Iggwilv

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History

According to published background, Iggwilv is said to have once been named Natashacite journal| last = D&D Editors | first = | title = Unsolved Mysteries of D&D: Who is Tasha?| journal = Dragon| volume = 32(4)| issue = 359| pages = 30| publisher = Pazio | date = September, 2007 ] , and it is under this name that she was "adopted" as a child by the witch Baba Yaga. Iggwilv next appeared in Ket some 300 years ago, in the third century CY, where she was known as Hura. After being driven from Lopolla for plundering the Vault of Daoud, 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 fourth 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. 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".

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 Yatil Mountains known as the 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 CYwhen, and she held a firm grip on that nation until 491 CY, when Graz'zt escaped her control, enabling the native Perrenlanders to defeat her forces and regain their nation. 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, Iuz's beautiful form was wracked by magic and split into two hideous manifestations. After the loss of Perrenland, little was heard from Iggwilv for decades and for a short while, she was presumed dead.

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 Drelzna. 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.

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 Wastes. Her current plans, if any, are unknown.

References

Further reading

*Baur, Wolfgang. "Enemies of my Enemy." "Dungeon" #149 (Paizo Publishing, 2007).
*Greer, Stephen S. "Fiend's Embrace." "Dungeon" #121 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).
*Gygax, Gary. "Artifact of Evil" (TSR, 1986).
**Gygax, Gary. "Come Endless Darkness" (New Infinities, 1988).
**Gygax, Gary. "Dance of Demons" (New Infinities, 1988).
**Gygax, Gary. "Isle of the Ape" (TSR, 1985).
**Gygax, Gary. "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" (TSR, 1982).
**Gygax, Gary. "The Slayer's Guide to Dragons" (Mongoose Publishing, 2002).
**Gygax, Gary. "Sea of Death" (New Infinities, 1987).

*Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. "Living Greyhawk Gazetteer" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

*Holian, Gary and Owen Stephens. "The Demonomicon of Iggwilv." "Dragon" #336 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).

*Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Baphomet." "Dragon" #341 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
**Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Fraz-Urb’luu." "Dragon" #333 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).
**Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Kostchtchie." "Dragon" #345 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
**Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Pazuzu." "Dragon" #329 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).
**Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Zuggtmoy." "Dragon" #337 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).

*Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. "" (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).

*Moore, Roger E. "" (TSR, 1998).
**Moore, Roger E. "The Dancing Hut." "Dragon" #83 (TSR, 1984).
**Moore, Roger E. "Return of the Eight" (TSR, 1998).

*Mullin, Robert S. "Campaign Classics: Three Greyhawk Grimoires." "Dragon" #225 (TSR, 1996).

*Sargent, Carl. "From the Ashes" (TSR, 1992).
**Sargent, Carl. "Iuz the Evil" (TSR, 1993).

*Wilson, Steve. "Grey Chrondex 4.1" (2000). Available online: [http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/tamerlain/Greyhawk/GreyChrondex41.html]

External links

* [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Iggwilv Iggwilv at the Greyhawk wiki] .