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The Eldwurms (also known as the Pillars of Creation) of the animated series Dota: Dragon's Blood are the eight fundamental essences that support and sustain the existence of reality and its elements.

This article is about the Eldwurms as metaphysical entities, distinct from their eponymous dragon avatars. For the article about the common Eldwurms as the oldest forms of a dragon, see Dragonss

Characteristics
Unlike the sage Eldwurms of the main games, the Eldwurms in the story of Dragon's Blood are more cosmic than mundane and have a significant role in the existence of the infinite macrocosm. Embodying the most elemental forms of matter and the four fundamental forces, the Eldwurm Spirits sustain the balance and existence of every essential element of reality: the infinite multiverse, the pillars of chaos and order, the Manifold Forms, and even nothing itself. The renewal of the multiverse's destruction is assured thanks to their existence. Should an Eldwurm be released from their "corporal fetters" in the material plane, dissolution shall be brought to all of these aspects of creation with no renewal to follow. This is why they are called the Pillars of Creation.

Eldwurms are not mere old dragons but they are the embodiments of the four classical elements and the four fundamental forces. They all exist in an unknown plane of existence that seems to be higher than the material plane, and their souls descend from that very plane to embody the respective dragons that are their physical aspects, such as Slyrak descending into the body of a fire dragon. Upon death, their souls simply reincarnate in another dragon, usually the oldest one that they can find, in an endless cycle of life and death. The Eldwurms refer to their physical forms and avatars (the dragons and anyone they may possess) as "flesh illusions" further implying that their physical appearances are mere avatars.

When an Eldwurm's flesh illusion goes to sleep, the soul of the Eldwurm will ascend back into its home plane of existence, rejoining the Thunder, where they become aware of all the dragons of their type, being able to perceive whatever these less dragons sense and interact with. They can even sense the world that they support through a tidbit of a dead dragon. From there, the Eldwurms sing their song, a song that cannot be expressed through voice or instruments, which is a measure of the stability of the world that they support with their existence. If they do not sing, or if there is a missing singer, then there is clearly something wrong with the stability of the cosmos.

Elemental Eldwurms
Slyrak: The Father of Fire, Ember Eldwurm. Slyrak embodies the scorching phenomenon of fire in the form of the fearsome fire dragon species.

Aethrak: The Father of Air, Air Eldwurm. Aethrak embodies the ethereal forces of wind in the form of the raptor-like air dragon species.

Lirrak: The Mother of Oceans and Storms, Water Eldwurm. Lirrak embodies water in all states of matter (even ice) in the form of the aquatic water dragon species.

Uldorak: The Earth Eldwurm. Uldorak embodies the gritty, physical matter of the material plane in the form of the subterranean earth dragon species.

Fundamental Eldwurms
Vahdrak: The Father of Chaos, Chaos Eldwurm. Vahdrak embodies the unstable powers of chaos and darkness in the form of the eldritch chaos dragons.

Orrak: The Luminous Eldwurm. Orrak embodies the brilliant powers of light in the form of the luminous dragons.

Indrak: The Father of Lightning, Ionic Eldwurm. He who deals in objective facts and speaks only truth, Indrak embodies the electric charge in the form of the wise ionic dragons.

Byssrak: The Void Eldwurm. Brief with his speech, Byssrak embodies the mysterious force that bends the structure of spacetime in the form of the rare void dragons.

Enemies
Kaden Dragon Knights