the Faith, and Song & Silence:
--Religious Items
--Containers
--Illumination
--Healing
--Games and Entertainment
--Thieves Tools
--Misc. Gear *save for the locks*
--Academic and Commerce Related Items

The following are NOT consistent however:
--Clothing
--Armor accessories
--Herbs (under food)
--Fish & Other Meats
--Spices and Seasonings
--Seafaring Equipment (the items other than the navigator's kit, sextant, flag/semaphore, waterproof spellbook, compass, and astrolabe could work, however, as I don't believe these items were priced in previous books.)
--Musical Instruments
--Thieves Tools

NEUTRAL (that is, not previously covered in 3x books or Aurora)
--Bread Goods (none of the goods were covered in Aurora)
--Fruit and Potherbs (not previously covered in Aurora or A&E)
--Medical Supplies (does not correlate with Aurora's Whole Realms catalogue at all, but since only the healer's kit appears in canonical 3x books, this isn't necessarily a problem.)
--Furnishings (in fact, the woods table I am working on generally depends on this and the containers list from Goods and Gear in order to make items)

Bits from the same scene I posted earlier. Again, pretty rough draft. (I don't think I made Ben-Hadar haughty enough)

"By the way, have either of you heard? Vesvolch is dead," Yan-C-Bin commented. Cryonax gave Yan-C-Bin a sidelong glance. Sunnis's eyes widened in shock. "What? How, the forces of Chaos?" she inquired. "He got in Imix's way, apparently. The fool..." Yan-C-Bin answered as he turned to address her. "Good riddance," Cryonax grunted. Sunnis turned to Cryonax with a scowl. "What are you saying? I didn't like him either, but he was still an ally! His passing makes the alliance all the more weaker!"

"Finally! It's about muddy time you got here!" Yan-C-Bin snapped. "Oh, look Chilimba, it's our accuser!" Ekhak teased. "Shut up you craven air bag, I can see that!" Chilimba snapped in a surly voice. Ben-Hadar immediately turned his attention to the mephit lords, pointing a dripping, clawed pseudopod in their direction as his body roared and spiraled white like a torrent. "Traitors! Murderers!! I'll never forgive you! You'll pay for what you did to her! I hope you all evaporate!! Just wait, you'll get yours at the trial!!!" the prince screamed in a voice reminiscent of a thousand crashing waves. Ekhak burst into maniacal, raspy laughter. "Ha ha, who do you think you're kidding, raindrop? She was a fire elemental, it's not like you give a vapor rat's ass about them!" Ben Hadar's body became only more tumultuous, though only slightly so. "It's true that I didn't like Brista Pel. But, that doesn't mean... That doesn't mean I think that... she deserved... deserved that...!" Ben Hadar admitted; his voice was more subdued, as though he was trying to hold back his emotion; it sounded more like river rapids than a raging sea.
(note: Ben-Hadar witnessed Bristal Pel's murder at the hands of Ekhak and Chilimba, with Chilimba dealing the death blow. Both were armed with weapons of Quasielemental Ash, which is what Ben-Hadar is specifically referring to by "she didn't deserve that".)

"Oh, don't tell me you believe that festering raindrop's story... You know he isn't exactly trustworthy when it comes to those of us of the superior element," Ekhak teased. At that point, Yan-C-Bin's body roared with even more fury. "Shut up! My spies witnessed the same bubbling thing!!" the prince bellowed. With the next comment, Ekhak raised his wispy arms to his sides and raised his shoulders into a shrug, "But how do you know those so-called "soldiers" are reliable? More importantly, how do WE know they are reliable? Or even you for that matter, especially when you fail to reveal that those minions of yours outside of the unit you commanded directly were actually SPIES?" He placed emphasis on the last word. "Wha-- how dare you...!" Yan-C-Bin hissed. "Enough smoke, Ekhak, I was present at that battle as well. The minions of the abominable Fire planes waylaid me and my army," Cryonax retorted matter-of-factly. Ekhak took a "step" back. "No, correct me if I'm mistaken, but my understanding is that the opposition you faced came from the forces of Fire and Magma, only," Ekhak responded slickly. "Of course, my smoky friend, it all makes sense now...! I know she wasn't killed by my minions. Why would I even want to harm the poor lady? It's obvious that the true murderer of Lady Brista-Pel was Imix; he hated her," Chilimba replied. "Indeed, indeed. It's likely that our three accusers witnessed at least part of that atrocity, but because they're all the types to place personal grudges above their alliances, their promises, and even their duties, they decided to blame us!" Ekhak agreed. "What did you just say? Damn you're really asking for it!!!" Yan-C-Bin roared; his voice was like a combination of a raging tornado and a peal of thunder rolled into one, as his body became tumultuous, dark, and riddled with lightning flashes. Cryonax's eyes now emitted such intense darkness, that they could scarcely be seen through the supernatural halo of blackness. Ben-Hadar's body had become a white, raging torrent. Ekhak continued, his voice and mannerisms becoming even more sardonic, "I'm not the least bit surprised that Yan-C-Bin and Cryonax would resort to such a dishonorable and heinous crime, but to think that Ben-Hadar would actually team up.. directly.. with elemental lords of EVIL."
Ben-Hadar, infuriated, took on a threatening posture. "How dare you accuse me of such a thing!! I won't allow you murderers to get away with slandering me like that!!!!" With that, Ben Hadar rose into a tall, raging-white tidal wave, lunging towards the two mephit lords. Horrified, Sunnis scrambled to her feet and chased after the water lord. "Stop you idiot! If you assault them, then you will be the one whom the Wind Dukes punish!" Cryonax warned. "No, Ben-Hadar, don't do it!" Sunnis cried. She continued to pursue Ben-Hadar, but was unable to catch up. "Ben-Hadar, stop! They're trying to get you riled up, you're playing right into their trap!" Crystalle shouted. Ben-Hadar appeared to be ignoring their pleas. "Don't do this! Please at least wait until after the trial! I promise you that the Wind Dukes will bring Brista Pel's murderers to justice!" Sunnis pleaded. Ben-Hadar slowed down, and after a few more feet, came to a stop. Now Sunnis was finally able to catch up to and throw herself before Ben-Hadar in an attempt to stop any further advances. With the situation diffused, Yan-C-Bin, Crystalle, and Cryonax turned their gazes back to the mephit lords.

(this takes place immediately after, I just can't think of a taunt for Ekhak to make at Ben-Hadar at the moment)
"Ben-Hadar's body became even more tulmultous, just after he had begun to calm down slightly. Sunnis threw a scornful gaze at Ekhak before turning back to Ben-Hadar. "Don't, Ben-Hadar; Crystalle is right, they're just trying to provoke you," Sunnis warned.
"Insufferable traitor... Be thankful we are still officially bound by an alliance, else I would consume you," Cryonax threatened. Yan-C-Bin paused from his figure-eights and turned his attention to Cryonax, his body beginning to roar furiously. Within a blink of an eye, he blew his way over to the simian archomental. "No you don't, Icicle, he's my tasty snack!" the gaseous prince bellowed. Cryonax looked icy daggers at the prince and rose to his feet, uncrossing his tentacles. Sunnis looked back and forth at the two archomentals, now in a stare down with one another. Cryonax continued to say nothing, though his posture and gaze made it clear that he was threatening violence. "I deserve him more! You just want his body heat; I, however, am a conisseur of fine and exotic smokes, and I must say, Ekhak's age and power will make for some of the richest fumes I may ever taste! You're such an imbecile of gourmet, that you wouldn't be able to tell a Hanawar from a belker!" Yan-C-Bin ranted. The halo of darkness surrounding Cryonax's head became even darker as both archomentals drew closer to mount a physical attack.
Sunnis hastily rose to her feet and wedged herself between the two, prompting both to edge back in revulsion. "Gentlemen, please! Is this truly worth forfeiting our alliance over?" Sunnis pleaded. The two air-aligned ones gave the earth princess a gaze of anger, disgust, and offense for a moment. As Yan-C-Bin's snarl intensified, Cryonax took a step back. "Very well", the icy one responded. The halo of darkness around his face, emanating from his eyes, was starting to abate, albeit very gradually. "You hardened b****...." Yan-C-Bin hissed. As Sunnis started to head back to the spot where she sat before, Yan-C-Bin darted in front of her, blocking her path beyond 32 feet *compare that to 8 feet for a medium person* "You festering mire...! Don't ever come that close to me again...! I now reek of earth elemental!!" Yan-C-Bin roared.

This is a bit later (now Cryonax is threatening to eat Chilimba)

"Were it not for the alliance we are bound by, I would consume you on the spot, slagheap. Once the Wind Dukes pass their verdict, you had best hope they reach you before I do..!" Cryonax threatened; his face portrayed a slight bit more emotion than usual.
"Hah! You'd get indigestion from my Earthiness!" Chilimba retorted. "Elementals don't get indigestion, you smoldering fleshling fool," Cryonax replied; his voice was more firm and slightly more threatening than before. He cracked a sadistic grin-- something rarely seen in the Bleak Monarch. "I would be sure to devour you slowly, savoring every last iota of succulent heat and earth..." Sunnis shook her head. "You're demented..." she mumbled. Yan-C-Bin cracked a malicious grin. "Alright then, Cryonax, how about you eat the molten one, and I get the smoky one, eh?" the archomental offered. Cryonax gave Yan-C-Bin a sidelong glance before returning his gaze to Chilimba. "Fine," he responded dryly.

"Don't you think it's weird that the Wind Dukes summoned us all here, to the exact same location, only to have such a long, insufferable meeting in private?" Yan-C-Bin asked. Crystalle gave him a sidelong glance. "No, not really," he replied. "I have to agree; you can sense that they have the forces of the Outer Planes waiting on the opposite end of these grounds. The separation is likely a precaution to prevent in-fighting due to the schism between Protogenoi of the Inner and Outer planes," Cryonax stated. "I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the fact that they put all of us in the same area; they know we made a treaty not to approach each other in-person!" Yan-C-Bin replied. "Unfortunately, I don't think there is enough room on this cloud to separate us up like that," Crystalle replied. "No, that's too convenient. No, this has to be a trick. They summoned us all here in the hopes that we'd destroy one another! They've probably watching the entire thing from their comfy little tower over there! It's the perfect conspiracy!" Yan-C-Bin ranted. The archomentals and mephit lords all groaned. "Ugh, not the conspiracies again... I get enough of this from Chan!" Sunnis groaned as she buried her face in her chiseled hands. "Air elementals..." Crystalle muttered.

but I remember you (or someone else?) saying Cryonax is an elemental in truth taking yeti-with-tentacles form.

That is correct. The cult of Tharizdun claims that Cryonax is an archomental, and Dragon Magazine 347 specifies him as an elemental. Also, even if he were somehow capable of fire-based powers, such would be entirely useless on the Paraelemental Plane of Ice according to 2E rules *unless you have a spell key, fire spells don't work period, and I'm not sure how that would affect spell-like powers.*. The 1E and 2E stats given for the Princes did not specify any of them as elementals (in 2E there weren't any special rules for elemental-type creatures beyond the vanilla bane weapons, or optional rules in the Player's Option: Combat and Tactics. It was, in fact, possible to poison some types of elementals before 3x.) In addition, if Cryonax was the type of being you suggested he is, then he could not be indigenous to the Paraelemental Plane of Ice (such creatures would lack even an iota of earth or fire essence unless they're planetouched, and even planetouched tend to have very, very limited access to opposing elements, if they have access to them at all.) which would mean that he would be unable to tolerate regions of True Cold like the Mountain of Ultimate Winter and many other areas (from what I can tell, these areas are much to cold for anything NOT indigenous to Ice, such as white dragons-- these are regions of absolute zero temps, which would certainly explain why the air freezes in those places...)

Oh, on a misc note, in case you either didn't remember or didn't figure it out, "smoke" is a term Ice Paraelementals use as a synonym for BS.

These are fragments of a scene involving the first showdown between Imix and Zaaman Rul. Zaaman Rul has returned to the Temple of Ultimate Consumption to slay Imix, after hearing that Imix murdered his mother. Zaaman Rul is well aware that Imix is his biological father, but is no longer willing to acknowledge it.

"Such imputence, showing your face here after being exiled by ME personally!" he hissed. Imix crossed his fiery arms as his expression softened slightly from one of annoyance and anger to one of condescension and slight amusement. "Why did you bother coming here, anyway? To make another half-serious attempt to cause me minor physical discomfort in the name of your "people"? Hmmph. Have you even thought that much out, little flameling, or did you merely come here out of pure impulse?" he asked in an overly patronizing tone.
Zaaman-Rul stood in a battle-ready pose, his body burning white-hot. "Vile backstabber! You know exactly why I'm here! Did you think I wouldn't find out!?!" the young archomental roared. "What in Water are you talking about, you pathetic little ingrate?!" Imix hissed.

"Imix...! Damn you to the abyssian dephts of Water's core...! I knew you were pure evil, but I never imagined you would stoop so low... It wasn't enough for you to simply violate my Mother, but you had to slay her with a weapon of vile Quasielemental Ash as well...!" Zaaman Rul screamed; his voice was like the deafening roar of a fierce firestorm.
As much as Imix tried to feign otherwise, he could not hide his anger at such accusations-- immediately after hearing those words, his body began to dance about more violently, becoming white-hot. "How dare you...! Who fed you such lies?! Was it the dripping 'loths?! I'll burn them down to the last spark of their accursed souls!!!" Imix screamed. "Coward!! Even now you continue to deny it?! You're a coward of the worst kind!!!"

"Damn you, Imix!! Damn you for forcing me to do this to you!!!" with that fanatical cry, Zaaman-Rul cocked his right arm back and lunged at his father. Taken by surprise by the boy's spirited charge, Imix only leapt out of the way at the last second, bringing his blazing arms before his face in a defensive posture. Zaaman Rul managed to graze Imix's left arm, cleaving a section of flame clean away. Imix looked at the darkened spot on his arm, then turned his spiteful gaze at his opponent. "You ungrateful little brat..! That was an actual serious attempt on my life...!" Imix hissed. His voice was like a towering inferno. "I was content to let you live, languishing with the bottom rungs of Mother Fire's creations, but it seems you're not content to leave it at that..!

"Lord Imix, they're escaping!" the efreeti general exclaimed. With a haughty sidelong glance, Imix replied, "Let them. The worthless flameling doesn't deserve the privilege of dying in my presence anyway, let alone the privilege of dying by my hand!"

(note: for anyone not familiar with my earlier writings, Imix did not "violate" Brista Pel; they were, in fact, lovers with a love-hate relationship-- although violating her was indeed Imix's intention when the two first met. Imix also played no role in Brista Pel's murder, and in fact went on a rampage across Magma and Smoke after learning that the Mephit Lords and the soon-to-be-dead Prince of Paraelemental Evil Magma assassinated her, since, for one thing, Imix considered Brista Pel to be his "property". As for the exile, Imix raised Zaaman-Rul for a time after raiding Brista Pel's palace and realizing who Zaaman-Rul was, but eventually disowned him once he realized that his son was too corrupted and spent too much time in his mother's aura to be corrupted to the side of evil.)

The relationships between the elemental beings is interesting. Does this mean that Zaaman-Rul has some essence of Tharizdun inside of him, given the assumption the Chained God created the Princes?
(You may have an alternate theory, and I might have read it Hyena, but I've been reading a TON of D&D stuff so it is hard to keep track...)

Zaaman Rul's alignment is entirely the result of prolongued exposure to his mother's aura during the early parts of his life (including gestation). In 2E it's mentioned that the Princes of Elemental Evil have an aura that irreversibly switches the alignment of any elemental within range to evil. Dragon 347 and 353 seemed to encorporate that to a de-powered extent with the Corrupt Summoning and Purify Summoning feats, suggesting that the Archomentals of good possess a similar aura. Imix adopted Zaaman Rul in hopes that his guidance combined with prolongued contact to his aura would corrupt Zaaman Rul and make him a nice little peon, but Zaaman Rul by that point was the equivalent of a 12 year old and thus, for an Archomental (immune to mind-affecting effects), he was already too old to be affected.
Also, Tharizdun's taint had very, very little effect on the Princes other than giving them an evil alignment; they are technically completely natural to the Multiverse (all part of Tharizdun's plan to avoid detection)

Additionally, Dragon 353 states that the Princes of Elemental Good were spawned from the planes themselves to offset their evil counterparts (interesting note: all of the archomentals with an alignment counterpart are of opposing gender. Zaaman Rul being the exception since he was not the original good Archomental of fire) Zaaman Rul is an exception among the good archomentals because he is the result of sexual reproduction.
In my timeline, I state that Crystalle and Sun-Sing were also spawned spontaneously on the Positive and Negative energy planes (this was back before they became coterminous with the elemental planes, thus the Quasielemental Planes did not exist yet, though both neutral archomentals eventually gravitated towards one Quasielement.) Further, though originally a Prince of Neutral Negativity, Sun-Sing was eventually corrupted (seduced) by the Elder Eye, but Crystalle was not and remains neutral Crystalle and Sun Sing, along with the four Elemental Lords are aware that the Eye was suddenly corrupted, but are not aware that Tharizdun was behind it nor that it was absorbed by another power. The Elder Elemental Eye was originally the Prince of Neutral Omnimentals, and a sort of overdeity of the inner planes who kept them in equilibrium. Tharizdun weakened him enough to begin absorbing him, and had him create the evil princes. I actually came up with this idea when Rip brought up that it would be contrary to Tharizdun's nature and abilities to create something, esp. life. Thus it was necessary for Tharizdun to force the Eye to create the princes before the absorption process was complete, since once that occurred, the Eye would lose the ability to create life. Gazra and Alu-Sahn Kang are not yet archomentals, though they are getting close. Bwimb was also close, but his murder had knocked BwimbII a few pegs down the ladder.

I like making the Princes of Elemental Good flawed creatures-- I think it makes them more interesting. Zaaman Rul is naive, and his actions and views are affected by his personal biases towards his parents-- his hatred and resentment of Imix, and his rose-tinted view of his mother as immaculate (that means without sin/flaws). It's unlikely he could ever accept the idea that his mother willingly entwined with Imix, and if somehow convinced (like, via time travel or something), his will would likely be shattered, as he views is father as lacking a single remotely redeeming feature, and believes that his mother was even more courageous than he is, always making the right and tough decisions for her people. In truth, she gave in to her passions, but this dalliance led to a somewhat live-and-let-live relationship between the two regarding the others' citizens and henchmen. In the end, Zaaman Rul's crusade to slay his father is every bit as much the result of a desire for justice and well-being of his people as it is a personal vendetta for all the suffering that Imix has inflicted upon him (and the perceived suffering inflicted on his mother)-- the rejection, the physical and psychological abuse when he lived in the Temple of Ultimate Consumption, the lies (Imix fed him the lie that Brista Pel's servants intentionally hid the truth of Brista Pel's death from him, and that they were manipulating him to selfish ends-- Imix also gave the lie that he came to rescue Zaaman Rul from these corrupt servants, and that he was the only one who cared about Zaaman Rul's well being.) being disowned, the fact that Imix is so irredeemably evil that he has left Zaaman Rul with no choice but to slay his own biological father, the perceived atrocities committed against his mother (not to say that Imix was totally guiltless here; he is a misogynist, and viewed Brista Pel as his personal property, despite that he truly did love her.)
Chan's flaws of course are that she has a MAJOR attitude problem and can be very petty (for example, the way she treats/forsakes Ben Hadar's minions and worshippers out of a grudge towards him), and her conspiratological mindset-- a flaw she shares with Yan-C-Bin. Both are major schemers, to the point of making elaborate, convoluted schemes, and can't help but assume everyone else is the same way.
Ben Hadar is already quite flawed in the canon-- he's extremely arrogant, rude, and the other adjectives used towards him seems to suggest that he probably makes crude sexual comments to the wommenfolk, likes smooshing vermin (and seeing how far the splatter goes), and jokes about fleshling bodily functions. The PS Monstrous Compendium III also depicts him with a beer gut, which likely suggests that he's also a glutton. In my writings, because he gravitates towards chaos, (in addition to the descriptions in the canon) he also lacks self-control and lets his emotions get the best of him (you can see this in the meeting scenes, and if I get to retyping it, he also blows up at Cryonax in an earlier encounter, while Cryonax is perfectly calm; it makes Ben Hadar look like an idiot-- at one point he gets so agitated that he thoughtlessly slithers right into Cryonax's primal cold aura, and upon sustaining damage, accuses Cryonax of attacking him.)
Sunnis's anger towards Crystalle is not fully rational; she expects Crystalle to let her people invade Mineral and have a feast, when in fact a diet high in quality gems causes earth elementals to reach sexual maturity and reproduce. This would result in the Quasielemental plane becoming depleted before long. Of course, Sunnis has every right to be pissed with Crystalle for viewing the earth elementals as lower life forms, and for lacing the minerals of his realm with an elemental poison (the poison doesn't cause permanent harm to earth elementals, merely makes them sick and slows them down, allowing them to be picked off by the militias of Mineral)

So I've recently been reading English translations of old Icelandic sagas. This stuff is great!!

http://sagadb.org/

I'm nowhere near the point of having read them all yet.

This stuff isn't really for the squeamish, imo. Take Hrafnkell's saga, for example. (spoilers below)

Then there's some stuff at the end of Grettir's saga:

If anyone can manage to find them, I'm looking for an English translation of the Gray Goose Laws. If an English translation exists, that is. I'd also like to find an English translation of whichever historical/literary source mentions Nastrand. (Nastrand apparently being the very worst area of Norse hell.)