Nali's frost pattern elemental is one he is very proud of, and he should be! he spent quite a long time studying frost on a variety of surfaces and even longer trying to work out how to create it himself and make it take on just the right shapes. now having mastered it he wears the frost proudly in his fur, adorning his body and catching the light of the sun or the aurora. he uses it mostly aesthetically, to decorate rocks, windows and bodies of water in his boundary or wherever he goes to give them that swirling, frosted look he thinks is so pretty.
his aurora elemental is a different point of pride, and a more humbled one. taught to him by the wanderer Aevre as a reward for all he's done for the biome, he uses it chiefly the way she's taught him to: to strengthen the spirits of those that need it, to help others have hope after a difficult ordeal. but true to his playful nature he will sometimes use it just for fun or simply to make the sky pretty. Aevre taught it to him knowing he likely would, after all, so he doesn't consider it improper or anything. this elemental isn't manifested on his form as readily as the frost patterns, but when it is, it shows as shining, dancing fires trailing off his tail and in a bright glow from his frost.
Nali will frequently combine his elementals in order to make very sparkling, shiny frost patterns or highly intricate and detailed auroras in the sky. either or both elementals will also just as often affect his familiars.
more recently, Nali's acquired a ice cirle elemental, born from curiosity as the phenomenon was spotted in a river one winter. he likes to use this elemental in more proactive ways than his other two, by using it to create platforms to let him run on water or help others across, but also as floating discs in the air as needed to create shelter or shields against weather or predators. though, typically, this is mostly an elemental used for play, as he can also use his ability to make them spin fast or slow, creating makeshift carousels whenever water is available. usually these ice circles aren't manifested, but when he keeps them ready, he will keep them as small circles beneath his front paws that can expand rapidly and be manipulated as needed.