Riggby
| Riggby the Patriarch | |
|---|---|
| General info | |
| Home: | Verbobonc |
| Alignment: | Neutral Good |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Class: | Cleric |
Riggby (also known as Riggby the Patriarch) was a major cleric of Boccob and a companion of the archmage Mordenkainen.
History
Riggby began his career as a priest at a small chapel. At some point, he met with Mordenkinen and other members of an adventuring band the wizard was forming, and soon became a founding member of the Citadel of Eight.
Riggby was one of the adventurers, along with Mordenkainen, Bigby and Yrag, who delved into Maure Castle to face off against Eli Tomorast and the demon Kerzit. Riggby, along with Mordenkainen's Citadel of Eight, also delved into the dungeons underneath the Temple of Elemental Evil.
In 570 CY, Riggby accompanied Lord Robilar into the dungeons beneath Castle Greyhawk in an ill-fated attempt to free, and then permanently kill, the demigod Iuz, who had been imprisoned there since 505 CY by Zagig Yragerne. Sometime after the release of Iuz, Riggby settled down in Greyhawk City as the head of city's great temple of Boccob, and spent much of the balance of his life in retirement from adventuring.
Death
In 597 CY, Riggby died of natural causes in Verbobonc, as depicted in Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk. His body was taken to Greyhawk for burial. It would be Riggby's death that set in motion the latest of Iuz's gambits to destroy the city, take vengeance on Mordenkainen and Robilar, and strike out for domination of the Flanaess.
Creative origins
As with many of the original Greyhawk characters, Riggby grew out of a character played by Gary Gygax during the first campaigns run by him and Robert J. Kuntz. He first appeared in print is in the 1980 supplement The Rogues' Gallery, and was revised four years later by Kuntz for use as a player character in Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure.
Bibliography
- Blume, Brian, Dave Cook, and Jean Wells. The Rogues' Gallery. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs, and Erik Mona. Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007.
- Kuntz, Robert J. Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.