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It has come to my attention that the best concept that intrigues me in pretty much every aspect of my life (even video games), is the one of the 4 elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air.

So, here is a, somewhat different, papier cole I made, depicting the best representations I ever saw for them: 4 Elemental Fiends, each being a complete master over it. Final Fantasy 1 and 4 have tapped cleverly in this concept, adding me one more reason for loving these games. To make the image more solid, I added he final bosses of said games because I think they deserve to be along the Fiends, for obvious reasons.

Also, it is my first papier cole where I finally use a proper backround. Seasoned fans of a game series I utterly adore will know where it's coming from.

Fun fact: The concept of these 4 elements has first started from ancient Greece times. In fact, every other form of that concept, that exists in other cultures (chinese, japanese ones etc.) is a variation of the ancient Greek one. Greek scientists of that time had a strong belief that pretty much every object on Planet Earth was in some way comprised from a bit of each of these 4 elements, since they are the 4 most iconic aspects of our planet (think about it: 70% of Earth is Water, the rest 30% is Earth. every living organism needs Air to survive, while the planet itself needs Fire to "live"). Unknown to many is a small "sidebranch" to this whole ancient belief (which is also seen in the other cultures as well, in it's own different style): Objects outside Earth, like the stars, were associated with a fifth element known as Aether. This was due to "fire, earth, air, and water being earthly and corruptible. Since no changes had been perceived in the heavenly regions, the stars cannot be made out of any of the four elements but must be made of a different, unchangeable, heavenly substance". Aristotle was the one who added Aether at the center of the element 'party'.

For GS fans, this chart can explain any questions you might have had as of why Golden Sun uses the specific element resistances it had for all 4 elements: [link]

Element fever, baby!!! Woohoo!
I love stuff like these. Enjoy.

Description
It has come to my attention that the best concept that intrigues me in pretty much every aspect of my life (even video games), is the one of the 4 elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air.

So, here is a, somewhat different, papier cole I made, depicting the best representations I ever saw for them: 4 Elemental Fiends, each being a complete master over it. Final Fantasy 1 and 4 have tapped cleverly in this concept, adding me one more reason for loving these games. To make the image more solid, I added he final bosses of said games because I think they deserve to be along the Fiends, for obvious reasons.

Also, it is my first papier cole where I finally use a proper backround. Seasoned fans of a game series I utterly adore will know where it's coming from.

Fun fact: The concept of these 4 elements has first started from ancient Greece times. In fact, every other form of that concept, that exists in other cultures (chinese, japanese ones etc.) is a variation of the ancient Greek one. Greek scientists of that time had a strong belief that pretty much every object on Planet Earth was in some way comprised from a bit of each of these 4 elements, since they are the 4 most iconic aspects of our planet (think about it: 70% of Earth is Water, the rest 30% is Earth. every living organism needs Air to survive, while the planet itself needs Fire to "live"). Unknown to many is a small "sidebranch" to this whole ancient belief (which is also seen in the other cultures as well, in it's own different style): Objects outside Earth, like the stars, were associated with a fifth element known as Aether. This was due to "fire, earth, air, and water being earthly and corruptible. Since no changes had been perceived in the heavenly regions, the stars cannot be made out of any of the four elements but must be made of a different, unchangeable, heavenly substance". Aristotle was the one who added Aether at the center of the element 'party'.

For GS fans, this chart can explain any questions you might have had as of why Golden Sun uses the specific element resistances it had for all 4 elements: [link]

Element fever, baby!!! Woohoo!
I love stuff like these. Enjoy.