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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 scholar Eldwurms in the main lore, the Eldwurms in the lore of Dragon's Blood are more cosmic than mundane, possessing a significant role in the existence of the boundless macrocosm. Embodying the most elemental forms of matter and the four fundamental forces, the souls of the Eldwurms sustain the balance and existence of every essential element of reality: time, space, the many planes of existence, 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
The Ember Eldwurm Slyrak, Father of Fire. This crimson scaled dragon embodies the scorching phenomenon of fire in the form of the fearsome fire dragon species.

The Air Eldwurm Aethrak, Father of Air. Lord of the skies and its ethereal forces of wind, the pale dragon embodies air and wind in the form of the raptor-like air dragon species.

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

The Earth Eldwurm Uldorak. Strong as the earth itself, Uldorak is the gritty physical matter of the terrene plane, incarnated by the subterranean earth dragons.

Fundamental Eldwurms
The Chaos Eldwurm Vahdrak, Father of Chaos. An entity of unhinged violence, the evil and unstable powers of chaos and darkness are made flesh in the eldritch chaos dragons.

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

The Ionic Eldwurm Indrak, Father of Lightning. A paragon of truth and objectivity, Indrak is the charge that binds existence together, incarnated by the wise ionic dragons.

The Void Eldwurm Byssrak. 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