Elder Elemental God
The phrase Elder Elemental God normally refers to the Elder Elemental Eye, which is secretly an aspect of Tharizdun.
Other elemental cults
Evil elemental cults mentioned in the article "Silent Sorcery" by Gary Holian include the Cult of the Black Flame, the Cult of the Earth Dragon, the "Lords of the Elder Elements," and the Princes of Elemental Evil. These cults all seek to release certain ancient evil beings of elemental nature.
Other Elder Evils
The aboleth race recognizes a class of powerful alien entities who predate the gods. Collectively known as the "Elder Evils," these beings generally care nothing for any mortal race, offering only madness and destruction.
- Bolothamogg, Him Who Watches from Beyond the Stars, is a guardian force that seeks to protect the Far Realm from the "taint" of our reality. Bolothamogg has some sort of alliance with the demon lord Areex.
- Holashner, the Hunger Below, is one of the few Elder Evils to exist fully in the Prime Material Plane. Appearing as part squid and part centipede, this massive creature burrows through the deepest reaches of the world, driven only by its unending hunger. It eats stone, magma, creatures, and anything else in its path.
- Piscaethces, the Blood Queen, is the source of the aboleth race, depicted as a vast aboleth with no tentacles and with mucus the color of blood.
- Shothotugg, the Eater of Worlds, dwells in a distant corner of the multiverse, physically far removed from the world itself. An undulant mass of seething fluid the size of a mountain, Shothotugg travels through the gulfs of space from world to world, poisoning and parasitizing any world on which it alights. The kopru call Shothotugg the Great Whirlpool and believe it to be one of the "mothers" of Demogorgon.
- Y’chak, the Violet Flame, is unique among the Elder Evils in a terrible way—it is actively interested in the development of life or, to be more precise, in the development of the destruction of life. Its true form is said to be a brilliant pillar of violet flames that conceal an inner form so horrifying that to see it clearly is to invite utter destruction upon the body and soul.
Other unrelated beings are sometimes described using the sometimes-hyperbolic phrase "Elder Evils," including Atropus, Kyuss, Ragnorra, Sertrous, and others.
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Baker, Rich, James Jacobs, and Steve Winter. Lords of Madness. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005.
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- Cook, Monte. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.
- Gygax, Gary. Against the Giants (TSR, 1981).
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- -----. Hall of the Fire Giant King (TSR, 1978).
- -----. Queen of the Spiders (TSR, 1986).
- -----. Vault of the Drow (TSR, 1978).
- Holian, Gary. "Silent Sorcery: The Silent Ones of Keoland." Living Greyhawk Journal #4. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.
- Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.
- Kestral, Gwendolyn. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007.
- Leati, Tito. "The Ecology of the Kopru." Dragon #354. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
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Zavoda Index Entry
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index page has a list of sources, abbreviations, and a link to the full index.
| Topic | Type | Product | Page/Card/Image
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Annihilation (LVL9) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Annihilation (LVL9) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Blast of Force (LVL3) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Blast of Force (LVL3) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Blaze Bones (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 76, 77, 78 |
| Bolts of Bedevilment (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Deities & Demigods, D&D 3.0e | 216 |
| Bolts of Bedevilment (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Defenders of the Faith, D&D 3.0e | 82 |
| Bolts of Bedevilment (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32-33 |
| Bolts of Bedevilment (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Burning Hate (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 77, 78 |
| Caustic Disdain (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 77, 78 |
| Claw of Tharizdun | Item | Reference | SEE Druniazth |
| Cold of the Grave (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 77, 78 |
| Confusion (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Confusion (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Druniazth {Claw of Tharizdun} | Item | Dragon magazine #294 | 95, 96 |
| Druniazth {Claw of Tharizdun} | Item | Dragon magazine #299 | 101 |
| Forcecage (LVL7) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Forcecage (LVL7) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Insanity (LVL7) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Insanity (LVL7) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 244 |
| Insanity (LVL7) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Liferot (LVL3) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 77, 78 |
| Mage Armor (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Mage Armor (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 249 |
| Mage Armor (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Magic Missle (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Magic Missle (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 251 |
| Magic Missle (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Otiluke's Resilient Sphere (LVL4) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Otiluke's Telekinetic Sphere (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Phantasmal Killer (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Phantasmal Killer (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 260 |
| Phantasmal Killer (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Purple Robe of Tharizdun | Item | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 114, 133, 149, 154, 187 |
| Rage (LVL3) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Rage (LVL3) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161, 162 |
| Random Action (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Random Action (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.0e | 242 |
| Random Action (LVL1) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Repulsion (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Repulsion (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Specialty Priest of Tharizdun | People Group | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 92 |
| Specialty Priest of Tharizdun | People Group | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| Storm Slave (LVL6) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 77, 78 |
| Summon Avatar of Elemental Evil (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #347 | 78 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Artifact of Evil | 27, 28, 47, 49-51, 58, 84, 94, 95, 97, 98, 185, 188 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Bastion of Faith | 42 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Caves of Ancient Secrets: RttToEE Web Enhancement, D&D 3.0e | 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Come Endless Darkness | 10, 11, 43, 45, 63, 66, 68, 69, 70, 76, 79, 111, 112, 161, 170, 192, 199, 215, 219, 220, 221, 237, 240, 241, 245, 246, 248, 254, 296, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 320, 321, 324, 325, 327, 341, 353, 356, 357, 361, 370, 372, 374, 376, 377, 379 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Complete Divine, D&D 3.5e | 37, 121, 123, 138, 139 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Complete Divine, D&D 3.5e: Errata | 1 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | City of Hawks | 29, 31, 34, 36, 57, 359, 361, 396 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dungeon Master's Guide, D&D 4e (Premium Edition) | 160, 162, 163 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | DMGR4 - Monster Mythology | 3, 60, 61, 67 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dance of Demons | 11, 12, 17, 19, 37, 40, 48, 49, 74, 76, 77, 91, 103, 119, 141, 142, 150, 168, 196, 208, 220, 221, 224, 230, 241, 252, 260, 268, 271, 272, 273, 274, 279, 281, 282, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, 379, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 420, 425, 426 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #191 | 67 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #206 | 44 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #241 | 95 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #294 | 27, 31, 32, 33, 75, 79, 95, 96 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #298 | 77 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #299 | 103 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #306 | 99 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dragon magazine #347 | 29, 30, 34, 76 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dungeon magazine #041 | 47, 51, 53, 57 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Dungeon magazine #085 | 43 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | El Raja Key Archive (Standard Edition) | 48, 61, 136 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 35, 91, 92, 96 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 49 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | From the Ashes: References Card | #4 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e | 163, 164, 178, 180, 181, 184, 239 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Ivid the Undying | 24, 85, 86, 100, 122, 157 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 68, 69 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 96, 98, 100, 129, 180, 184, 185 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 5 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Living Greyhawk Journal #3 | 17 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Night Below Boxed Set: Book 3 - The Sunless Sea | 28, 29, 31 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | On Hallowed Ground | 46, 47, 180, 181, 182, 184, 186, 192 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #01 | 5,6,7,9,10,13 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #03 | 18,25 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #07 | 30 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #11 | 42,56,57 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #12 | 3,4,5,9 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #14 | 34,43 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #17 | 53 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #20 | 7,22 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #22 | 40,41 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #24 | 25 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #25 | 34 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #26 | 39,40,41,43,44,46,47,49,51,53,57,58 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #27 | 18,33,38 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #28 | 3,32 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #31 | 4,16 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Oerth Journal #32 | 8 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 5, 18, 19, 21, 27 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Polyhedron magazine #128 | 28 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18, 19, 27, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 62, 70, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 89, 94, 98, 101, 105, 106, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 120, 125, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151, 153, 154, 156, 161, 162, 163, 165, 176, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 10, 123 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | Sea of Death | 67, 134, 388 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil | 120 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | The Scarlet Brotherhood | 13, 24, 33, 86 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure | 16 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | WGR3 Rary the Traitor | 16, 22 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | WGR5 Iuz the Evil | 5, 6 |
| Tharizdun | Deity | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 63 |
| Tharizdun's Garden | Place | El Raja Key Archive (Standard Edition) | 48, 61 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161, 162 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161, 162 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32, 33 |
| Tharizdun's Maddening Scream (LVL8) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161, 162 |
| Tharizdun's Touch (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Tharizdun's Touch (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dungeon magazine #087 | 70 |
| Tharizdun's Touch (LVL2) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161, 162 |
| Tharizdun, Cult of | People Group | Caves of Ancient Secrets: RttToEE Web Enhancement, D&D 3.0e | 11 |
| Tharizdun, Cult of | People Group | Dragon magazine #347 | 34 |
| Tharizdun, Cult of | People Group | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 6, 9, 32, 38, 39, 53, 101, 106, 143, 145, 146, 161, 163 |
| Tharizdun, Purple Robes of | Item | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 111, 114, 118, 133, 154, 187 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Erelhei-Cinlu) | Building | Dragon magazine #298 | 77 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Gull Cliffs) | Building | Ivid the Undying | 100 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Scant) | Building | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 69 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Styes) | Building | Ghosts of Saltmarsh, D&D 5e | 179-185 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Temple of All-Consumption) | Building | Caves of Ancient Secrets: RttToEE Web Enhancement, D&D 3.0e | 1, 11 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Temple of All-Consumption) | Building | Dragon magazine #306 | 94 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Temple of All-Consumption) | Building | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 7, 9, 10, 18, 20, 32, 33, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 74, 78, 89, 92, 94, 107, 137, 145, 162, 189 |
| Tharizdun, Temple of (Underoerth) | Building | Dungeon magazine #085 | 43, 44 |
| Tharizdun, Wailer for (Horn) | Item | WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | 15 |
| Wall of Force (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 33 |
| Wall of Force (LVL5) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 162 |
| Weird (LVL9) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Dragon magazine #294 | 32 |
| Weird (LVL9) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Player's Handbook, D&D 3.5e | 301 |
| Weird (LVL9) (Tharizdun) | Spell | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 161 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | Dragon magazine #059 | 6 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | Dragon magazine #241 | 95 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | Dungeon magazine #041 | 57 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 73 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, D&D 3.0e | 3 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure | 16 |
| WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | Adventure | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 40 |
| Wongas (High Priest of Tharizdun) | Non-player character | Oerth Journal #26 | 47 |
| Wongas (High Priest of Tharizdun) | Non-player character | WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun | 26 |