Tiamat
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Tiamat, also known as the Chromatic Dragon, is a five-headed draconic goddess in the Dungeons & Dragons game. She appears as one of the deities described in the Dungeon Master's Guide for the 4th Edition.
Tiamat is the five-headed queen of the evil chromatic dragons. She has one head for each customary color of chromatic dragon (black, blue, green, red, white), and each head has the powers of a member of the respective race of dragonkind. Her body is a blending of various chromatic dragon forms with an appropriately multicolored hide. Her body also has traits in common with a wyvern, including a long tail tipped with a poisionous stinger.
Tiamat has also been known to manifest as a dark-haired human sorceress.
The Chromatic Dragon was first described in the Greyhawk supplement (1975) by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz, though she was not given the personal name of "Tiamat" until the 1st Edition was released.
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Tiamat in 3rd Edition
Tiamat appears in a preview article for the third edition, in Dragon 272 (Jule 2006.) This information would later be included id the Manual of the Planes (2001).
Tiamat is further detailed as a deity in Defenders of the Faith (2000), and Deities and Demigods. Tiamat was first detailed as a deity for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the original Draconomicon.
Tiamat (Lesser Deity)
Titles: The Chromatic Dragon, Creator of Evil Dragonkind, the Avaricious, the Dragon Queen
Home Plane: The Nine Hells of Baator
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Domains: Destruction, Dragon, Evil, Greed, Hatred, Law, Scalykind, Trickery, Tyranny
Favored Weapon: Claw
Portfolio: Evil dragons
Tiamat in Dragonlance
In the Dragonlance campaign setting, Tiamat's equivalent is Takhisis, the Dark Queen. In most settings, Tiamat is somewhat minor; in Dragonlance, she is a major figure in the mythology and history of the world.
Tiamat in Forgotten Realms
In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Tiamat is one of the few surviving gods of the Untheric pantheon (based on Sumerian and Babylonian mythology), battled Marduk in ages past, and is also a member of the draconic pantheon, daughter of Io, the slayer of Gilgeam the God-king of Unther, '"Nemesis of the Gods".
Tiamat in 2nd Edition
Tiamat was actually, initially, first detailed as a deity for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the original Draconomicon (1990).
Her role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in On Hallowed Ground (1996).
Several draconic children of Tiamat are described in the article "Spawn of Tiamat, Children of Bahamut," in Dragon #260 (June 1999).
Tiamat in 1st Edition
The character of Tiamat first appears in the 1st Edition Monster Manual (1977), where the Chromatic Dragon was first given the personal name of "Tiamat."
She was further described as the Queen of Evil Dragonkind in Dragon #38.
Tiamat (Disambiguation)
In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is the sea, personified as a goddess and a monstrous embodiment of chaos at the beginning of time. She is split in two by the storm-god Marduk, who uses her body to form the heavens and the earth.
Tiamat is also the name of a goth metal band from Stockholm, Sweden.
Tiamat is one of the Four Fiends in the Final Fantasy console game.
Tiamat is the name of a Zerg command fleet in the StarCraft computer game.
