Diinkarazan
| Greyhawk Deity | |
|---|---|
| Diinkarazan | |
| Title(s) | The Mad God |
| Home Plane | Infinite Layers of the Abyss |
| Power Level | Demigod |
| Gender | Male |
| Class(es) | Thief 14/Wild Mage 18 (avatar) |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Portfolio | Vengeance |
| Domains | |
| Alias(es) | |
| Superior | |
Diinkarazan is the derro god of Vengeance.
Description
Diinkarazan is tall and gaunt; his blankly staring face is dominated by huge red eyes with black pin-point pupils. His long streaming hair changes texture, color, and appearance randomly. He is bound to a stone throne, and cannot move, though every 50 years or so he manages to create an avatar to stalk derro communities and slay everything that moves.
Relationships
Diinkarazan is the brother of Diirinka, who betrayed him while they were fleeing from Ilsensine's caverns.
Realm
Diinkarazan is kept in the Prison of the Mad God on the 586th layer of the Abyss, a whirling vortex of air and gas with rings of stones flying randomly about while he is constantly tormented by illusions of the things he most fears.
Dogma
Diinkarazan cares for nothing but vengeance against his brother and his brother's creations.
Worshippers
Diinkarazan was driven completely mad by Ilsensine and has no actual worshipers.
History
Diinkarazan was the second derro created by the ancient Suloise, nearly as powerful a spellcaster as his brother Diirinka. They achieved apotheosis together, and together they explored the caverns of Ilsensine for the magical lore they would need to "perfect" their race. When Diirinka betrayed him, Diinkarazan was imprisoned by the god of the illithids in the Abyss, where he thinks of nothing but vengeance, blaming the derro for his suffering.
Relics
Diinkarazan's curse is tied to a near-artifact known as Ilsensine's Ring. The stone throne that Diinkarazan is bound to is set with many stones and gems; Ilsensine plucked a purple-white archon gem from the throne and decreed that only when the gem was destroyed would Diinkarazan's imprisonment ever cease. The gem was set in a band of transparent iron (a substance called nephelium), attached to the ring by tentacle-like prongs. Among other powers, Ilsensine's Ring can call forth a ring of whirling debris such as surrounds Diinkarazan in his Abyssal prison. It can also summon illithids from Ilsensine's personal retinue in the Outer Planes, but there is a small chance that Diinkarazan himself will manifest in avatar form instead, and attack the wielder of the ring until he either slain (which will banish him for a year) or he gets hold of the stone that binds him, in which case he may at last become free. The ring is currently in the hands of Ilsensine's most favored servant, the monstrous shape-shifting ulitharid Lugribossk.
Bibliography
- Cordell, Bruce R. Dawn of the Overmind. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- McComb, Colin. On Hallowed Ground. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
- Moore, Roger E. "Legacies of the Suel Imperium," Dragon Magazine #241. Renton, WA: TSR, 1997.
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
