| “ | Know me then by my best name, mortal. You face Demogorgon, Prince of Demons. | „ |
| ~ Demogorgon |
Demogorgon is a demon lord character serving as one of the main villains in the Dungeons and Dragons game and is one of the most powerful demons that has existed in the game (so far). He is also known as the Master of the Spiraling Depths or the Prince of Demons. He lairs in the abyssal realm Abysm (the 88th layer of the Infinite Layers Of The Abyss.), which is also known as the Gaping Maw. Demogorgon appears as a humanoid figure with a baboon-like upper body, tentacle-arms, and saurian legs. Atop his shoulders rest two heads, and they are both mad. His goal is to destroy everything in the universe.
History[]
Demogorgon started as one being, a tanar'ri demon named Aaemul who absorbed strength by killing and consuming weaker demons. With each demon Aaemul consumed, his knowledge grew tenfold until he came to the conclusion that a great war was looming between the tanar'ri and the obyrith demons. Once Demogorgon grew strong enough, he aligned himself with fellow tanar'ri Orcus and Fraz-Urbl'uu to slay the obyrith lord known as the Queen of Chaos. With the newfound power of the Queen of Chaos, Demogorgon staked his claim in the 88th layer of the Abyss, also known as the Gaping Maw. After a slashing blow from Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow adventurer, cut his head down the middle, it split in two. The second head gained the conscience of the Queen of Chaos due to Demogorgon absorbing her power. The second head's name became Hethradiah and the two became the singular entity known as Demogorgon. Demogorgon is the current Prince of Demons, although this title has been contested over the years.
Personality[]
Each of Demogorgon's heads had its own name and personality, a duality that created an enduring internal conflict of his personality, while shaping all his actions and even his realm. His left head was named Aameul while the right was named Hethradiah (sometimes referred to as Hathradiah). The two heads warred with each other, constantly seeking to obtain the upper hand on each other. Aameul, the more charismatic and calculating, relished deception and wished to break free from the other half. The more impulsive and feral Hethradiah relished destruction and did not wish to be separated.
Perhaps the only thing preventing Demogorgon from taking over the rest of the Abyss was his own dual nature.
Despite this internal madness, Demogorgon was extremely creative and relished experimentation and innovation.
Features[]
The dual nature of Demogorgon allows for a range of different powers and capabilities to expect from this demon lord.
- Hethradiah's hypnotic gaze could cause a dual personality in the target, and that new split personality is ultimately loyal to Demogorgon himself.
- Demogorgon still retains his ability to consume opponents by forcibly melding their bodies into his own. When he is supposed to die, he can take an action ability to create a giant force wave to draw opponents into himself as a last-ditch effort to heal himself. Creatures drawn in and consumed by this ability are utterly destroyed by the attack, and there is no way to revive them.
- Demogorgon could alter reality himself to his own will, exclusively in demonic ways relating to the 88th layer of the Abyss.
Cult of Demogorgon[]
Demogorgon's cult was relatively small compared to "true" deities, but much larger than those of most fiends. He was worshiped by the intelligent manta ray race known as ixitxachitls, who drew power from the Abyss itself in order to become more powerful spellcasters. In turn, vital energy drained by vampiric ixitxachitls was transferred directly to Demogorgon via an unknown Abyssal mechanism.
Demogorgon's other worshipers included troglodytes, kuo-toa, and other humanoids, particularly evil humans. His cult prospered in times of chaos and caused great destruction wherever it was found. Temples to Demogorgon were split in half, with one side representing Aameul and the other representing Hethradiah. Demogorgon's domains were Chaos, Corruption, Demonic, and Evil. His symbol was that of a forked tail, often wrapped around a skull or sword.
Demogorgon was sufficiently powerful to offer patronage pacts with warlocks, who usually kept quasits as familiars. His most devout followers were granted magic boons, such as an aspect of his dual minds that conferred resistance to mind-affecting effects. Their signature spells mimicked Demogorgon's own abilities, such as charm person, enlarge/reduce, and vampiric touch.
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Trivia[]
- The kuo-toa cultists in the Underdark worship Demogorgon as a godlike entity named "Leemogogoon", who was also known as the "Deep Father". While the kuo-toa thought that their Deep Father would be a benevolent bringer of luck and good fortune, Demogorgon almost wiped out and consumed the entire civilization of kuo-toa in the Underdark when he was summoned. His presence in the Material Plane alerted other powerful demon lords such as Yeenoghu and Orcus to his position, although he crushed every single one of them to a pulp.
- The Demogorgon from Stranger Things was based off of the character from Dungeons and Dragons, and its game figure was even used in the first episode when the main characters participated in a game of D&D. Though the heads looked more reptilian than mandrills.
- Demogorgon appears in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal as an optional bonus boss and is voiced by Jim Cummings.
External Links[]
- The Demogorgon on the Baldur's Gate Wiki
- The Demogorgon on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
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