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'''Ssendam''' is the Slaad Lord of Insanity. 

==Description==
Ssendam appears as a gigantic golden amoeba with a humanoid brain as a nucleus. Ssendam has been described alternatively as male and female in different sources, and in truth it is impossible to tell what gender Ssendam is. Ssendam is widely believed to be the oldest slaad lord, predating even [[Ygorl]]. 

==Relationships==
Ssendam cares little for other slaadi, and his involvement with the race is limited at best.

==Realm==
The first edition ''Manual of the Planes'' describes Ssendam's domain as a golden castle that rises from raw chaos.

Ssendam is often found floating in the vicinity of the Spawning Stone that serves as the mating grounds of the slaad race. There, she often takes the form of a golden slaad. Legends suggest that Ssendam serves as the stone's self-appointed guardian, although [[Ygorl]] is most often credited with the stone's actual creation.

==Creative origins==
Ssendam was created by Charles Stross for the ''Fiend Folio'' (1981). 

==Bibliography==
*Bonny, Edward. "The Dragon's Bestiary: Lords of Chaos." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #221. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.

*Greene, Scott. ''The Tome of Horrors.'' Necromancer Games, 2002.

*Grubb, Jeff. ''[[Manual of the Planes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1987.

*Grubb, Jeff, [[Bruce R. Cordell]], and [[David Noonan]]. ''[[Manual of the Planes]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

*McComb, Colin. ''[[On Hallowed Ground]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.

*Turnbull, Don, ed. ''[[Fiend Folio]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.


[[Category:Characters of Limbo]]
[[Category:Deities of insanity]]
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