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<blockquote data-quote="Nichols" data-source="post: 5732530" data-attributes="member: 41992"><p><strong>Necromancy!</strong></p><p></p><p>Some super-late thread necromancy here. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Here's a bunch of information on D&D/d20/etc demons from various sources. I haven't seen any of this mentioned in the various demon lore threads before, so hopefully this is all new material. This is a mix of material - 1st edition, 2nd edition, 3/3.5 ed, 4e, third-party 3/3.5, third-party 4e, and Pathfinder. </p><p> </p><p>I'll list this material in rough order of canonicity - official TSR/WotC game material first (by order of edition), then TSR/WotC fiction. After that, the non-canon stuff - third-party licensed 3/3.5 material, third-party non-licensed material, Pathfinder, and finally third-party 4e material.</p><p> </p><p><strong>D&D (1st edition)</strong> </p><p> </p><p>I'll point out <strong>Sha-Hec'urah</strong> from the original Dungeon Geomorphs sets again. <a href="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_geomorphs.html#geo2" target="_blank">Dungeon Geomorphs and Outdoor Geomorphs in Greyhawk</a> </p><p> </p><p>The early <em>Dragon</em> magazine appearance of <strong>Hacamuli</strong>, a servant of Orcus, falls into the category of powerful unique non-lord demons, as has been mentioned before. </p><p> </p><p><strong>D&D (2nd edition)</strong> </p><p> </p><p>A reference from <em>On Hallowed Ground</em> that I haven't seen mentioned before: </p><p> </p><p>(Regarding the Cerilian Powers) "A few Abyssal lords've even pushed through the barrier: Yeenoghu, Baphomet, and Kostchtchie have all gained worshippers here. Chant is that <strong>Torazan</strong>, the god of the world's orogs, is also an Abyssal lord (though that's not been confirmed)." </p><p> </p><p>Two more unique powerful demons (of probably nascent demon lord levels of power) are Dhanazar and Uxali. They serve Shaktari and are mentioned in the adventure "Nemesis," in <em>Dungeon</em> #60. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Dhanazar</strong> is Shaktari's seneschal. The statue of Dhanazar that the players encounter appears as a horned humanoid with fangs, a whip-like tail and seven elongated fingers on each hand. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Uxali</strong>, Shaktari's consort, is described as a (presumably gigantic) five-headed serpent. The statue of Uxali that the players encounter has different colored eyes in each head - blue, purple, green, red, and black. </p><p> </p><p><strong>D&D (3/3.5 ed)</strong> </p><p> </p><p>Another powerful unique non-lord demon that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is <strong>Dalmosh</strong>, from <em>Monster Manual V</em>. Dalmosh resides in <strong>the Flesh Mountains</strong> in the Abyss, a feature that spans several layers. </p><p> </p><p>I could have sworn that the <em>Iggwilv's Legacy</em> update of <em>The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth</em> stated that <strong>Tsojcanth</strong> was a minor demon lord in his own right, but Wizards has thrown that and all its other pre-4th edition material down the memory hole. Anyone confirm or deny? </p><p> </p><p><strong>D&D (4e)</strong> </p><p> </p><p>The 4e <em>Demonomicon</em> has two lords I haven't seen mentioned anywhere: </p><p> </p><p>"Arcana DC 33: Abyssal wurms are the offspring of the goddess Tiamat and the two-headed demon lord <strong>Kothok</strong>, the master of gates and portals. When these two-headed wurms were first spawned, Kothok gathered them to his breast, protected them from Tiamat's voracious hunger, and set them to guard secret gates he bored into the very fabric of the Abyss." </p><p> </p><p>"Arcana DC 21: Tomb demons arose in the aftermath of a great battle between Orcus and <strong>Sylbarax</strong>, an exarch of Zehir known as the Green Death. Sylbarax entered the Abyss, renounced his allegiance to his dark god, and became a demon lord. His reign was short-lived. Orcus assembled a vast host of demons and undead to destroy Sylbarax and the serpentine servants he had drawn to his side." </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>TSR/WotC fiction</strong> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Lussimor (Ebonbane)</strong> (2nd edition fiction, plus third-party licensed 3/3.5 ed design notes) </p><p> </p><p><em>Shadowborn</em> (William W. Connors and Carrie A. Bebris), pp 133-134 </p><p> </p><p>"In our language, the creature who called on our Caliph was known as <strong>Lussimor</strong>. In your tongue, his name would be Ebonbane. I advise you to remember that name, Alexi Shadowborn, for it is one with which you of all people should be familiar. Remember it, and abhor it." </p><p> </p><p>... </p><p> </p><p>"Lussimor drove the blessed Muhdar to madness and corruption," Lysander continued. "Our leader became cruel and violent. All the good he had done in his life was undone in the span of six short months. To ordinary citizens of the Southern Empire, the transformation of our leader was difficult to see. They were told that the crumbling changes in their daily lives were the fault of the Great Kingdom. But those who served in the palace could not mistake what was happening. One by one, as the truth dawned on them, they were slain and replaced with men who would follow the orders of the corrupted caliph without question." </p><p> </p><p>Design notes regarding Ebonbane for a book he got cut from can be found here: <a href="http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/TheParlor/3rd_author_notes/AN_Secrets_of_the_Dread_Realms.html" target="_blank">Ravenloft: Fraternity of Shadows</a> </p><p> </p><p>For what its worth, note that the designer would have made Ebonbane a loumara, had loumaras been published at that time. </p><p> </p><p>From <em>The Glass Prison</em> (Monte Cook) </p><p> </p><p>An Abyssal locale that I don't think has been mentioned before: </p><p> </p><p>"Vheod Runechild's body ached from hours of desperate flight, much of which took him through <strong>the Fields of Night Unseen</strong>, a meadow filled with vampiric thorns." </p><p> </p><p>"The field of black thorns flowed over hill after hill. Nowhere offered Vheod relief from their constant clawing at his legs as he ran, the vorrs close behind him. The sky above him bore a reddish-brown hue that recalled either rust or dried blood. Not even the whisper of a breeze came to alleviate the dry, parched heat. The thorns required blood, not water to live." </p><p> </p><p>Within the Fields of Night Unseen, Vheod finds "Karreth Edittorn... a name he knew meant 'Destiny's Last Hope,' in the language of the tower's creators." Karreth Edittorn is dark tower surrounded by a wall of grey stone and rusted iron supports which forms a bailey. Varrangoin haunt this courtyard. The tower itself has only one entrance - a hole on a small ledge near the top of the tower. According to Abyssal lore, this is a portal leading out of the Abyss. Supposedly, it only opens when it is truly the user's last hope and purportedly takes one to their "destiny." (It deposits Vheod near the Spiderhaunt Wood in Faerun's Dalelands, north of Tilverton.) To reach this portal, one must climb the rough exterior of the tower. </p><p> </p><p>Fiends featured or mentioned in <em>The Glass Prison</em> include: </p><p> </p><p><strong>Vheod Runechild</strong> - A cambion from Broken Reach, great-gandson of Chare'en. Worked for an assassin guild called the Bloody Dagger. Flees the Abyss because his human side causes him to be unwilling to murder humans on moral grounds, though he's fine with killing fiends. His commander, Nethess, is hunting him down for this. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Nethess</strong> - A marilith in service to Graz'zt. Plans to kill Vheod. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Chare'en</strong> - A balor. Imprisoned in a glass orrery in a crypt in the Thunder Peaks. Manipulates his descendant into freeing him. He is called Lord of the Seven Vengeances and Master of the Hosts of J'Duna (whatever J'Duna is - an abyssal layer he ruled, perhaps?). He had originally come to Toril in the Year of the Toppled Throne when the Army of Darkness laid seige to Cormanthyr. He stayed after, building an army of gnolls in the Thunder Peaks and generally being evil until a wizard sealed him in a magic prison. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Gyrison</strong> - A winged demon disguising himself as a priest. With Arach, he is manipulating a cult of Chare'en worshippers into freeing the balor </p><p> </p><p><strong>Arach</strong> - A winged demon disguising himself as a priest. With Gyrison, he is manipulating a cult of Chare'en worshippers into freeing the balor </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reyniss</strong> - this tanar'ri shipwright built the chaos ship <em>Demonwing</em> at Demogorgon's behest and was betrayed and devoured. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Chirotobyn</strong> - a tanar'ri wizard who taught Vheod some spells </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>d20 third-party licensed material</strong> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Irlek-Khan</strong> </p><p> </p><p><em>Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume 1</em>, p 16 </p><p> </p><p>"Intriguingly, althought few scholars have pointed out as much, the scant evidence of Neureni culture that has survived hints that these barbarians were kin to the horsemen that settled in Gundarak. Indeed, the Gundarakite death god Erlin is in all likelihood an aspect of the demon lord <strong>Irlek-Khan</strong>, whom the Neureni supposedly worshipped." </p><p> </p><p>p 26 </p><p> </p><p>"Erlin is a puzzling Gundarakite death deity whose worship was santioned and encouraged by Duke Gundar during his rule. He is an ancient god and likely a corruption of an even older demonic entity, <strong>Irlek-Khan</strong>." </p><p> </p><p>An appearance by <strong>Baphomet</strong>: </p><p> </p><p><em>Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume 3</em>, p 104-105 </p><p> </p><p>"The illustrous Serrure et Clé (Lock and Key) watch company - whose members hide behind grotesque masks - has been defending itself in the past year from charges of blasphemy. Some zealous anchorites have latched onto rumors that the company's secretive traditions conceal diabolical pacts." </p><p> </p><p>... </p><p> </p><p>"Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Groissiat and the rest of the leadership, the tendrils of the Abyss have indeed wormed their way into the company. Watchman Rogier Le Cauchet (male caliban Ftr5, CE) has been secretly supplicating a fiend named <strong>Baphomet</strong>, under the delusion that the demon lord can heal his deformities. Le Cauchet has carefully built a cabal of fellow disciples around him and crafted a terrible idol in the shape of Baphomet's visage. Recently, the head has begun to speak to Le Cauchet. It may only be a matter of time before the dread process of fiendish transposition begins to claim the desperate caliban." </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>d20 3/3.5 third-party material<strong> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>In <em>Armies of the Abyss</em> (Green Ronin Publishing), the demon lords <strong>Gaziel</strong> and <strong>Fécor</strong> are mentioned: </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"In the mortal world, Anarazel is served by the demon lords <strong>Gaziel</strong> and <strong>Fécor</strong>, who cause earthquakes, ring bells at midnight, cause spectres to appear, and inspire countless terrors." </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Also, a balor named <strong>Mullin</strong> (who graces the cover) is mentioned as Azazel's personal servant. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>In the <em>Book of Fiends</em> (also Green Ronin Publishing), p 49, but NOT <em>Armies of the Abyss</em>: </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"Harlequins are the children of <strong>Kobal</strong>, the demon prince of comedians." </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>The following demons appear in the article, "Demon Princes of Tellene" (Lloyd Brown III), for the <em>Kingdoms of Kalamar</em> d20 setting, in <em>Knights of the Dinner Table</em> #127 (Feb., 2007) </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Atis</strong>, the Horned Demon / rage, bulls, castration, battle, minotaurs </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Begizo</strong>, the Oracle / wisdom, cunning, foresight, prophecy, mirrors </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Carifa</strong>, the Matron (f) / poison, snakes, ugliness, deformity, hate </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Daho</strong>, the Eternal Dragon / creation of Abyssal layers, sleep, summoning, dragons </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Dinus</strong>, the Waif / wolves, werewolves, lost or dead children, evil in the form of children </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Erida</strong>, the Vulture (f) / rage, hate, storms, decay, cold </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Laras</strong>, the Gatekeeper / ghosts, gates, destruction of love, guardianship </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Turem</strong>, the Messenger / lightning, travel, speed </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>One demon lord is mentioned as a name only: <strong>Melakarit</strong>. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>Dinus has a dire wolf steed and companion of maximum size, <strong>Solvung</strong>. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Laras dwells in the gatehouse of "<strong>the Dread Maw</strong>, a huge obsidian gate to the Abyss that takes a thousand demons to draw open." The purpose of this gate and the consequences of opening it are not mentioned. </strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>In <em>Kobold Quarterly</em> (Winter 2009, Issue 12), the article "Vilest Evils of the Abyss" (Phillip Larwood) presents seven new demon lords for 3.5e or Pathfinder. (Listed with name, title, areas of concern, and realm below.) </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Agoziel</strong>, the Ravenous Flame / accidents and disasters / Anaphexaton, the Shuddering Rift </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Akyishigal</strong>, the Skittish One / cockroaches, disease, and roachlings / The Reeking Vortex </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Balaphwr</strong>, the Disobedient Prince / regicide and treason / The Furious Reaches </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Karduluu</strong>, the Solace / alienation and loneliness / The Final Gaze </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Thazrinu</strong>, the Golden Slayer (f) / camouflage and stealth / Urnax </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Ulbastor</strong>, the Wounded Sovereign / injury and mutilation / Tzelmuth, the Tangled Abattoir </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Uvapula</strong>, the Beast Whore (f) / bestiality and gluttony / The Palace of Moaning Flesh </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Roachlings and <strong>Akyishigal</strong> were also featured in an article in Kobold Quarterly #8. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>The article mentions <strong>Dagdagiron</strong>, offspring of Uvapula and Socothbenoth, a nascent demon lord of incest. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong>In the d20 book <em>Dead Man's Chest</em>, from Necromancer Games, we find <strong>Bonjo Tombo</strong>, son of Demogorgon and an awakened fiendish dire ape. Obviously inspired by Oonga and King Kong. Not a demon lord, but a powerful unique demon, much like Arendagrost. (see other examples above) </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>From the d20 book <em>Dreadmire</em> (Spellbinder Games), we find a demon lord of fungus, <strong>Leucopraxus</strong>. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>A wiki page about Leucopraxus is here: <a href="http://dreadmire.wikia.com/wiki/Leucopraxus" target="_blank">Leucopraxus - Dreadmire</a> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>A demon lord named <strong>Marruzat</strong> appears in <em>Beyond Countless Doorways</em> from Sword & Sorcery. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>A demon lord named <strong>Mhaazoul</strong> appears in <em>The Crystal Skull</em> from Necromancer Games. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>In <em>Gary Gygax's Necropolis</em> from Necromancer Games, we find two demon lords - <strong>Aldinach</strong> (here, a male sorcerous demon lord), and <strong>Gholl</strong>, a minor demon lord of a gnoll-like race called gholls (no comment <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ). </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>A demon lord named <strong>Sriasha</strong> appears in <em>The Diamond Fortress</em> from Necromancer Games. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>A demon lord named <strong>Suvarros</strong> appears in (I think) <em>Strange Lands: Lost Tribes of the Scarred Lands</em> from Sword & Sorcery's Scarred Lands line. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>Pathfinder material</strong> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>For the sake of the non-canon demon lord lists at the ends of the various wiki articles: </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Nascent demon lords from Pathfinder: </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Kalvakus, Daclau-Sar, Izyagna, Menxyr, Murnath, the Nightripper, Ovonovo, Shamira, Sithhud, Treerazer, Yamasoth</strong> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Yamasoth</strong> was once mentioned in a Dungeon editoral. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Dead demon lords from Pathfinder: </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Aolar, Ibdurengian, Mharah, Vyriavaxus, Xar-Armak</strong> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong><strong>Third-party 4e material</strong> </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>Two demon lords appear in <em>Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens</em> (Goodman Games), a 4e product. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>The first is <strong>Azi Dahaka</strong>, a draconic demon lord of storms, destruction, and elemental chaos. </strong></strong></p><p> <strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>The second is <strong>Malotoch</strong>, a demon lord of... I can't remember. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nichols, post: 5732530, member: 41992"] [b]Necromancy![/b] Some super-late thread necromancy here. ;) Here's a bunch of information on D&D/d20/etc demons from various sources. I haven't seen any of this mentioned in the various demon lore threads before, so hopefully this is all new material. This is a mix of material - 1st edition, 2nd edition, 3/3.5 ed, 4e, third-party 3/3.5, third-party 4e, and Pathfinder. I'll list this material in rough order of canonicity - official TSR/WotC game material first (by order of edition), then TSR/WotC fiction. After that, the non-canon stuff - third-party licensed 3/3.5 material, third-party non-licensed material, Pathfinder, and finally third-party 4e material. [B]D&D (1st edition)[/B] I'll point out [B]Sha-Hec'urah[/B] from the original Dungeon Geomorphs sets again. [URL="http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_geomorphs.html#geo2"]Dungeon Geomorphs and Outdoor Geomorphs in Greyhawk[/URL] The early [I]Dragon[/I] magazine appearance of [B]Hacamuli[/B], a servant of Orcus, falls into the category of powerful unique non-lord demons, as has been mentioned before. [B]D&D (2nd edition)[/B] A reference from [I]On Hallowed Ground[/I] that I haven't seen mentioned before: (Regarding the Cerilian Powers) "A few Abyssal lords've even pushed through the barrier: Yeenoghu, Baphomet, and Kostchtchie have all gained worshippers here. Chant is that [B]Torazan[/B], the god of the world's orogs, is also an Abyssal lord (though that's not been confirmed)." Two more unique powerful demons (of probably nascent demon lord levels of power) are Dhanazar and Uxali. They serve Shaktari and are mentioned in the adventure "Nemesis," in [I]Dungeon[/I] #60. [B]Dhanazar[/B] is Shaktari's seneschal. The statue of Dhanazar that the players encounter appears as a horned humanoid with fangs, a whip-like tail and seven elongated fingers on each hand. [B]Uxali[/B], Shaktari's consort, is described as a (presumably gigantic) five-headed serpent. The statue of Uxali that the players encounter has different colored eyes in each head - blue, purple, green, red, and black. [B]D&D (3/3.5 ed)[/B] Another powerful unique non-lord demon that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is [B]Dalmosh[/B], from [I]Monster Manual V[/I]. Dalmosh resides in [B]the Flesh Mountains[/B] in the Abyss, a feature that spans several layers. I could have sworn that the [I]Iggwilv's Legacy[/I] update of [I]The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth[/I] stated that [B]Tsojcanth[/B] was a minor demon lord in his own right, but Wizards has thrown that and all its other pre-4th edition material down the memory hole. Anyone confirm or deny? [B]D&D (4e)[/B] The 4e [I]Demonomicon[/I] has two lords I haven't seen mentioned anywhere: "Arcana DC 33: Abyssal wurms are the offspring of the goddess Tiamat and the two-headed demon lord [B]Kothok[/B], the master of gates and portals. When these two-headed wurms were first spawned, Kothok gathered them to his breast, protected them from Tiamat's voracious hunger, and set them to guard secret gates he bored into the very fabric of the Abyss." "Arcana DC 21: Tomb demons arose in the aftermath of a great battle between Orcus and [B]Sylbarax[/B], an exarch of Zehir known as the Green Death. Sylbarax entered the Abyss, renounced his allegiance to his dark god, and became a demon lord. His reign was short-lived. Orcus assembled a vast host of demons and undead to destroy Sylbarax and the serpentine servants he had drawn to his side." [B]TSR/WotC fiction[/B] [B]Lussimor (Ebonbane)[/B] (2nd edition fiction, plus third-party licensed 3/3.5 ed design notes) [I]Shadowborn[/I] (William W. Connors and Carrie A. Bebris), pp 133-134 "In our language, the creature who called on our Caliph was known as [B]Lussimor[/B]. In your tongue, his name would be Ebonbane. I advise you to remember that name, Alexi Shadowborn, for it is one with which you of all people should be familiar. Remember it, and abhor it." ... "Lussimor drove the blessed Muhdar to madness and corruption," Lysander continued. "Our leader became cruel and violent. All the good he had done in his life was undone in the span of six short months. To ordinary citizens of the Southern Empire, the transformation of our leader was difficult to see. They were told that the crumbling changes in their daily lives were the fault of the Great Kingdom. But those who served in the palace could not mistake what was happening. One by one, as the truth dawned on them, they were slain and replaced with men who would follow the orders of the corrupted caliph without question." Design notes regarding Ebonbane for a book he got cut from can be found here: [URL="http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/TheParlor/3rd_author_notes/AN_Secrets_of_the_Dread_Realms.html"]Ravenloft: Fraternity of Shadows[/URL] For what its worth, note that the designer would have made Ebonbane a loumara, had loumaras been published at that time. From [I]The Glass Prison[/I] (Monte Cook) An Abyssal locale that I don't think has been mentioned before: "Vheod Runechild's body ached from hours of desperate flight, much of which took him through [B]the Fields of Night Unseen[/B], a meadow filled with vampiric thorns." "The field of black thorns flowed over hill after hill. Nowhere offered Vheod relief from their constant clawing at his legs as he ran, the vorrs close behind him. The sky above him bore a reddish-brown hue that recalled either rust or dried blood. Not even the whisper of a breeze came to alleviate the dry, parched heat. The thorns required blood, not water to live." Within the Fields of Night Unseen, Vheod finds "Karreth Edittorn... a name he knew meant 'Destiny's Last Hope,' in the language of the tower's creators." Karreth Edittorn is dark tower surrounded by a wall of grey stone and rusted iron supports which forms a bailey. Varrangoin haunt this courtyard. The tower itself has only one entrance - a hole on a small ledge near the top of the tower. According to Abyssal lore, this is a portal leading out of the Abyss. Supposedly, it only opens when it is truly the user's last hope and purportedly takes one to their "destiny." (It deposits Vheod near the Spiderhaunt Wood in Faerun's Dalelands, north of Tilverton.) To reach this portal, one must climb the rough exterior of the tower. Fiends featured or mentioned in [I]The Glass Prison[/I] include: [B]Vheod Runechild[/B] - A cambion from Broken Reach, great-gandson of Chare'en. Worked for an assassin guild called the Bloody Dagger. Flees the Abyss because his human side causes him to be unwilling to murder humans on moral grounds, though he's fine with killing fiends. His commander, Nethess, is hunting him down for this. [B]Nethess[/B] - A marilith in service to Graz'zt. Plans to kill Vheod. [B]Chare'en[/B] - A balor. Imprisoned in a glass orrery in a crypt in the Thunder Peaks. Manipulates his descendant into freeing him. He is called Lord of the Seven Vengeances and Master of the Hosts of J'Duna (whatever J'Duna is - an abyssal layer he ruled, perhaps?). He had originally come to Toril in the Year of the Toppled Throne when the Army of Darkness laid seige to Cormanthyr. He stayed after, building an army of gnolls in the Thunder Peaks and generally being evil until a wizard sealed him in a magic prison. [B]Gyrison[/B] - A winged demon disguising himself as a priest. With Arach, he is manipulating a cult of Chare'en worshippers into freeing the balor [B]Arach[/B] - A winged demon disguising himself as a priest. With Gyrison, he is manipulating a cult of Chare'en worshippers into freeing the balor [B]Reyniss[/B] - this tanar'ri shipwright built the chaos ship [I]Demonwing[/I] at Demogorgon's behest and was betrayed and devoured. [B]Chirotobyn[/B] - a tanar'ri wizard who taught Vheod some spells [B]d20 third-party licensed material[/B] [B]Irlek-Khan[/B] [I]Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume 1[/I], p 16 "Intriguingly, althought few scholars have pointed out as much, the scant evidence of Neureni culture that has survived hints that these barbarians were kin to the horsemen that settled in Gundarak. Indeed, the Gundarakite death god Erlin is in all likelihood an aspect of the demon lord [B]Irlek-Khan[/B], whom the Neureni supposedly worshipped." p 26 "Erlin is a puzzling Gundarakite death deity whose worship was santioned and encouraged by Duke Gundar during his rule. He is an ancient god and likely a corruption of an even older demonic entity, [B]Irlek-Khan[/B]." An appearance by [B]Baphomet[/B]: [I]Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume 3[/I], p 104-105 "The illustrous Serrure et Clé (Lock and Key) watch company - whose members hide behind grotesque masks - has been defending itself in the past year from charges of blasphemy. Some zealous anchorites have latched onto rumors that the company's secretive traditions conceal diabolical pacts." ... "Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Groissiat and the rest of the leadership, the tendrils of the Abyss have indeed wormed their way into the company. Watchman Rogier Le Cauchet (male caliban Ftr5, CE) has been secretly supplicating a fiend named [B]Baphomet[/B], under the delusion that the demon lord can heal his deformities. Le Cauchet has carefully built a cabal of fellow disciples around him and crafted a terrible idol in the shape of Baphomet's visage. Recently, the head has begun to speak to Le Cauchet. It may only be a matter of time before the dread process of fiendish transposition begins to claim the desperate caliban." [b]d20 3/3.5 third-party material[b] In [I]Armies of the Abyss[/I] (Green Ronin Publishing), the demon lords [B]Gaziel[/B] and [B]Fécor[/B] are mentioned: "In the mortal world, Anarazel is served by the demon lords [B]Gaziel[/B] and [B]Fécor[/B], who cause earthquakes, ring bells at midnight, cause spectres to appear, and inspire countless terrors." Also, a balor named [B]Mullin[/B] (who graces the cover) is mentioned as Azazel's personal servant. In the [I]Book of Fiends[/I] (also Green Ronin Publishing), p 49, but NOT [I]Armies of the Abyss[/I]: "Harlequins are the children of [B]Kobal[/B], the demon prince of comedians." The following demons appear in the article, "Demon Princes of Tellene" (Lloyd Brown III), for the [I]Kingdoms of Kalamar[/I] d20 setting, in [I]Knights of the Dinner Table[/I] #127 (Feb., 2007) [B]Atis[/B], the Horned Demon / rage, bulls, castration, battle, minotaurs [B]Begizo[/B], the Oracle / wisdom, cunning, foresight, prophecy, mirrors [B]Carifa[/B], the Matron (f) / poison, snakes, ugliness, deformity, hate [B]Daho[/B], the Eternal Dragon / creation of Abyssal layers, sleep, summoning, dragons [B]Dinus[/B], the Waif / wolves, werewolves, lost or dead children, evil in the form of children [B]Erida[/B], the Vulture (f) / rage, hate, storms, decay, cold [B]Laras[/B], the Gatekeeper / ghosts, gates, destruction of love, guardianship [B]Turem[/B], the Messenger / lightning, travel, speed One demon lord is mentioned as a name only: [B]Melakarit[/B]. Dinus has a dire wolf steed and companion of maximum size, [B]Solvung[/B]. Laras dwells in the gatehouse of "[B]the Dread Maw[/B], a huge obsidian gate to the Abyss that takes a thousand demons to draw open." The purpose of this gate and the consequences of opening it are not mentioned. In [I]Kobold Quarterly[/I] (Winter 2009, Issue 12), the article "Vilest Evils of the Abyss" (Phillip Larwood) presents seven new demon lords for 3.5e or Pathfinder. (Listed with name, title, areas of concern, and realm below.) [B]Agoziel[/B], the Ravenous Flame / accidents and disasters / Anaphexaton, the Shuddering Rift [B]Akyishigal[/B], the Skittish One / cockroaches, disease, and roachlings / The Reeking Vortex [B]Balaphwr[/B], the Disobedient Prince / regicide and treason / The Furious Reaches [B]Karduluu[/B], the Solace / alienation and loneliness / The Final Gaze [B]Thazrinu[/B], the Golden Slayer (f) / camouflage and stealth / Urnax [B]Ulbastor[/B], the Wounded Sovereign / injury and mutilation / Tzelmuth, the Tangled Abattoir [B]Uvapula[/B], the Beast Whore (f) / bestiality and gluttony / The Palace of Moaning Flesh Roachlings and [B]Akyishigal[/B] were also featured in an article in Kobold Quarterly #8. The article mentions [B]Dagdagiron[/B], offspring of Uvapula and Socothbenoth, a nascent demon lord of incest. In the d20 book [I]Dead Man's Chest[/I], from Necromancer Games, we find [B]Bonjo Tombo[/B], son of Demogorgon and an awakened fiendish dire ape. Obviously inspired by Oonga and King Kong. Not a demon lord, but a powerful unique demon, much like Arendagrost. (see other examples above) From the d20 book [I]Dreadmire[/I] (Spellbinder Games), we find a demon lord of fungus, [B]Leucopraxus[/B]. A wiki page about Leucopraxus is here: [URL="http://dreadmire.wikia.com/wiki/Leucopraxus"]Leucopraxus - Dreadmire[/URL] A demon lord named [B]Marruzat[/B] appears in [I]Beyond Countless Doorways[/I] from Sword & Sorcery. A demon lord named [B]Mhaazoul[/B] appears in [I]The Crystal Skull[/I] from Necromancer Games. In [I]Gary Gygax's Necropolis[/I] from Necromancer Games, we find two demon lords - [B]Aldinach[/B] (here, a male sorcerous demon lord), and [B]Gholl[/B], a minor demon lord of a gnoll-like race called gholls (no comment :D ). A demon lord named [B]Sriasha[/B] appears in [I]The Diamond Fortress[/I] from Necromancer Games. A demon lord named [B]Suvarros[/B] appears in (I think) [I]Strange Lands: Lost Tribes of the Scarred Lands[/I] from Sword & Sorcery's Scarred Lands line. [B]Pathfinder material[/B] For the sake of the non-canon demon lord lists at the ends of the various wiki articles: Nascent demon lords from Pathfinder: [B]Kalvakus, Daclau-Sar, Izyagna, Menxyr, Murnath, the Nightripper, Ovonovo, Shamira, Sithhud, Treerazer, Yamasoth[/B] [B]Yamasoth[/B] was once mentioned in a Dungeon editoral. Dead demon lords from Pathfinder: [B]Aolar, Ibdurengian, Mharah, Vyriavaxus, Xar-Armak[/B] [B]Third-party 4e material[/B] Two demon lords appear in [I]Blackdirge's Dungeon Denizens[/I] (Goodman Games), a 4e product. The first is [B]Azi Dahaka[/B], a draconic demon lord of storms, destruction, and elemental chaos. The second is [B]Malotoch[/B], a demon lord of... I can't remember. :confused:[/b][/b] [/QUOTE]
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