Now that I think about it, what creatures are supposed to be the demon equivalent for good alignment?
Demons are normally Chaotic Evil, so where's the celestial Chaotic Good?
The CG plane is Arborea. Technically the LG immortals are called Archons and the CG ones Eladrins. There's also a NG plane called Elysia; this is the plane that most DnD mortals would think of as the most pure "Heaven." Mount Celestia (LG) and Arborea (CG) are a bit more primarily associated as the homes of the ideologically pure gods and their servants; mortals don't care so much about this stuff and just want to be happy forever--Elysia is that.
There's also a NE plane called Hades, contrasting the LE "Nine Hells" and the CE "Abyss." The entire campaign setting of Avernus in all its vast geography and dozens of interesting and powerful hellish denizens...is merely the uppermost layer of the Nine Hells.
For reasons I don't want to unpack right now, the types of D&D lore that become popular and mainstream seem to skew toward the lower planes, but that doesn't mean the upper planes are devoid of lore. Tieflings became more popular than Aasimar, and plenty of people know all about the Blood War and the difference between Devils and Demons, but the different kinds of angels is much deeper lore known only by a few gross sweaty turbonerds like myself.
I think Mr. Rhexx went over it at some point, but I'm not much familiar with the Eladrins since it's hard to Google Search for them without being told "Do you mean Eladarin"?
It's a bit convoluted because there's also a subtype of elf named the Eladrins. I think these are just elves native to the Feywild. I also think the elvish Eladrin are canonically related to the actual CG angels from Arborea, but I don't know in what way.
Edit: I've seen a few Mr. Rhexx videos and found them accurate and informative. Very thorough. I'm also not a hardcore expert, so if Rhexx says something on DnD canon, I would take it as gospel.
Eladrin were originally elf-like celestials who live in Arborea, which is a CG celestial plane related to Fey and Elven Gods (but not the Feywild).
It was in 4e Eladrin became a player race equivalent of High Elves, elves that live in the Feywild.
In 5e High Elves (Sun Elves/Moon Elves) and Eladrin were separated again and the High Elves were material plane elves while Eladrin were still Feywild natives.
I dislike his casual mixing/conflating of core D&D lore with Realms lore. I also dislike his treatment of lore that contradicts more current lore as canon.
His channel is mostly focused on Forgotten Realms lore. He says as much multiple times. Lore in 5e is hit and miss anyway being that its run by folk who hate lore.
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u/Helarki Ranger Dec 19 '23
Now that I think about it, what creatures are supposed to be the demon equivalent for good alignment?
Demons are normally Chaotic Evil, so where's the celestial Chaotic Good?