Vogorond

Vogoronds are the remains of destroyed worlds imbued with the beliefs, hopes, and memories of that world's people. Their physical bodies often take the shape of monuments held dear by their worlds' former inhabitants, such as a statue of a beloved monarch. Vogoronds are intelligent and often seek to see their destroyed worlds reborn. Because their consciousnesses are formed from millions or even billions of individuals, however, they rarely possess the reasoning needed to pursue their desires to an end.

Reasoning With the Ruined Past

While a vogorond's memories aren't flawless, it knows more about its former world than any scholar could ever hope to learn. Often, a vogorond is the only remaining source of knowledge about the land it once inhabited. Theoretically, heroes from a world on the brink of destruction could travel forward in time to speak with a vogorond and learn what must be done to avert the apocalypse—an act which, paradoxically, would prevent the vogorond from being created in the first place.