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'''Iggwilv''' is a powerful human wizard famous for her ''[[Demonomicon of Iggwilv|Demonomicons]]''. Iggwilv is known by various alternate names and titles, including the '''Witch Queen of [[Perrenland]]''' and the '''Mother of Witches'''. When she was younger, she's gone by '''Tasha''', and '''Natasha the Dark''', as well as '''Hura of Ket'''.<ref name="Tasha5">''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything''', p5</ref> She is known as Louhi on one alternate [[Prime Material Plane|Prime Material]] world, and as Ychbilch on another. Those close to her sometimes address her as "Wilva." <ref>Gygax, Gary. ''Sea of Death''. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1987.</ref>


==Description==
'''Iggwilv''' is a powerful human spellcaster and demonologist best known as the creator of the [[Demonomicon of Iggwilv]]. In the history of the [[Flanaess]], she is remembered for her conquest of Perrenland in [[481 CY]].
Iggwilv has a range of guises, from hideous to lovely. As a hideous old crone (said to be her true form), she is described as "a parody of every child's nightmare of a wicked witch." In her lovely form, she may appear (as she does in ''[[Artifact of Evil]]'') as a voluptuous beauty with flowing golden tresses, or (in ''[[Return of the Eight]]'') with long black hair, golden skin, and black eyes without irises or whites. In ''Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut'' (4e, ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]''#196, 2011) she is described in her youth as Natasha as "a striking human woman, tall and slim, with long, black hair and alabaster skin".<br/>
It is said none who have seen her in her true form still live.<ref>''Dragon'' and ''Dungeon'' staffs. "Unsolved Mysteries of D&D." ''Dragon #359''. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007</ref>


Iggwilv is characterized as a selfish, evil-aligned magic user with much power and a penchant for sexual manipulation. For a period of time, she travelled with the [[Company of Seven]] under the alias '''Tasha'''.<ref>[[Gygax, Gary]]. "From the Sorcerer's Scroll: New Magic-User Spells." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] #67 ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1982).</ref><ref>Gygax, Gary. ''[[Unearthed Arcana]]'' (TSR, 1985).</ref> As with many ''Greyhawk'' characters, sources often contradict on exact details regarding Iggwilv.
She is known under various aliases and titles, including '''Tasha''', '''Natasha the Dark''', '''Hura of Ket''',<ref name="Tasha5">[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]], p.5.</ref> Igwlf,<ref>T1-4 [[The Temple of Elemental Evil]], p.99.</ref> the '''Witch Queen of Perrenland''',<ref name="erg-8">[[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]], p.8-9</ref> and the '''Mother of Witches'''.<ref name="dra-414-igg" />


After Iggwilv was illustrated by [[Wayne Reynolds]] in [[Stephen Greer|Stephen S. Greer]]'s ''[[Fiend's Embrace|Fiend's Embrace (adventure)]]'' in ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]'' #121 (2005), depictions of Iggwilv have been in her dark-haired, black-eyed form in an iconic black dress. She also wears [[Fiend's Embrace]], a red cloak made from the scaly hide of a pit fiend which bears a small semblance of intelligence from the pit fiend from which it was harvested, with a silvery metal clasp shaped like a six-fingered hand.
==Appearance and personality==


In ''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'', all of the illustrations of Iggwilv as Tasha show a distinctive identifying mark. On her face, just below her eye on her right cheekbone, is what appears to be a tattoo or makeup depicting a dagger-like emblem with a v-shaped hilt - or a line splitting into three. It seems to be a representation of the common rune or glyph indicating evil magical power, pointing downward.
Iggwilv famously appears in a range of guises, from a bald, hideous crone to a beautiful woman. While she favors beautiful appearance, it is believed that the crone is her true form, although none live who have ever seen it.<ref name="dra-336-77" /><ref name="rot8-55">[[Return of the Eight]], p.55-56.</ref>
 
In her guise as Natasha, she is a tall, slim human woman with long black hair and alabaster skin.<ref name="dra-83-42">''The Dancing Hut'', Dragon #83 p.42-43</ref><ref name="dun-196-baba">''Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut'', Dungeon #196 (Nov 2011).</ref> In another, as Iggwilv circa [[585 CY]], she is a thin woman with golden skin, with eyes resembling black pools, and wears a dark gray robed hood.<ref>[[Return of the Eight]], p.52.</ref> As Tasha, she is sometimes depicted wearing an iconic witch's outfit with dark robes and a tall pointed hat, as well as a variety of other clothing. She is sometimes seen with a tattoo or mark beneath her right eye representing a three-forked line,<ref name="Tasha5" /> known in the Flanaess as an inverted form of a rune representing evil magic, although its purpose is unknown. Circa [[597 CY]], during her planes, she wore an iconic revealing dark green dress along with the demonskin artifact cloak [[Fiend's Embrace]].<ref>Dungeon #149, p.48 and issue cover.</ref><ref name="dra-336-77">''The Demonomicon of Iggwilv'', Dragon #336 p.76-78.</ref><ref>''Fiend's Embrace'', Dungeon #121 p.37, and issue cover.</ref>
 
Iggwilv is capricious, wicked, and highly ambitious. As Witch Queen of Perrenland, she subjected its people to such a reign of terror that, a century later, mothers still invoked Iggwilv's name to frighten disobedient children. While she makes an exceptionally powerful ally, she also has a reputation for treachery. She plotted careful revenge against the Circle of Eight after they foiled one of her plans, but quickly lost interest after her revenge failed.<ref name="erg-8" /> She is somewhat vain, materialistic and desires wealth, collecting treasure and magic items in particular.<ref name="dra-83-42" /><ref name="s4-2">S4 [[The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]], p.2.</ref> She has a preference for the use of demons as servants.<ref name="dra-83-42" /> She also collects mold and fungi, including sentient species.<ref>[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]], p.36.</ref>


==Relationships==
==Relationships==
Iggwilv is the adopted daughter of [[Baba Yaga]]. She imprisoned and seduced the demon lord [[Graz'zt]], who sired her a son, [[Iuz]]. She is also the mother of the now-destroyed vampiress [[Drelnza]].<ref name="S4">Gygax, Gary, ''The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth''', TSR, inc., 1982, S4, isbn = 0-935696-72-5, p64}}</ref>
===Family===
Mary Greymalkin claims to be part of a legendary lineage as granddaughter of the vampire [[Drelnza]].<ref>[[Jeremy Crawford|Crawford, Jeremy]], Bart Carrol. ''[[Lost Laboratory of Kwalish]]''. Renton, WA. WotC. 2018</ref>
 
Iggwilv is the adopted daughter of [[Baba Yaga]], from whom she first learned magic.<ref name="dra-83-42" /> She is adoptive sister to [[Elena the Fair]], a lawful good sorceress of whom she is jealous, though she wishes no harm upon her.<ref name="dra-83-42" /> Iggwilv's father is unknown.
 
Iggwilv imprisoned and seduced the demon lord [[Graz'zt]], who sired her a son, [[Iuz]].<ref name="dra-360">''Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Graz'zt'', Dragon #360.</ref>
 
Iggwilv is also the mother to the vampire [[Drelnza]].<ref>S4 [[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]], p.29.</ref> Her father is unknown, though it is almost certainly not Graz'zt.<ref name="dra-336-77" /> Some sages speculate that Drelnza is the only creature Iggwilv ever truly loved.<ref name="dra-414-igg">''The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair'', Dragon #414.</ref>
 
The warlock [[Mary Greymalkin]] claims to draw lineage from Iggwilv, who is also one of her patrons.<ref>[[Lost Laboratory of Kwalish]], p.6.</ref> Iggwilv may have other descendants, and such is Iggwilv's bloodline that demons can sense those individuals' connection to her, and treat them with greater respect.<ref name="dra-359-1d20">''1D20 Villains'', Dragon #359, p.62.</ref>


On the parallel [[Earth]] where she used the name Louhi, she bore another child known as the Son of Pohjola. She was at one time the apprentice of [[Zagig Yragerne]], and a member of the [[Company of Seven]].
===Enemies===


She was at one time the apprentice of [[Zagig Yragerne]],<ref name="wg6">Gygax, Gary. ''[[Isle of the Ape]]'', TSR, inc., 1985, WG6, isbn = 0-88038-238-4,}}</ref> and a member of the [[Company of Seven]] (as Tasha).
On multiple occasions, Iggwilv has clashed with the [[Circle of Eight]], who maintain a constant watch in order to ready should she return to Oerth.<ref name="dra-336-77" />


Iggwilv is a fierce enemy of the [[Circle of Eight]].
===Allies===


Occasional allies include her son, Iuz, and the demoness [[Zuggtmoy]]. Besides her awesome magical might, Iggwilv is also notorious for consorting with (as well as controlling and manipulating) fiends, notably demons from the [[Abyss]] and various [[yugoloth]]s.<ref>Jacobs, James. ''The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Pazuzu'', [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] 329, Paizo Publishing, March 2005}}</ref>
She has a famous love-hate relationship with the demon lord [[Graz'zt]], who have fought and betrayed each other in the past.<ref name="dra-336-77" />
<ref>Jacobs, James. ''The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Fraz-Urb'luu, [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] 333, Paizo Publishing, July 2005}}</ref>
 
<ref>Jacobs, James. ''The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Zuggtmoy, [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] 337, Paizo Publishing, November 2005 }}</ref>
Her allies include the yugoloth [[Tul-oc-luc]],<ref>WG6 [[Isle of the Ape]] p.44.</ref> the demon lords [[Zuggymoy]] and [[Demogorgon]], and [[Tuerny the Merciless]].<ref name="dra-336-77" />
<ref>Jacobs, James. ''The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Baphomet, [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] 341, Paizo Publishing, March 2006 }}</ref>
 
<ref>Jacobs, James. ''The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Kostchtchie, [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] 345, Paizo Publishing, July 2006 }}</ref>
She secretly holds significant influence over the demon lord [[Kostchtchie]], and is responsible for his rise to power. Her long-term goals are to use him to defeat Orcus and Demogorgon, allowing Iggwilv to seize control of the Abyss.<ref>[[Demonomicon (4e)]] p.123.</ref>
 
Iggwilv also has numerous contacts across the planes, and could use this to bring together a large army should the need arise.<ref name="rot8-10"/>


==History==
==History==
According to published background, Iggwilv is said to have once been named Natasha,<ref name="dragon359">''Unsolved Mysteries of D&D: Who is Tasha?'', [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]#359, p30, Pazio, September 2007 }}</ref> and it is under this name that she was "adopted" as a child by the witch [[Baba Yaga]]. Under Baba Yaga's tutelage, Natasha grew into a talented spellcaster, and soon became known as "Natasha the Dark," perhaps in contrast to another adopted daughter of Baba Yaga, Iggwilv's "sister," [[Elena the Fair]].
===Origin===
 
Iggwilv was born centuries ago to unknown parents. She was adopted by the legendary witch [[Baba Yaga]] as a child, who raised her and introduced her to the secrets of magic.<ref>[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]], p.117.</ref> Her first memories were of growing up in the [[Feywild]], something Tasha resented due to frequent occurrences of bizarre and unpredictable natural phenomena.<ref>[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]], p.150.</ref>
 
As a young woman, she went by the name Natasha the Dark. She enjoyed manipulating demons and using them as servants, and developed a wicked streak. She also collected magic items and conducted magical research, becoming a skilled magic user in her own right. She lived with another adoptive sister named Elena.<ref name="dra-83-42" />
 
===4th century CY===


[[Image:Graz'zt and Iggwilv01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Iggwilv accepts ''[[Fiend's Embrace]]'' from [[Graz'zt]]. Art by [[Wayne Reynolds]].]]
[[Image:Graz'zt and Iggwilv01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Iggwilv accepts ''[[Fiend's Embrace]]'' from [[Graz'zt]]. Art by [[Wayne Reynolds]].]]


Iggwilv next appeared in [[Ket]] some 300 years ago, in the 3rd century [[Common Year|CY]], where she was known as Hura. After being driven from Lopolla for plundering the Vault of [[Daoud]] (where it is assumed she acquired [[Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn]]), Hura made her way to the [[Free City of Greyhawk]]. Now using the name Tasha, Iggwilv encountered the wizard [[Zagig Yragerne]], who quickly (and scandalously) took her on as an apprentice. Sometime during this period (early 4th century CY), Tasha also served as a member of the Company of Seven, Zagig's adventuring band, and developed the spell ''Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter''. Zagig and Tasha's relationship culminated in the imprisonment the [[demon lord]] [[Fraz-Urb'luu]]. When Zagig was unaware, Tasha spoke to the imprisoned demon lord, and learned many secrets. Shortly thereafter, Iggwilv absconded with many of Zagig's magical tomes, including the ''Tome of Zyx'', which she would later make additions to and rename ''The Demonomicon''.<ref name="S4" />
The earliest record of Iggwilv in the Flanaess is nearly three centuries ago (circa 300 CY) in the western borderlands of al-[[Ket]], where she went by the alias Hura. Here she occupied a tower at the outskirts of the city of [[Loppolla]], where she conducted various terrible experiments.<ref name="dra-336-77" />
 
Her presence there was tolerated until she plundered the Vault of [[Daoud]] (likely where she acquired the [[Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn]]), which outraged the pious citizens of Lopolla. She was driven into exile.<ref name="dra-336-77" />
 
Taking the name Tasha, she joined the [[Company of Seven]], a now legendary adventuring party whose members included such luminaries as [[Zagig Yragerne]], [[Heward]], [[Quaal]] and [[Nolzur]]. Tasha hid her true ability, and posed as a spellcaster of less capability than her true strength. Before the end of the 300s CY, the Company of Seven parted ways due to internal disagreements.''Treasures of Greyhawk'', Dragon #359 p.70-71.</ref><ref name="who">''Unsolved Mysteries of D&D'', Dragon #359 p.30.</ref>
 
At some unknown point she developed the spell ''Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter''.
 
===5th century CY===
 
Tasha settled in the City of Greyhawk approximately 200 years ago (circa 400 CY), where she drew the attention of its powerful and eccentric mayor, [[Zagig Yragerne]]. Zagig took her as an apprentice, studying the creatures of the Outer Planes and engaging in summoning rituals.<ref name="dra-336-77" /> Tasha had a particular interest in the Abyss, and learned a great deal on he subject under Zagig's tutelage. Zagig carried out a relationship with his apprentice, considered something of a scandalous in the City of Greyhawk at the time.<ref name="dra-414-igg"/>
 
In a pinnacle of their achievement together, the two succeeded in summoning and binding the demon lord [[Fraz-Urb'luu]],<ref name="dra-336-77" /> who they imprisoned beneath Castle Greyhawk.<ref name="dra-414-igg"/> The pair were aided in this plot by several rivals of Fraz-Urb'luu, demon lords who hated him for his habit of incessant trickery.<ref name="dun-208-fraz" /> Iggwilv took this opportunity to interrogate Fraz-Urb'luu, Prince of Deception, and from his lies Tasha was able to glean valuable secrets.<ref name="dra-414-igg"/>
 
Tasha was not satisfied sharing such demon-binding power with Zagig, and sought to wield such power by herself. She looted Zagig's library and fled in the night with several of his priceless artifacts. The greatest of these was the [[Tome of Zyx]], a work of demonology penned by Zagig.<ref name="dra-336-77" /><ref name="dra-414-igg"/> This tome was the foundation of Tasha's understanding of demonology.<ref name="dun-208-fraz">''Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Fraz-Urb'luu, Prince of Deception'', Dungeon #208.</ref>
 
In search of greater power, Tasha traveled to the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth in the [[Yatil Mountains]], where she uncovered the tomb where the archmage [[Tsojcanth]] was said to have been laid to rest. Unknown to most, Tsojcanth was the half-demon son Fraz-Urb'luu who masqueraded as a mortal, and was alive. Tasha deployed her accumulated knowledge to bind him in an epic contest of wills, and subsequently spent many years interrogating him to increase her knowledge of demonology.<ref name="dra-414-igg" />
 
At some point following her departure from Greyhawk, Tasha took the name Iggwilv.
 
===Demonomicon of Iggwilv===
 
Using the additional knowledge she gained from Tsojcanth, Iggwilv successfully summoned and bound the demon prince [[Graz'zt]], imprisoning his physical form. Once again she used this opportunity to expand her knowledge of demonology.<ref name="dra-414-igg" />
 
Collecting together her accumulated knowledge in written form, Iggwilv refined and expanded upon the Tome of Zyx to produce a six-volume work known as the [[Demonomicon of Iggwilv]].<ref name="dra-336-77" /><ref name="dra-414-igg" />
 
Iggwilv and Graz'zt became lovers, although she continued to hold him bound.<ref name="dra-336-77" /> Shortly before [[460 CY]], the two had a son, [[Iuz]], who was given in adoption to a petty lord north of [[Whyestil Lake]].<ref name="rot8-55" /> Graz'zt gifted her not only knowledge but items, including the rare cloak [[Fiend's Embrace]], made from the hide of the pit fiend Drokarrn.<ref>''Fiend's Embrace'', Dungeon #121 p.17,37.</ref>
 
===Conquest of Perrenland===
 
Iggwilv is first recorded in the history of Perrenland, a nation at the foot of the Yatil mountain range, in [[460 CY]].<ref name="rot8-55" />
 
In [[479 CY]], Iuz's adoptive father died, and Iuz seized upon the opportunity to take control of his estate.<ref name="rot8-55" /> Iuz proved capable general, and raised an army of barbaric humans nd humanoids. In [[480 CY]], Iuz led these forces under Iggwilv's banner to conquer the lands surrounding her base in the Yatils. By [[481 CY]] Iggwilv enslaved all of [[Perrenland]], establishing herself the title of Witch Queen.<ref name="dra-336-77" /><ref name="rot8-55" /> Perrenland's nobility fled to their embassy in [[Exag]],<ref>''Exag'', Dungeon #145 p.52.</ref>, and Iggwilv's rising power began to concern Perrenland's neighbors, resulting in an alliance between [[Ket]] and the dwarves of the lower Yatils.<ref>Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] p.67.</ref>
 
From 481 CY until [[491 CY]], Iggwilv's conquests continued, taking [[Lake Quag]] to the north and attacking the [[Wolf Nomads]]. She stripped conquered lands of their wealth to invest in magical research.<ref name="rot8-55" /> She offered an alliance to the Storm Riders of the [[Temple of Celestial Winds]], raiders bound to their temple by ancient curse, but when they rejected her offer she sealed away their temple for over a century.<ref>''The Coming Storm'', Dungeon #136 p.38.</ref> She also gave birth to a daughter, [[Drelzna]], whose father is unknown (but unlikely to be Graz'zt).<ref name="dra-336-77" />
 
Under Graz'zt's influence, Iggwilv's grew ever more hungry for power, and sought to extend her conquest [[Ket]], the land which exiled her before. Graz'zt grew resentful of his continued exploitation, and began plotting to escape Iggwilv's control.<ref name="dra-336-77" />
 
In [[491 CY]], Iggwilv's control of Graz'zt finally slipped.<ref name="rot8-55" /> A rift to the Abyss grew beneath Iggwilv's lair, a dangerous side-effect of her frequent summoning rituals. Graz'zt proposed freeing the half-fiend [[Tsojcanth]] to use his essence to seal the rift, but when Iggwilv undertook the ritual, Tsojcanth suddenly attacked her. Iggwilv defeated him, but was weakened in the battle. Graz'zt immediately took the opportunity to attack Iggwilv without mercy, in a titanic battle said to have shaken the Yatil Mountains. Iuz, torn between loyalty to both parents, was divided into two halves, one demon, one human.<ref name="dra-414-igg"/>
 
Graz'zt was slain, banishing him to his home in the Abyss for 100 years.<ref name="dra-336-77" /> Iggwilv survived, weakened and broken, and with her power greatly reduced. Graz'zt's motivation for allowing Iggwilv to live is debatable: he may have been insufficiently powerful to deal the finishing blow, or wished his former lover to continue living for his sake, or wished to punish her by having her live in a weakened state.<ref name="dra-414-igg"/> The battle cost Iggwilv nearly every spell, artifact and ally at her disposal.<ref name="dra-360" />
 
Weakened and alone, Iggwilv's reign over Perrenland ended, but the impoverished nation suffered a famine which lasted for two years.<ref name="lgg-86">[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] p.86.</ref> Iggwilv abandoned the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and fled north with her son Iuz, who she helped to gain power. She then departed from those lands,<ref name="dra-336-77" /> and was widely presumed dead.<ref name="rot8-55" /> Much of her riches and many of her magic items were plundered by her former servants, including [[Iggwilv's Nethertome]].<ref name="dra-225-51">''Three Greyhawk Grimoires'', Dragon #225 p. 51-53.</ref>
 
===Conflict with the Circle of Eight===
 
In the 570s CY, Iggwilv had two notable clashes with the [[Circle of Eight]].
 
In the mid to late 570s CY, the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth were rediscovered.<ref name="rot8-55" /> The [[Circle of Eight]], unable to directly intervene, quietly sponsored groups of adventurers to sack the caverns.<ref>[[Living Greyhawk Journal]] #0, p.7.</ref> Iggwilv's daughter [[Drelzna]], now a vampire, was destroyed while guarding the ruins.<ref name="rot8-55" />
 
In another instance, Iggwilv attempted to attack the Flanaess with an army of fiends and monsters. [[Tenser]] of the Circle of Eight hired adventurers to head to the Isle of the Ape to locate the [[Crook of Rao]] with which to prevent the incursion of her army of fiends.<ref>WG6 [[Isle of the Ape]] p.6-7.</ref> Among those who took part in the expedition were [[Agath of Thrunch]], Great Druidess [[Reynard Yargrove]], [[Franz]], Lord Torkeep, Lady Marshal [[Rowena of the Silverbow]] of the Vesve Forest, [[Warnes Starcoat]] of Urnst, and Guildmaster [[Rakehell Chert]] of Scant.<ref>WG6 [[Isle of the Ape]] p.21-28.</ref> Iggwilv was defeated, but not before corrupting the Crook of Rao with a curse which risks its destruction.<ref>[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]] p.123-124.</ref>
 
===Greyhawk Wars===
 
Iggwilv recovered most of her power and returned to Oerth prior to the [[Greyhawk Wars]] (582 - 584 CY), in which she secretly supported Iuz.<ref name="dra-225-51" />


Iggwilv traveled to the [[Yatil Mountains]], in the unclaimed wilderness near the [[Velverdyva River]], to a twisted mountain now called [[Iggwilv's Horn]], said to be the last resting place of the ancient mage [[Tsojcanth]]. There, using the lore and power she had stolen from Fraz-Urb'luu and Zagig, she bound Tsojcanth to her service, using him as her slave for generations.
Iggwilv soon fell for a ploy involving Graz'zt's majordomo [[Verin]].<ref name="erg-8" /> Early in the Wars, Iggwilv attempted to summon and bind Graz'zt again, but discovered that Graz'zt had made plans for this eventuality, bringing a unique artifact which broke her binding circles.<ref name="dra-225-51"/> He took her to the Abyss,<ref name="rot8-55" /> who imprisoned her in his Argent Palace, where he recovered portions of his stolen power.<ref name="dra-360" />


Iggwilv next appears in the historical records of Perrenland in [[460 CY]]. Using what she had learned (and stolen) from Zagig, Iggwilv summoned and imprisoned the demon lord Graz'zt. She managed to seduce the demon lord into helping her with her plans of conquest and went on to bear him a son, Iuz. In [[480 CY]], she assembled an army and attacked Perrenland from her base in the Yatils known as the [[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth|Lost Caverns]]. It is thought that at some point during or prior to this period of conquest, Graz'zt gifted Iggwilv with a magical cloak of [[pit fiend]] hide known as ''Fiend's Embrace''. Iggwilv's conquest of Perrenland was complete by [[481 CY]], and she held a firm grip on that nation until [[491 CY]], when Graz'zt escaped her control. Graz'zt had suggested, maliciously, that Iggwilv bind Tsojcanth to use as a living seal against the alarmingly spreading rift to the [[Abyss]] beneath Iggwilv's Horn. Iggwilv was caught off guard when Tsojcanth fought back for the first time in years. Weakened by the battle, she was doubly unable to resist Graz'zt's subsequent attack of his own. Iggwilv herself was forced to battle Graz'zt, just barely managing to slay his earthly form, banishing him to the Abyss. As a consequence of this battle, Iggwilv's beautiful form was wracked by magic and split into two hideous manifestations. Iggwilv was left shattered and powerless, enabling the native Perrenlanders to defeat her forces and regain their nation. After the loss of Perrenland, little was heard from Iggwilv for decades, and for a short while, she was presumed dead.
Not long after her capture she escaped her bondage,<ref name="dra-360" /> aided by [[Tuerny the Merciless]], who freed Iggwilv to spite his enemy Graz'zt.<ref name="rot8-10">[[Return of the Eight]] p.10.</ref> Iggwilv and Graz'zt fought a running battle throughout the Argent Palace, destroying halls of priceless treasures and slaying each other's favored servants, but neither was willing to commit their full strength to deal the killing blow. Graz'zt finally called a kind of truce and allowed Iggwilv to leave unharmed, and even employed his own demonic servants to convey her research and valued possessions to her manor on another plane.<ref name="dra-414-igg" /> Iggwilv and Graz'zt would thereafter continue in a cycle of attempting to exploit each other to serve their own plans.<ref name="dra-336-77" />


In the 570's, Iggwilv had two prominent clashes with the Circle of Eight, who had sent adventurers to thwart her plans. The first took place in the fabled Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and ended with the destruction of her daughter, the vampiress [[Drelnza]]. The second regarded her plans to bring a large number of fiends to [[Oerth]], which was thwarted by a band of adventurers ([[Warnes Starcoat]], Agath of Thrunch, Franz Torkeep, Rowena of the Silverbrow, Reynard Yargrove, and Rakehell Chert) who recovered the ''[[Crook of Rao]]'' from a magical demiplane known as the [[Isle of the Ape]].<ref name="wg6" />
In [[585 CY]],<ref>[[Return of the Eight]] p.3.</ref> she once again clashed with agents of the Circle of Eight during a plan to invade Oerth using the moon [[Luna]] as a staging ground for her forces. Tenser, who had previously Iggwilv's lunar base abandoned during the [[Greyhawk Wars]], chose it as a location to hide one of his clone bodies as insurance.<ref name="rot8-20">[[Return of the Eight]] p.20-21.</ref> Warnes Starcoat, now a member of the Circle of Eight, sent adventurers to the moon to recover Tenser's clone body after his death. Iggwilv was again defeated and sent into exile.


She last clashed with agents of the Circle of Eight in [[585 CY]] when Warnes Starcoat employed a band of adventurers to recover [[Tenser]]'s clone from [[Luna]]. Iggwilv currently resides in a manor in the Gray Waste of [[Hades]]. Her current plans, if any, are unknown (as of [[597 CY]]).<ref name="dragon359" />
===Recent history===
 
In [[591 CY]], rumors of Iggwilv's return sparked public panic in Perrenland.<ref>[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] p.86.</ref>
 
The wizard [[Vayne]] created a ''simulacrum'' of Iggwilv from a lock of her hair, less powerful than the true Witch-Queen but still greatly powerful.<ref name="erg-8"/>
 
As of [[597 CY]], Iggwilv bides her time in a hidden lair in the Lower Planes,<ref name="dra-359-1d20" /> located in Niflheim in the Gray Wastes of Hades. She is guarded by Stygian linnorms.<ref name="dun-149-45">''Enemies of My Enemy'', Dungeon #149, p.45-80.</ref> Iggwilv also possesses a small personal demiplane, where she holds a manor within an orchard of black-leaved trees and an ancient gray gazebo.<ref>''Court of the Dark Prince'', Dungeon #212.</ref> Her current long-term plans include conquest in the Flanaess, although she is not yet prepared to do so.<ref>''Prince of Demons'', Dungeon #150 p.96.</ref>


==Spells==
==Spells==
* ''Iggwilv's Lightning Cage'' - [[Dragmag|Dragon]] magazine #225
 
* ''Iggwilv's Timeless Sleep'' - [[Dragmag|Dragon]] magazine #225
* ''Iggwilv's lightning cage''<ref name="dra-225-51" />
* ''Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter'' - PHB
* ''Iggwilv's timeless sleep''<ref name="dra-225-51" />
* ''Tasha's Caustic Brew'' - Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
* ''Tasha's caustic brew''<ref name="Tasha115">[[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]] p.115-116.</ref>
* ''Tasha's Mind Whip'' - Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
* ''Tasha's forcible conscription''<ref>''Heroes of the Fallen Lands'' p.121.</ref>
* ''Tasha's Otherworldly Guise'' - Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
* ''Tasha's mind whip''<ref name="Tasha115" />
* ''Tasha's otherworldly guise''<ref name="Tasha115" />
* ''Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter'', also called ''Tasha's hideous laughter''


==Writings==
==Writings==
Iggwilv is known to have authored the following works:
Iggwilv is known to have authored the following works:
* ''The Demonomicon''
* ''Lore of Subtle Communication'' (as Tasha) - [[Dragmag|Dragon]] Magazine #82
* ''The Nethertome'' - [[Dragmag|Dragon]] magazine #225


==Iggwilv in other sources==
* ''The Demonomicon of Iggwilv''
"The Revenge of Ghorkai," a d20 adventure by [[Gary Gygax]] in ''The Slayer's Guide to Dragons'' (Mongoose Publishing, 2002), mentions a demigoddess called "The Mother of Witches."
* ''Lore of Subtle Communication'' (as Tasha)<ref>''Spells between the covers'', Dragon #82 p.57</ref>
Given that Gygax created Iggwilv, and the adventure map strongly resembles the [[Yatil Mountains]], many assume that this demigoddess is meant to be Iggwilv.<ref>Gygax, Gary, and Jon Creffield. ''The Slayer’s Guide to Dragons''. Swindon, England: Mongoose Publishing, 2002.</ref>
* ''Iggwilv's Nethertome''<ref name="dra-225-51" />
 
==Creative origins==
 
Iggwilv was the creation of [[Gary Gygax]]. His inspirations included the evil witch queen Louhi from the Finnish ''Kalevala'', and Baba Yaga of Russian folklore. Gygax considered her primarily a behind-the-scenes manipulator type character.<ref name="en-post-3534492">"As a matter fact Iggwilv is my creation. She was inspired by Louhi the Finnish uberwitch and Baba Yaga of Russian foklore. I never had her as an active antagonist, more of a behind the scenes manipulator." [https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-3534492 Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 382]. ENWorld, May 19, 2007.</ref> While Gygax's novel [[Sea of Death]] says that Iggwilv is known as Louhi on other worlds,<ref name="sea-15" /> in 2005 Gygax stated that Iggwilv is not the Louhi of Finnish mythology.<ref name="en-post-2332494">"Noppers, Iggwilv is purely from Oerth and has no connection to Louhi of the Kalevala and Finnish Mythology." [https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-2332494 Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 182]. ENWorld, Jun 16, 2005.</ref>
 
The name Tasha first appeared as the namesake of the spell ''Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter'', which first appeared in Dragon #67 (Nov 1982). Gygax named the spell after a little girl who wrote him letters in crayon.<ref name="en-post-872878">"All of those spells I made up, usually to hono a PC in my campaign, or for the person who suggested the basis (Tasha was a little girl who sent me letters in crayon, Nystul an actual stage magician I mey through Len Lakofka.)  Melf was a PC of son Luke, and "Otiluke" was a combination of a couple of his other PCs.  He suggested the bases of both spells.  No need to go into Mordenkainen and bigby, I trust :rolleyes:" [https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-872878 Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 61]. ENWorld, May 2, 2003.</ref> Tasha's identity as an alias of Iggwilv and former member of the [[Company of Seven]] did not appear until [[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]] (2007).
 
Natasha the Dark first appeared in the adventure module ''The Dancing Hut'', Dragon #83 (March 1984), where she is a demonologist and adoptive human daughter of Baba Yaga, although her connection to the demonologist Iggwilv had not yet been made. ''The Demonomicon of Iggwilv'', Dragon #336 (Oct 2005) introduced Iggwilv's past identity as Hura of Ket, and noted a rumor that she was a daughter of Baba Yaga. Following the publication of [[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]], which established Tasha as an alias of Iggwilv, Dragon #359's ''Unsolved Mysteries of D&D'' speculated that Dragon #83's Natasha the Dark was yet another of Iggwilv's aliases. The connection was explicitly made in ''The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair'', Dragon #414 (Aug 2012).
 
In 2003, Gygax suggested that in his opinion, Iggwilv would be a demigoddess with a character level in the 30s.<ref name="en-post-981683">"From my perspective, Iggwilv is a deital figure, a demi-goddess in rank, and with capacities in some areas, malign magic especially, more akin to those of a lesser deity.  In that regard I'd rate her level more in the 30s." [https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-981683 Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 70]. ENWorld, Jul 3, 2003.</ref>
 
==Publication history==
===Original D&D===
 
Iggwilv was first mentioned in Gary Gygax's WinterCon 1976 adventure module ''The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth'', an early version of what would become S4 [[The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]]. It originally described the Archmage Iggwilv as a male, who conquered the Marches of Perrunland [sic] before being slain by "the Demon Graz'zt".
 
===AD&D 1st edition===
 
Iggwilv is first mentioned in S4 [[The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]] (1982), which introduced the [[Demonomicon of Iggwilv]]. She was subsequently mentioned in WG6 [[Isle of the Ape]] (1985), and made a personal appearance in the parody module WG7 [[Castle Greyhawk (module)|Castle Greyhawk]] (1988).
 
===AD&D 2nd edition===
 
Iggwilv is central to the adventure module [[Return of the Eight]] (1998), which gives a detailed description of her. She is briefly mentioned in WGR5 [[Iuz the Evil]] (1993) and the [[Player's Guide]] (1998) as the necromancer-witch mother of [[Iuz]].
 
Iggwilv is detailed in ''Three Greyhawk Grimoires'', [[Dragon Magazine]] #225, which presents the less well known [[Iggwilv's Nethertome]], containing the ninth level spells ''Iggwilv's lightning cage'' and ''iggwilv's timeless sleep''.
 
===D&D 3rd edition===
 
Iggwilv's place in history is described in the [[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] (2000), describing her influence on the history of the nations of [[Ket]] and [[Perrenland]] and her involvement in the events of Return of the Eight. [[Living Greyhawk Journal]] #0 also mentions her involvement in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Return of the Eight.
 
Her most significant appearance in third edition is [[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]] (2007), which details her history and activities circa [[597 CY]]. She plays a major role in this module, and full statistics for a version of her are presented.
 
[[Examplars of Evil]] (2007) names Iggwilv alongside Acererak, Eclavdra, Vecna, and other iconic villains of D&D lore, whose legendary status comes from the fact that they have stories, personalities, and complex goals of their own.
 
Citations from the Demonomicon of Iggwilv appear in [[Elder Evils]] (2007). Iggwilv is briefly mentioned in the [[Dungeon Survival Guide]] (2007) in relation to her appearances in Castle Greyhawk and the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. She is mentioned briefly in [[Magic Item Compendium]] (2007) for stealing the ''witchlight reservoir]] from Graz'zt.
 
Iggwilv's plots are part of the [[Living Greyhawk]] adventure module COR8-10 [[Chains of Darkness]]. Her return to Perrenland is chronicled in Perrenland modules for Living Greyhawk including PER1-01 [[Pig Tales]], PER5-01 [[I Dream of Janni]], and PER5-03 [[Fear of the Heart]].
 
Dragon magazine #336 ran an article titled ''The Demonomicon of Iggwilv'', which detailed the character and her most infamous creation. A separate article series titled ''Demonomicon of Iggwilv'' appeared in several issues, describing individual demon lords. The series described. [[Pazuzu]] (#329),. [[Fraz-Urb'luu]] (#333). [[Zuggtmoy]] (#337). [[Baphomet]] (#341). [[Kostchtchie]] (#345). [[Dagon]] (#349). [[Malcanthet]] (#353),and. [[Demogorgon]] (#357). The final print issue of Dragon, #359, ran ''Demonomicon: Apocrypha'', detailing the. [[manitou]] demon and minor demon lords. [[Ardat]],. [[Dwiergus]],. [[Lascer]],. [[Shaktari]], and. [[Ugudenk]]. The first digital issue, #360, featured a Demonomicon article on. [[Graz'zt]]. The series was well received.
 
She appeared in Dragon #359, the final print issue of the magazine, in the article ''1d20 Villains''. Iggwilv appeared as #13 on the list, which detailed a feat noting that demons are able to sense even distant blood relations of Iggwilv and offer them greater respect. She is also discussed in two other articles in that issue: ''Unsolved Mysteries of D&D'', referring to her alias Tasha, and ''Treasures of Greyhawk'', in reference to the magic item called Tasha's Grinning Idol.
 
Iggwilv is mentioned in Dungeon #121's ''Fiend's Embrace'', #136's ''The Coming Storm'', #145's ''Exag'', #148's #148's ''Wells of Darkness'' and #152's ''The Last Breaths of Ashenport''. She makes a critical personal appearance in Dungeon #149's ''Enemies of My Enemy'', and plays a role in #150's ''Prince of Demons''. She and Graz'zt appear together on the cover of Dungeon #121, and she appears alone on the cover of #149.
 
===D&D 4th edition===
 
[[Demonomicon]] (2010) is named for Iggwilv's legendary book, and provides information on her as well as her connection to [[Kostchtchie]]. Rules for the demonomicon appear in [[Heroes of the Elemental Chaos]] (2012).
 
[[Heroes of the Fallen Lands]] (2010) describes the spell Tasha's Forcible Conscription.


== Publication history ==
She is briefly mentioned in [[Manual of the Planes (4e)]], [[The Book of Vile Darkness (4e)]], and [[The Plane Below]].


=== Creation and conception ===
She is described in Dragon #414's ''The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair'', which goes into her history in great detail, and Dungeon #196's ''Court of Stars: Baba Yaga, Mother of All Witches''. She plays a major role in Dungeon #212's ''Court of the Dark Prince''.
Gygax has cited the Finnish epic ''[[wikipedia:Kalevala|Kalevala]]'' as inspiration for Iggwilv. The name of [[wikipedia:Louhi|Louhi]], a character in the ''Kalevala'', is given by Gary Gygax as an alias of Iggwilv.<ref>Gary Gygax, [http://www.enworld.org/printthread.php?t=193204&page=5&pp=50 D&D, Pathfinder, and RPGs] at ENworld; Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG News</ref>


The name "Tasha" and the association with laughter were created when a young girl sent Gary Gygax a letter (in crayon) asking him to create a spell involving laughter.<ref>Q: "Did you make up named spells like ''Melf's acid arrow'', ''Otiluke's resilient sphere'' and ''Mordenkainen's disjunction'' yourself, or did these come from player research?" Gygax: "All of those spells I made up, usually to honor a PC in my campaign, or for the person who suggested the basis. Tasha [''Tasha's hideous laughter''] was a little girl who sent me letters in crayon, Nystul [''Nystul's magic aura''] was an actual stage magician I met through Len Lakofka. Melf [''Melf's acid arrow''] was a PC of son Luke, and Otiluke [''Otiluke's resilient sphere''] was a combination of a couple of his other PCs."  - Gygax, Gary. [https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-872878 Q&A with Gary Gygax] Accessed 2020-12-17</ref> It is unclear whether Gygax initially intended the two names to refer to the same character.
A "Witch Queen" epic destiny appeared in [[Heroes of the Feywild]], linking that title to the Feywild, which would later be established as the location where Tasha was raised in her childhood.


She was named one of the greatest villains in ''D&D'' history in the final issue of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]''.<ref>Bulmahn, Jason, James Jacobs, Mike McArtor, Erik Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, Todd Stewart, Jeremy Walker. ''1d20 Villains: D&D's Most Wanted; Preferably Dead'', [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]| #359, p54–69, Pazio, September 2007 }}</ref>
===5th edition===


===Publication===
Under her alias of Tasha, she features heavily in the sourcebook [[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything]] (2020), an optional rules supplement featuring content from the ''Unearthed Arcana'' web series. In addition to appearing on the cover and in artwork throughout the book, the book is peppered with short excerpts of her opinions and insight into various topics. It also introduces the spells ''Tasha's caustic brew'', ''Tasha's mind whip'', and ''Tasha's otherworldly guise''.
Iggwilv has been mentioned in a variety of sourcebook and articles for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game. Some of her more significant appearances include:


* The module ''[[Castle Greyhawk (module)|Castle Greyhawk]]'' (TSR, 1988)
A claimed descendant of Iggwilv appears in [[Lost Laboratory of Kwalish]].
* The module ''[[Iuz the Evil]]'' (TSR, 1993)
* ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (Wizards, 2000)
* A series entitled "The Demonomicon of Iggwilv" from ''Dragon'' (2005–2007)
* ''[[Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss]]'' (Wizards, 2006)
* "Enemies of my Enemy." ''Dungeon'' #149 (Paizo, 2007)
* ''[[Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk]]''. (Wizards, 2007)
* "Unsolved Mysteries of D&D." from ''Dragon'' #359 (Paizo, 2007)
* "Iggwilv's Legacy: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" from ''Dungeon'' #151. (Wizards, 2007)
* "Treasures of Greyhawk: Magic of the Company of Seven." from ''Dragon'' #359. (Paizo, 2007)
* ''Demonomicon'' (Wizards, 2010)
* ''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'', (Wizards, 2020)


===4th edition===
==Apocryphal sources==
Iggwilv's presence in the new "points of light" default setting was confirmed in 4th edition's ''[[Manual of the Planes]]''. Iggwilv is briefly described as Graz'zt's sometimes ally and former lover. The 2010 supplement ''Demonomicon'' is based on Iggwilv's fictional work and presents "excerpts" from the text. Iggwilv's character history in 4th edition is similar to that in the ''World of Greyhawk''. She is presented as an extremely powerful manipulator of Abyssal politics.<ref>[[Mike Mearls|Mearls, Mike]], [[Brian R. James]], and [[Steve Townshend]]. ''[[Demonimicon]]''. ([[Wizards of the Coast]], 2010)</ref>


===5th Edition===
Following Gygax's departure from TSR, he published several [[Gord the Rogue]] novels under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Infinities_Productions New Infinities], in which Iggwilv appears. According to these, Iggwilv is also known as Louhi and Ychbilch on other worlds.<ref name="sea-15">"Iggwilv's infamy reached beyond Oerth to other worlds that paralleled it an occasionally touched it for a time. Ychbilch she was called on one of these worlds, Louhi on another." [[Sea of Death]] (1987), p.15.</ref> Zuggtmoy addresses her as "Wilva."<ref name="aoe-328">"As this occurred, the demoness swayed across the intervening distance between them and threw her arms around Iuz. 'Greet your lover properly!' she demanded in a sultry fashion. 'And you too, Wilva, come and join us, do!'" [[Artifact of Evil]] p.328-329.</ref><ref>"'Tush! Don't interfere now, Wilva. The key must be given to me for the initial joining.' Zuggtmoy shifted shape as she spoke, becoming a beautiful and seductive human as she conversed." [[Come Endless Darkness]] p.295.</ref> Iggwilv is described as "an ancient crone, one who had appeared a parody of every child's nightmare of a wicked witch", and transforms to a beautiful form with "flowing tresses of hair like spun gold, and face and form matched the radiance of this golden head."<ref name="aoe-328" />
''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'' is primarily a rules supplement offering gameplay options for players and DMs to use to improve their game. "Much of the material ... originally appeared in Unearthed Arcana, a series of online articles [Wizards of the Coat] publish[es] to explore rules that might officially become part of the game".<ref>''Tasha's Cauldron of Everything'', p4</ref> Some of text is presented in-character as presenting "a variety of helpful marginalia... with the inclusion of [her] insights, guidance, threats, and critiques"<ref name="Tasha5"/>, much in the same way as [[Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes]].
 
"The Revenge of Ghorkai," a d20 adventure by [[Gary Gygax]] in ''The Slayer's Guide to Dragons'' (Mongoose Publishing, 2002), mentions a demigoddess called "The Mother of Witches."
Given that Gygax created Iggwilv, and the adventure map strongly resembles the [[Yatil Mountains]], many assume that this demigoddess is meant to be Iggwilv.<ref>Gygax, Gary, and Jon Creffield. ''The Slayer’s Guide to Dragons''. Swindon, England: Mongoose Publishing, 2002.</ref>
 
In an interview, D&D 5th edition designer Jeremy Crawford stated that Tasha has consorted not just with demons, but with beings of the Upper Planes. He also argued that she is not necessarily evil, staing "Tasha is whatever alignment suits her for the day, so I guess in that sense she is true neutral."<ref>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/with-d-ds-next-rulebook-character-creation-will-never-1844807934 With D&D's Next Rulebook, Character Creation Will Never Be the Same]. io9, August 24, 2020.</ref>


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Greyhawk Character
Iggwilv
Iggwilv on the cover of Dungeon #149. Art by James Ryman.
Names and titles
Alt. Spelling:Igwlf
Nickname:Mother of Iuz, Tasha of the Company of Seven, Author of the Demonomicon
Title(s):Witch Queen of Perrenland
General info
Home:Gray Waste of Hades; Formerly Ket and Perrenland
Alignment:Chaotic evil
Gender:Female
Species:Human
Class:Wizard 26/Archmage 4
Dates
Age:Unknown - 150+

Iggwilv is a powerful human spellcaster and demonologist best known as the creator of the Demonomicon of Iggwilv. In the history of the Flanaess, she is remembered for her conquest of Perrenland in 481 CY.

She is known under various aliases and titles, including Tasha, Natasha the Dark, Hura of Ket,[1] Igwlf,[2] the Witch Queen of Perrenland,[3] and the Mother of Witches.[4]

Appearance and personality

Iggwilv famously appears in a range of guises, from a bald, hideous crone to a beautiful woman. While she favors beautiful appearance, it is believed that the crone is her true form, although none live who have ever seen it.[5][6]

In her guise as Natasha, she is a tall, slim human woman with long black hair and alabaster skin.[7][8] In another, as Iggwilv circa 585 CY, she is a thin woman with golden skin, with eyes resembling black pools, and wears a dark gray robed hood.[9] As Tasha, she is sometimes depicted wearing an iconic witch's outfit with dark robes and a tall pointed hat, as well as a variety of other clothing. She is sometimes seen with a tattoo or mark beneath her right eye representing a three-forked line,[1] known in the Flanaess as an inverted form of a rune representing evil magic, although its purpose is unknown. Circa 597 CY, during her planes, she wore an iconic revealing dark green dress along with the demonskin artifact cloak Fiend's Embrace.[10][5][11]

Iggwilv is capricious, wicked, and highly ambitious. As Witch Queen of Perrenland, she subjected its people to such a reign of terror that, a century later, mothers still invoked Iggwilv's name to frighten disobedient children. While she makes an exceptionally powerful ally, she also has a reputation for treachery. She plotted careful revenge against the Circle of Eight after they foiled one of her plans, but quickly lost interest after her revenge failed.[3] She is somewhat vain, materialistic and desires wealth, collecting treasure and magic items in particular.[7][12] She has a preference for the use of demons as servants.[7] She also collects mold and fungi, including sentient species.[13]

Relationships

Family

Iggwilv is the adopted daughter of Baba Yaga, from whom she first learned magic.[7] She is adoptive sister to Elena the Fair, a lawful good sorceress of whom she is jealous, though she wishes no harm upon her.[7] Iggwilv's father is unknown.

Iggwilv imprisoned and seduced the demon lord Graz'zt, who sired her a son, Iuz.[14]

Iggwilv is also the mother to the vampire Drelnza.[15] Her father is unknown, though it is almost certainly not Graz'zt.[5] Some sages speculate that Drelnza is the only creature Iggwilv ever truly loved.[4]

The warlock Mary Greymalkin claims to draw lineage from Iggwilv, who is also one of her patrons.[16] Iggwilv may have other descendants, and such is Iggwilv's bloodline that demons can sense those individuals' connection to her, and treat them with greater respect.[17]

Enemies

On multiple occasions, Iggwilv has clashed with the Circle of Eight, who maintain a constant watch in order to ready should she return to Oerth.[5]

Allies

She has a famous love-hate relationship with the demon lord Graz'zt, who have fought and betrayed each other in the past.[5]

Her allies include the yugoloth Tul-oc-luc,[18] the demon lords Zuggymoy and Demogorgon, and Tuerny the Merciless.[5]

She secretly holds significant influence over the demon lord Kostchtchie, and is responsible for his rise to power. Her long-term goals are to use him to defeat Orcus and Demogorgon, allowing Iggwilv to seize control of the Abyss.[19]

Iggwilv also has numerous contacts across the planes, and could use this to bring together a large army should the need arise.[20]

History

Origin

Iggwilv was born centuries ago to unknown parents. She was adopted by the legendary witch Baba Yaga as a child, who raised her and introduced her to the secrets of magic.[21] Her first memories were of growing up in the Feywild, something Tasha resented due to frequent occurrences of bizarre and unpredictable natural phenomena.[22]

As a young woman, she went by the name Natasha the Dark. She enjoyed manipulating demons and using them as servants, and developed a wicked streak. She also collected magic items and conducted magical research, becoming a skilled magic user in her own right. She lived with another adoptive sister named Elena.[7]

4th century CY

Iggwilv accepts Fiend's Embrace from Graz'zt. Art by Wayne Reynolds.

The earliest record of Iggwilv in the Flanaess is nearly three centuries ago (circa 300 CY) in the western borderlands of al-Ket, where she went by the alias Hura. Here she occupied a tower at the outskirts of the city of Loppolla, where she conducted various terrible experiments.[5]

Her presence there was tolerated until she plundered the Vault of Daoud (likely where she acquired the Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn), which outraged the pious citizens of Lopolla. She was driven into exile.[5]

Taking the name Tasha, she joined the Company of Seven, a now legendary adventuring party whose members included such luminaries as Zagig Yragerne, Heward, Quaal and Nolzur. Tasha hid her true ability, and posed as a spellcaster of less capability than her true strength. Before the end of the 300s CY, the Company of Seven parted ways due to internal disagreements.Treasures of Greyhawk, Dragon #359 p.70-71.</ref>[23]

At some unknown point she developed the spell Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter.

5th century CY

Tasha settled in the City of Greyhawk approximately 200 years ago (circa 400 CY), where she drew the attention of its powerful and eccentric mayor, Zagig Yragerne. Zagig took her as an apprentice, studying the creatures of the Outer Planes and engaging in summoning rituals.[5] Tasha had a particular interest in the Abyss, and learned a great deal on he subject under Zagig's tutelage. Zagig carried out a relationship with his apprentice, considered something of a scandalous in the City of Greyhawk at the time.[4]

In a pinnacle of their achievement together, the two succeeded in summoning and binding the demon lord Fraz-Urb'luu,[5] who they imprisoned beneath Castle Greyhawk.[4] The pair were aided in this plot by several rivals of Fraz-Urb'luu, demon lords who hated him for his habit of incessant trickery.[24] Iggwilv took this opportunity to interrogate Fraz-Urb'luu, Prince of Deception, and from his lies Tasha was able to glean valuable secrets.[4]

Tasha was not satisfied sharing such demon-binding power with Zagig, and sought to wield such power by herself. She looted Zagig's library and fled in the night with several of his priceless artifacts. The greatest of these was the Tome of Zyx, a work of demonology penned by Zagig.[5][4] This tome was the foundation of Tasha's understanding of demonology.[24]

In search of greater power, Tasha traveled to the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth in the Yatil Mountains, where she uncovered the tomb where the archmage Tsojcanth was said to have been laid to rest. Unknown to most, Tsojcanth was the half-demon son Fraz-Urb'luu who masqueraded as a mortal, and was alive. Tasha deployed her accumulated knowledge to bind him in an epic contest of wills, and subsequently spent many years interrogating him to increase her knowledge of demonology.[4]

At some point following her departure from Greyhawk, Tasha took the name Iggwilv.

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Using the additional knowledge she gained from Tsojcanth, Iggwilv successfully summoned and bound the demon prince Graz'zt, imprisoning his physical form. Once again she used this opportunity to expand her knowledge of demonology.[4]

Collecting together her accumulated knowledge in written form, Iggwilv refined and expanded upon the Tome of Zyx to produce a six-volume work known as the Demonomicon of Iggwilv.[5][4]

Iggwilv and Graz'zt became lovers, although she continued to hold him bound.[5] Shortly before 460 CY, the two had a son, Iuz, who was given in adoption to a petty lord north of Whyestil Lake.[6] Graz'zt gifted her not only knowledge but items, including the rare cloak Fiend's Embrace, made from the hide of the pit fiend Drokarrn.[25]

Conquest of Perrenland

Iggwilv is first recorded in the history of Perrenland, a nation at the foot of the Yatil mountain range, in 460 CY.[6]

In 479 CY, Iuz's adoptive father died, and Iuz seized upon the opportunity to take control of his estate.[6] Iuz proved capable general, and raised an army of barbaric humans nd humanoids. In 480 CY, Iuz led these forces under Iggwilv's banner to conquer the lands surrounding her base in the Yatils. By 481 CY Iggwilv enslaved all of Perrenland, establishing herself the title of Witch Queen.[5][6] Perrenland's nobility fled to their embassy in Exag,[26], and Iggwilv's rising power began to concern Perrenland's neighbors, resulting in an alliance between Ket and the dwarves of the lower Yatils.[27]

From 481 CY until 491 CY, Iggwilv's conquests continued, taking Lake Quag to the north and attacking the Wolf Nomads. She stripped conquered lands of their wealth to invest in magical research.[6] She offered an alliance to the Storm Riders of the Temple of Celestial Winds, raiders bound to their temple by ancient curse, but when they rejected her offer she sealed away their temple for over a century.[28] She also gave birth to a daughter, Drelzna, whose father is unknown (but unlikely to be Graz'zt).[5]

Under Graz'zt's influence, Iggwilv's grew ever more hungry for power, and sought to extend her conquest Ket, the land which exiled her before. Graz'zt grew resentful of his continued exploitation, and began plotting to escape Iggwilv's control.[5]

In 491 CY, Iggwilv's control of Graz'zt finally slipped.[6] A rift to the Abyss grew beneath Iggwilv's lair, a dangerous side-effect of her frequent summoning rituals. Graz'zt proposed freeing the half-fiend Tsojcanth to use his essence to seal the rift, but when Iggwilv undertook the ritual, Tsojcanth suddenly attacked her. Iggwilv defeated him, but was weakened in the battle. Graz'zt immediately took the opportunity to attack Iggwilv without mercy, in a titanic battle said to have shaken the Yatil Mountains. Iuz, torn between loyalty to both parents, was divided into two halves, one demon, one human.[4]

Graz'zt was slain, banishing him to his home in the Abyss for 100 years.[5] Iggwilv survived, weakened and broken, and with her power greatly reduced. Graz'zt's motivation for allowing Iggwilv to live is debatable: he may have been insufficiently powerful to deal the finishing blow, or wished his former lover to continue living for his sake, or wished to punish her by having her live in a weakened state.[4] The battle cost Iggwilv nearly every spell, artifact and ally at her disposal.[14]

Weakened and alone, Iggwilv's reign over Perrenland ended, but the impoverished nation suffered a famine which lasted for two years.[29] Iggwilv abandoned the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and fled north with her son Iuz, who she helped to gain power. She then departed from those lands,[5] and was widely presumed dead.[6] Much of her riches and many of her magic items were plundered by her former servants, including Iggwilv's Nethertome.[30]

Conflict with the Circle of Eight

In the 570s CY, Iggwilv had two notable clashes with the Circle of Eight.

In the mid to late 570s CY, the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth were rediscovered.[6] The Circle of Eight, unable to directly intervene, quietly sponsored groups of adventurers to sack the caverns.[31] Iggwilv's daughter Drelzna, now a vampire, was destroyed while guarding the ruins.[6]

In another instance, Iggwilv attempted to attack the Flanaess with an army of fiends and monsters. Tenser of the Circle of Eight hired adventurers to head to the Isle of the Ape to locate the Crook of Rao with which to prevent the incursion of her army of fiends.[32] Among those who took part in the expedition were Agath of Thrunch, Great Druidess Reynard Yargrove, Franz, Lord Torkeep, Lady Marshal Rowena of the Silverbow of the Vesve Forest, Warnes Starcoat of Urnst, and Guildmaster Rakehell Chert of Scant.[33] Iggwilv was defeated, but not before corrupting the Crook of Rao with a curse which risks its destruction.[34]

Greyhawk Wars

Iggwilv recovered most of her power and returned to Oerth prior to the Greyhawk Wars (582 - 584 CY), in which she secretly supported Iuz.[30]

Iggwilv soon fell for a ploy involving Graz'zt's majordomo Verin.[3] Early in the Wars, Iggwilv attempted to summon and bind Graz'zt again, but discovered that Graz'zt had made plans for this eventuality, bringing a unique artifact which broke her binding circles.[30] He took her to the Abyss,[6] who imprisoned her in his Argent Palace, where he recovered portions of his stolen power.[14]

Not long after her capture she escaped her bondage,[14] aided by Tuerny the Merciless, who freed Iggwilv to spite his enemy Graz'zt.[20] Iggwilv and Graz'zt fought a running battle throughout the Argent Palace, destroying halls of priceless treasures and slaying each other's favored servants, but neither was willing to commit their full strength to deal the killing blow. Graz'zt finally called a kind of truce and allowed Iggwilv to leave unharmed, and even employed his own demonic servants to convey her research and valued possessions to her manor on another plane.[4] Iggwilv and Graz'zt would thereafter continue in a cycle of attempting to exploit each other to serve their own plans.[5]

In 585 CY,[35] she once again clashed with agents of the Circle of Eight during a plan to invade Oerth using the moon Luna as a staging ground for her forces. Tenser, who had previously Iggwilv's lunar base abandoned during the Greyhawk Wars, chose it as a location to hide one of his clone bodies as insurance.[36] Warnes Starcoat, now a member of the Circle of Eight, sent adventurers to the moon to recover Tenser's clone body after his death. Iggwilv was again defeated and sent into exile.

Recent history

In 591 CY, rumors of Iggwilv's return sparked public panic in Perrenland.[37]

The wizard Vayne created a simulacrum of Iggwilv from a lock of her hair, less powerful than the true Witch-Queen but still greatly powerful.[3]

As of 597 CY, Iggwilv bides her time in a hidden lair in the Lower Planes,[17] located in Niflheim in the Gray Wastes of Hades. She is guarded by Stygian linnorms.[38] Iggwilv also possesses a small personal demiplane, where she holds a manor within an orchard of black-leaved trees and an ancient gray gazebo.[39] Her current long-term plans include conquest in the Flanaess, although she is not yet prepared to do so.[40]

Spells

  • Iggwilv's lightning cage[30]
  • Iggwilv's timeless sleep[30]
  • Tasha's caustic brew[41]
  • Tasha's forcible conscription[42]
  • Tasha's mind whip[41]
  • Tasha's otherworldly guise[41]
  • Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter, also called Tasha's hideous laughter

Writings

Iggwilv is known to have authored the following works:

  • The Demonomicon of Iggwilv
  • Lore of Subtle Communication (as Tasha)[43]
  • Iggwilv's Nethertome[30]

Creative origins

Iggwilv was the creation of Gary Gygax. His inspirations included the evil witch queen Louhi from the Finnish Kalevala, and Baba Yaga of Russian folklore. Gygax considered her primarily a behind-the-scenes manipulator type character.[44] While Gygax's novel Sea of Death says that Iggwilv is known as Louhi on other worlds,[45] in 2005 Gygax stated that Iggwilv is not the Louhi of Finnish mythology.[46]

The name Tasha first appeared as the namesake of the spell Tasha's uncontrollable hideous laughter, which first appeared in Dragon #67 (Nov 1982). Gygax named the spell after a little girl who wrote him letters in crayon.[47] Tasha's identity as an alias of Iggwilv and former member of the Company of Seven did not appear until Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007).

Natasha the Dark first appeared in the adventure module The Dancing Hut, Dragon #83 (March 1984), where she is a demonologist and adoptive human daughter of Baba Yaga, although her connection to the demonologist Iggwilv had not yet been made. The Demonomicon of Iggwilv, Dragon #336 (Oct 2005) introduced Iggwilv's past identity as Hura of Ket, and noted a rumor that she was a daughter of Baba Yaga. Following the publication of Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, which established Tasha as an alias of Iggwilv, Dragon #359's Unsolved Mysteries of D&D speculated that Dragon #83's Natasha the Dark was yet another of Iggwilv's aliases. The connection was explicitly made in The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair, Dragon #414 (Aug 2012).

In 2003, Gygax suggested that in his opinion, Iggwilv would be a demigoddess with a character level in the 30s.[48]

Publication history

Original D&D

Iggwilv was first mentioned in Gary Gygax's WinterCon 1976 adventure module The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, an early version of what would become S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. It originally described the Archmage Iggwilv as a male, who conquered the Marches of Perrunland [sic] before being slain by "the Demon Graz'zt".

AD&D 1st edition

Iggwilv is first mentioned in S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982), which introduced the Demonomicon of Iggwilv. She was subsequently mentioned in WG6 Isle of the Ape (1985), and made a personal appearance in the parody module WG7 Castle Greyhawk (1988).

AD&D 2nd edition

Iggwilv is central to the adventure module Return of the Eight (1998), which gives a detailed description of her. She is briefly mentioned in WGR5 Iuz the Evil (1993) and the Player's Guide (1998) as the necromancer-witch mother of Iuz.

Iggwilv is detailed in Three Greyhawk Grimoires, Dragon Magazine #225, which presents the less well known Iggwilv's Nethertome, containing the ninth level spells Iggwilv's lightning cage and iggwilv's timeless sleep.

D&D 3rd edition

Iggwilv's place in history is described in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), describing her influence on the history of the nations of Ket and Perrenland and her involvement in the events of Return of the Eight. Living Greyhawk Journal #0 also mentions her involvement in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Return of the Eight.

Her most significant appearance in third edition is Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007), which details her history and activities circa 597 CY. She plays a major role in this module, and full statistics for a version of her are presented.

Examplars of Evil (2007) names Iggwilv alongside Acererak, Eclavdra, Vecna, and other iconic villains of D&D lore, whose legendary status comes from the fact that they have stories, personalities, and complex goals of their own.

Citations from the Demonomicon of Iggwilv appear in Elder Evils (2007). Iggwilv is briefly mentioned in the Dungeon Survival Guide (2007) in relation to her appearances in Castle Greyhawk and the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. She is mentioned briefly in Magic Item Compendium (2007) for stealing the witchlight reservoir]] from Graz'zt.

Iggwilv's plots are part of the Living Greyhawk adventure module COR8-10 Chains of Darkness. Her return to Perrenland is chronicled in Perrenland modules for Living Greyhawk including PER1-01 Pig Tales, PER5-01 I Dream of Janni, and PER5-03 Fear of the Heart.

Dragon magazine #336 ran an article titled The Demonomicon of Iggwilv, which detailed the character and her most infamous creation. A separate article series titled Demonomicon of Iggwilv appeared in several issues, describing individual demon lords. The series described. Pazuzu (#329),. Fraz-Urb'luu (#333). Zuggtmoy (#337). Baphomet (#341). Kostchtchie (#345). Dagon (#349). Malcanthet (#353),and. Demogorgon (#357). The final print issue of Dragon, #359, ran Demonomicon: Apocrypha, detailing the. manitou demon and minor demon lords. Ardat,. Dwiergus,. Lascer,. Shaktari, and. Ugudenk. The first digital issue, #360, featured a Demonomicon article on. Graz'zt. The series was well received.

She appeared in Dragon #359, the final print issue of the magazine, in the article 1d20 Villains. Iggwilv appeared as #13 on the list, which detailed a feat noting that demons are able to sense even distant blood relations of Iggwilv and offer them greater respect. She is also discussed in two other articles in that issue: Unsolved Mysteries of D&D, referring to her alias Tasha, and Treasures of Greyhawk, in reference to the magic item called Tasha's Grinning Idol.

Iggwilv is mentioned in Dungeon #121's Fiend's Embrace, #136's The Coming Storm, #145's Exag, #148's #148's Wells of Darkness and #152's The Last Breaths of Ashenport. She makes a critical personal appearance in Dungeon #149's Enemies of My Enemy, and plays a role in #150's Prince of Demons. She and Graz'zt appear together on the cover of Dungeon #121, and she appears alone on the cover of #149.

D&D 4th edition

Demonomicon (2010) is named for Iggwilv's legendary book, and provides information on her as well as her connection to Kostchtchie. Rules for the demonomicon appear in Heroes of the Elemental Chaos (2012).

Heroes of the Fallen Lands (2010) describes the spell Tasha's Forcible Conscription.

She is briefly mentioned in Manual of the Planes (4e), The Book of Vile Darkness (4e), and The Plane Below.

She is described in Dragon #414's The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair, which goes into her history in great detail, and Dungeon #196's Court of Stars: Baba Yaga, Mother of All Witches. She plays a major role in Dungeon #212's Court of the Dark Prince.

A "Witch Queen" epic destiny appeared in Heroes of the Feywild, linking that title to the Feywild, which would later be established as the location where Tasha was raised in her childhood.

5th edition

Under her alias of Tasha, she features heavily in the sourcebook Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (2020), an optional rules supplement featuring content from the Unearthed Arcana web series. In addition to appearing on the cover and in artwork throughout the book, the book is peppered with short excerpts of her opinions and insight into various topics. It also introduces the spells Tasha's caustic brew, Tasha's mind whip, and Tasha's otherworldly guise.

A claimed descendant of Iggwilv appears in Lost Laboratory of Kwalish.

Apocryphal sources

Following Gygax's departure from TSR, he published several Gord the Rogue novels under New Infinities, in which Iggwilv appears. According to these, Iggwilv is also known as Louhi and Ychbilch on other worlds.[45] Zuggtmoy addresses her as "Wilva."[49][50] Iggwilv is described as "an ancient crone, one who had appeared a parody of every child's nightmare of a wicked witch", and transforms to a beautiful form with "flowing tresses of hair like spun gold, and face and form matched the radiance of this golden head."[49]

"The Revenge of Ghorkai," a d20 adventure by Gary Gygax in The Slayer's Guide to Dragons (Mongoose Publishing, 2002), mentions a demigoddess called "The Mother of Witches." Given that Gygax created Iggwilv, and the adventure map strongly resembles the Yatil Mountains, many assume that this demigoddess is meant to be Iggwilv.[51]

In an interview, D&D 5th edition designer Jeremy Crawford stated that Tasha has consorted not just with demons, but with beings of the Upper Planes. He also argued that she is not necessarily evil, staing "Tasha is whatever alignment suits her for the day, so I guess in that sense she is true neutral."[52]

Post-Reynolds depictions of Iggwilv in her most commonly illustrated costume.

Illustrations from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything" (WotC, 2020):

  • Cover art by Magali Villeneuve.
    Cover art by Magali Villeneuve.
  • Tasha at study by Olga Drebas.
    Tasha at study by Olga Drebas.
  • Tasha outside the Dancing Hut by Brian Valeza.
    Tasha outside the Dancing Hut by Brian Valeza.
  • Tasha and Grazz't by Livia Prima
    Tasha and Grazz't by Livia Prima
  • Tasha and Mordenkainen playing "wizardly chess" by Svetlin Velinov
    Tasha and Mordenkainen playing "wizardly chess" by Svetlin Velinov
  • Tasha upon her throne by Robson Michel.
    Tasha upon her throne by Robson Michel.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ a b Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p.5.
  2. ↑ T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil, p.99.
  3. ↑ a b c d Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, p.8-9
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair, Dragon #414.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s The Demonomicon of Iggwilv, Dragon #336 p.76-78.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Return of the Eight, p.55-56.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f The Dancing Hut, Dragon #83 p.42-43
  8. ↑ Baba Yaga's Dancing Hut, Dungeon #196 (Nov 2011).
  9. ↑ Return of the Eight, p.52.
  10. ↑ Dungeon #149, p.48 and issue cover.
  11. ↑ Fiend's Embrace, Dungeon #121 p.37, and issue cover.
  12. ↑ S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, p.2.
  13. ↑ Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p.36.
  14. ↑ a b c d Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Graz'zt, Dragon #360.
  15. ↑ S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, p.29.
  16. ↑ Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, p.6.
  17. ↑ a b 1D20 Villains, Dragon #359, p.62.
  18. ↑ WG6 Isle of the Ape p.44.
  19. ↑ Demonomicon (4e) p.123.
  20. ↑ a b Return of the Eight p.10.
  21. ↑ Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p.117.
  22. ↑ Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p.150.
  23. ↑ Unsolved Mysteries of D&D, Dragon #359 p.30.
  24. ↑ a b Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Fraz-Urb'luu, Prince of Deception, Dungeon #208.
  25. ↑ Fiend's Embrace, Dungeon #121 p.17,37.
  26. ↑ Exag, Dungeon #145 p.52.
  27. ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]] p.67.
  28. ↑ The Coming Storm, Dungeon #136 p.38.
  29. ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer p.86.
  30. ↑ a b c d e f Three Greyhawk Grimoires, Dragon #225 p. 51-53.
  31. ↑ Living Greyhawk Journal #0, p.7.
  32. ↑ WG6 Isle of the Ape p.6-7.
  33. ↑ WG6 Isle of the Ape p.21-28.
  34. ↑ Tasha's Cauldron of Everything p.123-124.
  35. ↑ Return of the Eight p.3.
  36. ↑ Return of the Eight p.20-21.
  37. ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer p.86.
  38. ↑ Enemies of My Enemy, Dungeon #149, p.45-80.
  39. ↑ Court of the Dark Prince, Dungeon #212.
  40. ↑ Prince of Demons, Dungeon #150 p.96.
  41. ↑ a b c Tasha's Cauldron of Everything p.115-116.
  42. ↑ Heroes of the Fallen Lands p.121.
  43. ↑ Spells between the covers, Dragon #82 p.57
  44. ↑ "As a matter fact Iggwilv is my creation. She was inspired by Louhi the Finnish uberwitch and Baba Yaga of Russian foklore. I never had her as an active antagonist, more of a behind the scenes manipulator." Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 382. ENWorld, May 19, 2007.
  45. ↑ a b "Iggwilv's infamy reached beyond Oerth to other worlds that paralleled it an occasionally touched it for a time. Ychbilch she was called on one of these worlds, Louhi on another." Sea of Death (1987), p.15.
  46. ↑ "Noppers, Iggwilv is purely from Oerth and has no connection to Louhi of the Kalevala and Finnish Mythology." Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 182. ENWorld, Jun 16, 2005.
  47. ↑ "All of those spells I made up, usually to hono a PC in my campaign, or for the person who suggested the basis (Tasha was a little girl who sent me letters in crayon, Nystul an actual stage magician I mey through Len Lakofka.) Melf was a PC of son Luke, and "Otiluke" was a combination of a couple of his other PCs. He suggested the bases of both spells. No need to go into Mordenkainen and bigby, I trust :rolleyes:" Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 61. ENWorld, May 2, 2003.
  48. ↑ "From my perspective, Iggwilv is a deital figure, a demi-goddess in rank, and with capacities in some areas, malign magic especially, more akin to those of a lesser deity. In that regard I'd rate her level more in the 30s." Q&A with Gary Gygax, page 70. ENWorld, Jul 3, 2003.
  49. ↑ a b "As this occurred, the demoness swayed across the intervening distance between them and threw her arms around Iuz. 'Greet your lover properly!' she demanded in a sultry fashion. 'And you too, Wilva, come and join us, do!'" Artifact of Evil p.328-329.
  50. ↑ "'Tush! Don't interfere now, Wilva. The key must be given to me for the initial joining.' Zuggtmoy shifted shape as she spoke, becoming a beautiful and seductive human as she conversed." Come Endless Darkness p.295.
  51. ↑ Gygax, Gary, and Jon Creffield. The Slayer’s Guide to Dragons. Swindon, England: Mongoose Publishing, 2002.
  52. ↑ With D&D's Next Rulebook, Character Creation Will Never Be the Same. io9, August 24, 2020.

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Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, Dragon magazine #299 101
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, Dragon magazine #336 76-84
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, Dungeon magazine #196 10
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, Monster Manual 1, D&D 5e 55, 240
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, Reference SEE ALSO Fiendomicon (Demonomicon of Iggwilv)
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One 30
Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon) Item Book, S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two 21, 26, 29
Fiendomicon (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Item Book, Dragon magazine #225 51, 52
Fiendomicon (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Item Book, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III 1166
Fiendomicon (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Item Book, Reference SEE ALSO Demonomicon of Iggwilv (Fiendomicon)
Henley's Digit of Disruption (LVL7) (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Spell Spell (Cleric), Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III 1166, 1168
Henley's Digit of Disruption (LVL7) (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Spell Spell (Cleric), Priest's Spell Compendium Volume 2 329
Henley's Digit of Disruption (LVL7) (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Spell Spell (Cleric), Priest's Spell Compendium Volume 3 798
Henley's Digit of Disruption (LVL7) (Demonomicon of Iggwilv) Spell Spell (Cleric), S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two 21, 22
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), WG6 Isle of the Ape 6, 8, 43, 44
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), WGR5 Iuz the Evil 3, 16
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Artifact of Evil 91, 92, 94, 96, 194, 232, 328-332, 343
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Come Endless Darkness 37, 46, 47, 52, 55, 56, 294, 295, 296, 297, 302
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dance of Demons 12, 13, 14, 45, 46, 75, 136, 140, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 192, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 206, 207, 209, 210, 214, 218, 221
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #225 49, 51, 53
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #241 75
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #294 27
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #299 101, 103
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #336 76, 77, 78
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #350 29
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #351 42
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #358 30
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dragon magazine #359 96, 98
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dungeon magazine #149 50
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Dungeon magazine #196 10, 77, 81, 97
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 29
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 5
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 67, 86, 156, 173
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Living Greyhawk Journal #0 6, 7
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Living Greyhawk Journal #4 29
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Player's Guide to Greyhawk 18, 24, 27
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Reference SEE ALSO Natasha (the Dark)
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Reference SEE ALSO Tasha
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Return of the Eight 2, 10, 20, 21, 37, 48, 52-56, 59
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet 56, 57, 63, 68, 73, 77, 78, 79
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), S1-4 Realms of Horror, Inscription and Map Booklet 2
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One 2, 3, 7, 18, 19, 26, 27, 29, 30
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book Two 21, 26, 32
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), Sea of Death 15-31, 75-80, 82, 83, 87-90, 93, 135, 136, 139
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil 99
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), The Adventure Begins 59-61
Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch} Non-player character Female, Human, (Louhi the Crone, Mother of All Witches), LT3 The Doomgrinder 7
Iggwilv's Horn Geographical feature Mountainous, S1-4 Realms of Horror, Adventure Booklet 57, 63
Iggwilv's Horn Geographical feature Mountainous, S1-4 Realms of Horror, Illustration Booklet #4-1
Iggwilv's Horn Geographical feature Mountainous, S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Book One 6
Iggwilv's legacy: the lost caverns of Tsojcanth Adventure Located in: Yatil, Dungeon magazine #151
Iggwilvs Nethertome Item Book, Dragon magazine #225 51, 52
Lore of Subtle Communication By Tasha Item Book, Dragon magazine #082 57
Lore of Subtle Communication By Tasha Item Book, Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III 1192
Natasha (the Dark) Non-player character Female, Human, [Ill7/MU15], Dragon magazine #083 38, 42, 43, 47
Natasha (the Dark) Non-player character Female, Human, [Ill7/MU15], Dungeon magazine #196 10, 54, 60, 77, 78, 81, 83, 97, 100
Natasha (the Dark) Non-player character Female, Human, [Ill7/MU15], Reference SEE ALSO Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch}
Natasha (the Dark) Non-player character Female, Human, [Ill7/MU15], Reference SEE ALSO Tasha
Tasha Non-player character Female, Human, [MU?], Dragon magazine #082 57
Tasha Non-player character Female, Human, [MU?], Dragon magazine #359 70, 76
Tasha Non-player character Female, Human, [MU?], Reference SEE ALSO Iggwilv {Igwlf, Louhi, Wilva, Ychbilch}
Tasha Non-player character Female, Human, [MU?], Reference SEE ALSO Natasha (the Dark)
Tasha's Grinning Idol Item Dragon magazine #359 76
Tasha's Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Hidden Lore, D&D 3.0 2
Tasha's Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e (Premium Edition) 292
Tasha's Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Reference SEE ALSO Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2)
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Dragon magazine #067 4, 9
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Reference SEE ALSO Tasha's Hideous Laughter (LVL2)
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e 30, 54
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) 30, 54
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Magic User), Wizard's Spell Compendium - Volume IV 918
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Ranger), Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e 54
Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter (LVL2) Spell Spell (Ranger), Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e (Premium Edition) 54
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