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Draconic Goddess
Queen of Evil Chromatic Dragons.
Tiamat was banished to the Nine Hells by Bahamut and one
of the sun gods, many years ago. Her priests managed to
save her scepter, and hide it.
It is believed that the scepter can be used to bring Tiamat back
to wreck havoc on her enemies and upon all who do good, but the
scepter is stolen.
Alias: "Her Dark Majesty" and "Dark Queen", "Queen of
Chaos".
Appearance in Dragon Form:
5 Heads Possessing the Powers of 5 Dragon Races
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Red
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White
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Green
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Blue
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Black
Her body is a multicolored hide, with the traits of a
common wyvern, and a long tail tipped with a poisonous stinger.
Appearance in Human Form:
A sorceress with dark hair.
Personality Traits:
Greedy, vain, arrogant.
Tiamat embodies all the strengths of evil dragon kind, and few
weaknesses. Her greatest drive is to spread evil and
defeat good. She is subtle and often hard to detect,
working like a puppeteer manipulating others from within the
shadows. She has been known to strike openly, razing
villages or towns, but prefers subterfuge.
She demands reverence, homage, supplication and tribute.
Worshippers, Priests, Followers:
Chromatic Dragons all acknowledge her sovereignty.
Blue and Green Dragons obey her eagerly.
Many reptiles adore her.
Kobolds revere her.
Some humans who are evil.
Priests:
Wyrmlairds or Wyrmkeepers
Neutral Evil or Lawful Evil
Hierarchy of her church from low to high.
Custodian of the Copper Chalice
Defender of the Silver Shield
Warden of the Electrum Mail
Guardians of the Gold Scepter
Keepers of the Platinum Crown
Scales of the White Wyrm
Horns of the Black Beast
Wings of the Green Gargantuan
Talons of the Blue Baatoran
Breaths of the Red Ravager
High Priests -The Dark Scaly Ones
Purpose of Priesthood:
Gather treasure, undermine other faiths
Garb - Humanoid Tiamat Priests
Form-fitting suit of scales.
When adventuring - scale mail
Garb - Dragon Priests - Nothing
Temples:
Location: Lairs of dead dragons.
Filled with piles of wealth that will be sacrificed to her.
Filled with traps to keep out heretics and the unfaithful.
Note:
Few Living Dragons keep shrines to her, whether they worship
her or not. They don't want her to notice and rob them.
Rituals:
The celebration of victory is carried out by torturing
prisoners and carrying out atrocities in Tiamat's name.
Prayers:
Promising her they will fill the world with evil dragons and
either destroy the world or dominate it.
Holy Days:
Tithing Day: Offer a portion of treasure to the
goddess by cupping the tithe in the priest's hands or
talons, saying a prayer. 10% of the time the
tithe will vanish when this is done.
Rite of Respect: Performed by non-dragons by
performing an elaborate and complicated ceremony of cow-towing
to her in the presence of a dragon or spawn of Tiamat.
Family:
- Lo - Her father, creator of all dragons
- Bahamut - Brother, ruler of good metallic dragons. He is
Lawful Good.
- Voel - Brother, deceased, murdered by Tiamat. She tried
to frame Bahamut for the murder. Lo banished her from his
presence as a result.
- Consorts - Vary, but always 5, one for each dragon race.
- Her son - Kurtulmak -
The god of War and Mining.
Worshipped by Kobolds.
He is a 5 foot tall Kobold with steel scales, a tail with a
poisoned stinger on the end. He exudes an aura of fear and
causes foes to flee in panic. He loves to pick on the
gnomes. His priests wear orange scale mail with iron
helms. His sacred animal is the rook. Once a month kobolds
sacrifice enemies to him in gory ceremony. Prayers are
rhythmic so they can be recited while swinging a pickaxe.
Often they sound like battle cries and promises of revenge.
Example: "By the point of Kurtulmak's spear and the tip of
his poisonous tail, I will see every member of your family
perish." His hall was collapsed by Garl Glittergold.
- Other children too numerous to mention.
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Scepter of an Evil Goddess
The Scepter, like each head of Tiamat, carries the powers of
each of the Evil Chromatic Dragons.
- Red - Cone of Fire
- White - Cone of Frost
- Green - Chlorine Gas
- Blue - Lightening
- Black - Acid
Used by Tiamat to torture and destroy, especially those who
practiced good, the most dangerous aspect of the scepter is not
in the powers of the dragon that it possess.
The greatest power of the scepter
is its ability to free Tiamat
Saved by a priest of Tiamat when Bahamut banished her, the
scepter was stolen by priests of Neutral Good and Lawful Good
faiths before the Tiamat priests could recall the goddess.
Taking it to the high priest of Bahamut, they tried to destroy
it, but its magic was too great. So the High Priest of
Bahamut, Karolis, decided that it must be hidden, where no one,
good or evil, could find it, until the world had found the magic
powerful enough to destroy the scepter forever.
Karolis called together a group of clerics, priests and rulers
of good. Together they selected a place to seal the scepter,
agreeing that no one man would know all the secrets of the
hiding place.
A location selected, spells cast, traps laid, guards placed, the
scepter was placed in its resting place. Each man with a part of
the puzzle instructed to write in the tomes and scrolls of his
land or temple or personal diary, some clue as to the trap or
land or place or rune they had placed.
Then, the scepter hidden, Karolis cast the final spells, and
went home to his temple, drawing out a map and sealing it in a
magical case.
No one man, not even Karolis, could retrieve the scepter without
first studying the tomes and journals or men of good throughout
all the land and all the faiths of the lands.
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The Final Step
The scepter hidden, the map drawn, the clues written, Karolis
did not trust so powerful a thing to fate.
Once more the men of good through the land gathered, each man
offering up a list of names.
One name chosen to build the chest.
One name chosen to forge a lock.
One name chosen to entrap it.
One cleric chosen to cast upon it.
One mage chosen to cast upon it.
One man chosen to forge a chain.
One man chosen to hide 1 key.
One man chosen to hide the other.
And then the chest was loaded with the map and clues. The final
spells to free the scepter.
And one man, Rezart, with a heart of goodness, a simple man who
had dwelt in the land that was now Crusadia, was given the duty
of protecting the chest itself.
As often happens during such times, the fates or gods or perhaps
mere chance resulted in the untimely death of Rezart, and with
him, the secret of the chest's location. And with the
chest, the secrets of the scepter.
Lost, sought by many, found by none, it was considered by
many a blessing, until, alas, rumors began to circulate that the
chest had been found in the land of Crusadia.
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