Elemonk

Description

“They don’t move. Not at all!” That is the usual comment when talking about the Elemonks. Naturally, they do move but their movement is so slow and graceful, it’s hard to distinguish, sometimes, what is happening. The Elemonk is a wood elemental race that focuses on being one with the world around them.

They have incredibly long lives and seem to be attuned to the world. Sitting for days at a time, they appear not to move but sometimes they seem to be everywhere at once. One theory about this is that they slip in and out of the time stream or the current dimension. Not sure how they do that or even if it’s true.

Another strange ability of the Elemonks is that they can communicate with inanimate objects. From talking to them, they indicate that the entire world and everything in it is alive. Everybody can listen to what the world is saying by just listening. The tough part is that they can’t explain how to listen. They just know that that is the answer.

When questioned about this ability to talk to inanimate objects, they could prove this ability to answer questions that no one could answer. For instance, they were given a test where a human was placed in a room with several pots. The human said a couple of phrases and then left the room. The Elemonk never met the human and didn’t know what happened. When we brought him into the room, we asked what happened. The Elemonk could recite everything that happened. We still don’t know how he did it.

Interaction

When meeting an Elemonk, you get a sense of calmness. There is nothing rushed about them. Not in the way that they talk or their movements. It seems that everything happens in slow motion. The conversation is the same way. They speak clearly and in a slow drawl. They don’t embellish their words and are very careful about everything that they say.

The strangest part of dealing with Elemonks is their ability to do things quickly with no one noticing it. This is even true if you are looking directly at them. For example, if you ask them to construct something, one second you see their hands move slowly in the construction and the next minute, they are almost done. You are unsure about what happened. This seems to even happen when they travel. No one ever seems to recall them walking somewhere or traveling. One minute they are in one location and, later, they are in a different location.

Combat

As with many pacifists, the Elemonks will try to avoid combat as long as they can. They will use their time-shifting techniques to place them in a new location that is out of the danger area.

If there are others in danger, they use their abilities to immobilize the opponents using materials in the area. Otherwise, they may leave the area and gather more material and return or ask others for help before returning.

They use no form of technology or weaponry to attack an opponent.