Dragotha

Greyhawk Character


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name=Dragotha
home=Wormcrawl Fissure (formerly Nine Hells)
gender=Male
race=Red dragon
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alignment=Neutral Evil
age=1500+
universe="World of Greyhawk"In the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game, Dragotha is a powerful undead dragon, known as a dracolich. Dragotha is a major player in Dungeon's Age of Worms adventure path.

History

Dragotha was formerly a powerful red dragon, the mightiest consort of Tiamat. At some point Dragotha offended his mistress, and was forced to leave Avernus. Making his way to Oerth, Dragotha fell in with Kyuss, where he eventually became a dracolich & Kyuss's greatest servant. Dragotha's lair is thought to lie in the Wormcrawl Fissure, near Rift Canyon.

More historical information is given in the 2nd Edition RPGA Adventurer's Guild Tournament module, Dragotha's Lair (Bruce R. Cordell, 1999, 2001). According to this history, Dragotha was forced into quiesence (inactivity) by Keraptis, the infamous wizard featured in the module White Plume Mountain using a magical device called the "crown of mortality".

According to the 3rd Edition "White Plume Mountain" Web Enhancement "Outside the Mountain is Just as Dangerous as Inside" (Robert Wiese, 2006), Dragotha was a black dragon (not a red dragon, as mentioned above) before becoming undead.

Dragotha in Greyhawk literature

An expedition to Dragotha's lair is told in the song, "The Claws of Dragotha", which is believed to have been penned sometime in the fifth century CY.

Dragotha is also mentioned in a pictoral map featured in the White Plume Mountain module: "Beyond to the lair of Dragotha, the undead dragon where fabulous riches and hideous death await."

References

*Baur, Wolfgang. "A Gathering of Winds." "Dungeon" #129 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).

*Cordell, Bruce R. "Return to White Plume Mountain" (TSR, 1999).

*Cordell, Bruce R. "Dragotha's Lair" (TSR, 1999).

*Decker, Jesse. "The Spire of Long Shadows." "Dungeon" #130 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).

*Jacobs, James. "Into the Wormcrawl Fissure." "Dungeon" #134 (Pazio Publishing, 2006).

*Miller, Steve. "The Doomgrinder" (TSR, 1998).

*Mona, Erik. "Age of Worms Overload" (Paizo Publishing, 2005). Online: [http://paizo.com/dungeon/news/v5748eaic9jzc]

*Pett, Richard. "The Prince of Redhand." "Dungeon" #131 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).

*Reynolds, Sean K. "Encounter at Blackwall Keep." "Dungeon" #126 (Paizo Publishing, 2005).

*Schick, Lawrence. "White Plume Mountain" (TSR, 1979).

*Simpson, Bill. "Lords & Legends: Dragotha." "Dragon" #134 (TSR, 1988).

*Vaughan, Greg A. "Kings of the Rift" "Dungeon" #133 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).