He valued wisdom, knowledge, prophecies, and songs instead.
īy draconic standards, Bahamut was neither vain nor desirous of treasure.
He usually preferred to polymorph those who had offended him instead of killing them, although it was also said that Bahamut loathed to sully himself with the blood of evil creatures. He had limitless empathy for the downtrodden, the dispossessed, and the helpless. In spite of his stance, he was also considered one of the most compassionate beings in the multiverse. He accepted no excuses for evil acts, and didn't tolerate even minor offenses by evil creatures. Personality īahamut was stern and very disapproving of evil, always arguing with Asgorath about his crusade against it. However, " Bahamut's Palace" was actually located on the plane of Celestia. Others believed his palace was located "behind the north wind", this being the origin of his "Lord of the North Wind" title. Myths claimed that the great fortified castle that Bahamut called home was somewhere "behind the east wind" and many scholars believed Bahamut's castle was located on the Elemental Plane of Air. He was able to eat anything, however, and he needed no sustenance while in his palace. Diet īahamut's favored food was the early morning frost on blades of grass, honey, and daisy petals. Other recorded guises included that of a prince with a carriage drawn by seven horses, an urchin accompanied by seven friends, a beggar followed by seven dogs, a humble fisher or a young monk who bear the title of the " Grandmaster of Flowers". They also believed that while Bahamut was fond of his old man guise, he had other guises as well. Some sages believed Bahamut used this humanoid guise to not frighten non-dragon beings.
When he wished to wander the mortal world, he usually took the appearance of an old human or demihuman wizard dressed in peasant robes accompanied by seven canaries or other songbirds. īahamut in his Grand Master of Flowers persona. As Xymor, he was described as a huge dragon wrapped in a scintillating aura of light so brilliant that it was impossible to tell his color. In his natural form, Bahamut was a massive dragon approximately 180 feet (55 meters) long, with a tail the same length as his body, with platinum scales tougher than any shield (said by some to be virtually indestructible) that glowed with a faint blue sheen, and blue eyes, the exact color of which was hard to specify and may have depended on Bahamut's mood.