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| {{Greyhawk Deity|
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| image=[[Image:Miska01.jpg]]|
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| caption=Miska the Wolf-Spider battles the [[Wind Dukes]] [[Qadeej]] (l) and [[Icosiol]] (r) at [[Battle of Pesh|Pesh]], as depicted in ''[[The Rod of Seven Parts]]'' (1996).|
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| name=Miska the Wolf-Spider|
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| title=[Former] Prince of Demons|
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| home=[[Pandemonium]]; formerly the [[Abyss]]|
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| power=[[Demon lord]]|
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| gender=Male|
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| alignment=Chaotic Evil|
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| super=The [[Queen of Chaos]]|
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| '''Miska the Wolf-Spider''' is a [[demon lord]] and former holder of the title "[[Prince of Demons]]."
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| ==Description==
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| Miska the Wolf-Spider appears as a large armored spider with a four-armed human male torso. His human head is flanked on either side with the head of a snarling wolf. Miska is regarded by the [[spyder-fiend]]s, a subrace of the tanar'ri who take the form of wolf-headed spiders, as their god and patron.
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| ==Relationships==
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| ==History==
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| In the early days of the multiverse, in the so-called [[Age Before Ages]], the obyrith demon lord called the [[Queen of Chaos]] launched a war against the forces of Law. By brute force and threats of death and punishment, she rallied her fellow obyriths into a united front. To gain cooperation from the then-servitor race the tanar'ri, the Queen took as her lover and head general Miska the Wolf-Spider. The Queen went as far as to murder the then-Prince of Demons [[Obox-ob]] and bestow the title to her new consort.
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| Under Miska's command, the forces of Chaos were triumphant, taking over world after world, driving back the forces of Law, which were led by the [[Wind Dukes of Aaqa|vaati]], known as the Wind Dukes. The Wind Dukes eventually fashioned an artifact to use against Miska known as the ''[[Rod of Law]]''. On the battlefield of [[Battle of Pesh|Pesh]] on the world of [[Oerth]], the Wind Dukes defeated Miska, imprisoning him in [[Pandemonium]] and shattering the ''Rod'' into [[Rod of Seven Parts|seven parts]], effectively bringing the war to a stalemate. The Queen, to this day, looks for a way to free Miska to restart the war.
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| ==Publishing History ==
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| Miska the Wolf-Spider first debuted in the second edition adventure ''[[The Rod of Seven Parts]]'', where the players went on an extended quest to recover and restore the fabled ''Rod'' and eventually confront Miska in his extraplanar prison. Miska's ultimate fate depends on the outcome of the adventure. Although Miska has not been officially updated for the game's third edition, he and the Queen of Chaos have been mentioned in ''[[Dungeon]]'' during the [[Age of Worms]] adventure path.
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| ==Bibliography==
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| [[Image:Miska02.jpg|right]]
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| *[[Wolfgang Baur|Bauer, Wolfgang]]. "A Gathering of Winds." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #129. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *[[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. ''Book of Artifacts''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
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| *[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
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| *[[Mona, Erik]]. ''Age of Worms Overload''. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. Available online: [http://paizo.com/dungeon/news/v5748eaic9jzc]
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| *-----. "The [[Whispering Cairn]]." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
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| *Stark, Ed, [[James Jacobs]], and [[Erik Mona]]. ''[[Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.
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| *[[Williams, Skip]]. "A History of the Rod of Seven Parts." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #224. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
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| *-----. ''[[The Rod of Seven Parts]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
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| [[Category:Archfiends]]
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| [[Category:Characters of the Abyss]]
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| [[Category:Characters of Pandemonium]]
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