Mahkal

Mahkal is a fire elemental.

Player quest:

1 day's walk east of path between Lom'inis and Var'stead. Township they're expecting to find has been completely destroyed.

Find somebody - it is obvious that the temple is unscathed. Go to the temple - ~15 people surviving. Priest, Trugor of Parradon, took leadership. Has pet white cat. He foretold the destruction and has a prophecy in the library. Prophecy says the chosen one cannot be hurt by the elemental's powers - the priest and the party go to kill the elemental, but Trugor is immediately incinerated (despite thinking that he was the chosen one).

The prophecy vaguely says how to destroy the elemental. The elemental escapes north. They return to the village and inform them of Trugor's death then travel north. They hear stories of it + bounty on its head. Need to go to a temple in Lom'inis to get a complete record of the prophecy, to find out how to kill it. (Trugor's record was partially destroyed, and he said every temple has a record.)

When the elemental tries to kill them, he fails but acts arrogantly and as though they aren't worth his time, but he knows it's the gods' chosen powers stopping him. This is why he flees north. He tears a portal out of thin air and disappears, although the party can see snow-capped mountains.

Priest in Lom'inis makes it very suspect that they didn't die.