Ben-hadar is an archomental

Archomental

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals like to consider themselves as such and often grant themselves regal titles like...

 in the Dungeons & Dragons

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 role-playing game

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Publication history

Ben-hadar first appeared with the good archomentals in the second edition book Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998).

Ben-hadar appeared with the good archomentals in the third edition in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

#353 (March 2007).

Description

Ben-Hadar is an Archomental, the Elemental Prince of Good Water. On the Elemental Plane of Water, within the reef of Ssesurgass, Ben-Hadar rules over his kingdom of good-aligned water elementals, water mephits, water weirds, tritons, darfellan, ocean giants, elder tojanidas, water monoliths, water genasi, and aquatic elves. He is a deeply emotional, intuitive being with a personality akin to a tropical storm, and fights evil at every turn. The majority of Ben-Hadar's worshippers on the Prime Material Plane among the humanoid races tend to be bonded summoners, druids, water elemental savants, and water shugenjas.

Relationships

Ben-hadar's gruff demeanor usually causes him to be perceived as an arrogant, selfish boor, so he has few allies. However, the eladrin

Eladrin

The Eladrin are a fictional race of creatures appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Introduced in the Planescape setting of AD&D 2nd edition and D&D 3rd edition, Eladrin were described as a type of celestial of chaotic good alignment and hailed from the plane of Arborea...

 queen Morwel

Morwel

Morwel is the queen of the eladrins, a race of chaotic good celestials inhabiting the plane of Arborea, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Her titles include Faerie Queen, Queen of Stars, and Lady of the Lake. These shouldn't be taken literally; eladrins are not fey, she doesn't literally...

 is rumored to be his occasional lover, and the slaad

Slaad

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 lord Rennbuu

Rennbuu

Rennbuu, the flamboyant Lord of Colors, is one of the youngest slaad lords, in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. He takes great joy in his newfound powers to transform everything around him into works of art. Rennbuu can be practically cruel and malicious as he busily roams Limbo and the...

 enjoys visiting him. Rennbuu admires the massive coral reefs of Ben-hadar's home, delighting in transforming the reef's many colors.

Ben-hadar has little to do with his evil counterpart, Olhydra

Olhydra

Olhydra is an archomental in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Her symbol is a blue-green square. It's possible that Alyolvoy, an evil archomental of water mentioned in Dungeon #37, is an alias of Olhydra.-Publication history:...

, but he has feuds with two good archomentals, Chan

Chan (Dungeons & Dragons)

Chan is an archomental in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Publication history:Chan first appeared with the good archomentals in the second edition book Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III ....

 and Zaaman Rul

Zaaman Rul

Zaaman Rul is an archomental in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Publication history:Zaaman Rul first appeared with the good archomentals in the second edition book Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III ....

, who view him as an isolationist with a repugnant personality.

Bwimb

Bwimb

Baron Bwimb of Ooze, known as Nakimas to the Suel, was the self-proclaimed baron of the Paraelemental Plane of Ooze, in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. He died in circa 589 CY...

 was often the biggest thorn in the side of Ben-hadar, polluting the pure waters that Ben-hadar nurtured. Bwimb II continues her father's wicked ways in this regard.

The Prince of Good Water Creatures has a truce with Charon, guardian of the River Styx, and maintains friendships with Deep Sashelas, Eadro, Persana, and the enigmatic Water Lion.

Realm

Ssesurgass is the fortress of Ben-Hadar. A portal in the Court of Stars in Arborea

Arborea (Dungeons & Dragons)

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leads to Ben-Hadar's stronghold.