The 'Wonderland'-Inspired Faces of the RAGE OF DEMONS

Take a peek at some of the art from D&D's upcoming Rage of Demons storyline. This art is by Richard Whitters, who is the art director for D&D and used to work as a concept artist for Magic: the Gathering. WotC's Chris Perkins has indicated that one of the influences on Rage of Demons was Alice in Wonderland, and I think the influence is clear when you look at the characters below.

OUGALOP, kuo-toa cave cricket catcher extraordinaire.

YUK YUK and SPIDERBAIT, goblin adrenaline junkies.

THE SOCIETY OF BRILLIANCE, the Mensa of the Underdark.

GLABBAGOOL, awakened gelatinous cube.

RUMPADUMP and STOOL, myconid followers.

PRINCE DERENDIL, a quaggoth who thinks he's elven royalty.

TOPSY and TURVY, svirfneblin wererat siblings.

THE PUDDING KING, svirfneblin devotee (i.e., flunky) of Juiblex the Faceless Lord.

D&D's "Legion of Doom." What a wonderful bunch of malcontents.
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[steeldragons]

Yeah. I meant those two figures particularly...though the toadie winged one...maybe...could be Pazuzu. S'got wings.

The other, female figure...could be Lolth, as much as it could be anyone else..and we are talking Drow/Underdark. I think Lolth showing up in the mix somewhere is a foregone conclusion.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I think Lolth showing up in the mix somewhere is a foregone conclusion.

Probably true--which makes me just a bit sad. I'm so bloody sick of Lolth.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Probably true--which makes me just a bit sad. I'm so bloody sick of Lolth.

She's never really shown up in too many adventure's and it's unlikely she will have big role as she is a God and thus can't get to the Material Plane unless a complex ritual is used now.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I don't know how many adventures she's in, but she's all over the fiction. I'd really like to see her put on the shelf for a while. Not forever, but a good long time.

But then, I kind of feel that way about the drow, too. I don't expect I'll see either actually happen.

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

Well, it's missing the queen of hearts character, so maybe she'd fit.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Well, it's missing the queen of hearts character, so maybe she'd fit.

How about the Demon Queen of Succubi, Malcanthet?

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

How about the Demon Queen of Succubi, Malcanthet?

Phwoar

 

[Hussar]

Reading that Wiki blurb, yeah, I thought so. Malcanthet is a pretty new thing and was pretty much exclusively a Paizo Dungeon beastie. I doubt they're going to use her in a WOTC module.

Zuttgmoy (sp) would be cool though instead of Lolth. Ah well, Underdark=drow=Lolth, so, yeah, foregone conclusion.

 

[Irennan]

Where are people seeing anything that even remotely resembles Lolth in the drawing? Even assuming that they are not portraying her as half spider half drow, I still see nothing resembling a drow female there

Also, with the Sundering, by Ao's edict FR gods can't directly meddle anymore, so I don't see that happening. Zuggtmoy is way more likely to be in the AP, IMO.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Reading that Wiki blurb, yeah, I thought so. Malcanthet is a pretty new thing and was pretty much exclusively a Paizo Dungeon beastie.

She actually debuted in the WotC 3rd Ed D&D book, Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss.