Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
Nether elements below ground... Dirt/Earth > Molten Rock / Lava = Heat = Fire = what were those aetherologists smoking? They're on a planet with active volcanoes T_T! Ice is nowhere down there, being most common at the tops of mountains / when the sun/light is farther away.
When you say "fire" my mind doesn't jump to volcanoes, but flames rising into the air.

(Also lava is, as you say, rock. Logically part of earth rather than fire.)

Ice is on the ground. Glaciers and frozen lakes.

Water – in a large mass as an ocean or lake rather than as rain or cloud – is also ground-based.

Water/ice/earth are also more permanent and tangible objects compared to wind/fire/lightning.