Constructs

There are many forms of artificial life in the world of Faeyrellun, most being the result of arcane or mechanical design. Some believe that Elementals are no different from any other construct, but evidence seems to point to the contrary.

Elementals
Elementals are the result of the collection of ambient life energy of a region of Faeyrellun being placed into a body made of material that resonates with the energy. Elementals are very rarely the result of being the intentional creation of Life. They are most often created by a significantly influential force of natural magic, such as an Eternum Line, these being the most common. There are some theories that naturally occuring Elementals are not accidental, but are instead the result of Girelda's forethought and Tarad's power over nature, crafting sinks of high magical power or what will become such over time.

An Elemental is, according to multiple studies conducted by Archmage Garmesh of the Mastfell Library of Magic, in reality a creature that consists of two major aspects: the mental presence and the physical manifestation that houses it. The Elemental's body is in reality a shell to host it; as the Elemental grows in age and strength, the more powerful shell must become in order to continue being able to sustain it.

It is suspected through vague insinuations from the beings themselves that an Elemental is actually an extension of Faeyrellun itself, only forming when there is a need for it. Archmage Garmesh presented the theory that some spell's do not actually form a true Elemental, but merely call upon the world around the mage to create a shell to be filled, though what the arcanists fills it with is dependent on the spell itself.

As previously stated, the longer an Elemental has existed, the more magical energy it will collect from its environment and the more advanced its intelligence becomes. However, after a period of time and enough ambient magic has been collected, the physical body of the Elemental can no longer sustain its true incorporeal nature. Elementals have called the inevitable collapse either "the Return" or "the Learning."

Golems and Other Constructs
The fact that an Elemental consists of two components, a physical manifestation and a constantly evolving intelligence, is one that is unique to them for all other constructs have their existence defined as having one sole aspect, the physical manifestation.

A golem's intelligence is usually extremely limited, a set of commands imprinted into its being upon its creation. A robot does not adapt unless it was given parameters that allow it do so, and a golem does not learn in any meaningful way. Elementals have shown the ability to act on new information in ways that other constructs have never shown before.