Flame

Phoenixes

Phoenixes were one of the Flamecaller's first creations during the 1st Age, created to embody both the destructive and the creative properties of fire, and serve as a symbol of rebirth. They were created primarily to serve as emissaries and messengers for the Flamecaller, able travel far from their homes without tiring or losing the magicks that sustained their bodies. Highly intelligent, incredibly resilient, and eternally self-sustaining, they represented the ideal flame.
They live their lives in cycles, which can vary in length from a few dozen years to a few centuries, depending on how close they live to the Ashfall Waste; the source of their life is stronger the closer they are to the source of that magick that sustains it.

Anatomy:

Their bodies were originally created from molten lava, hardening to form a shifting, crackling skin from which grew many heat-resistant feathers and expansive wings. The lava sustains them from birth, serving as both their life force and their internal workings. This life force slowly hardens from outside inward during the course of their life cycles, making them slower and less vigorous as they age. At the end of their cycle, their bodies and wings turn to ash, with the exception of a small, glowing, ovoid core that slowly forms into the new Phoenix chick.
During the process of rebirth, their bodies are molten, malleable, and are subject to changes from their surrounding environment. This formative vulnerability is what has caused most of the variety that is present among different Phoenixes today.

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