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In the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[roleplaying game]], '''Tharizdun''' is the god of Eternal Darkness, Decay, Entropy, Malign Knowledge, Insanity, and Cold.
He was imprisoned ages ago by a coalition of deities to prevent the destruction of existence itself. Although imprisoned, Tharizdun still has a degree of his original multiverse-threatening power: he is officially a Divine Rank 11 (out of 20) deity, as of ''Dragon'' #294. His holy symbols are a dark spiral rune and a two-tiered inverted ziggurat known as an obex. His holy number is 333.
==Publication history==
Created by [[Gary Gygax]] based on [[Robert J. Kuntz]]'s dark god "Tharzduun,"{{cn}} Tharizdun first appeared in the module ''[[Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun]]''. He would later appear in Gygax's series of [[Gord the Rogue|Gord]] novels.▼
===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)===
Tharizdun's existence was first revealed in the module ''The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun'' (1982), by [[Gary Gygax]].<ref>[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''The [[Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1982]])</ref> Tharizdun was subsequently detailed in the ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' (1983).<ref>[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1983]])</ref>
Tharzidun's role in the outer planes is detailed in the first edition ''[[Manual of the Planes]]'' (1987). <ref>Grubb, Jeff. ''[[Manual of the Planes]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1987]])</ref>
===Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)===
Tharizdun was one of the deities described in the ''[[From the Ashes (Greyhawk)|From the Ashes]]'' set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign,<ref>[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes (Greyhawk)|From the Ashes]]'' (TSR, [[1992]])</ref> and appeared again in ''Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins'' (1998).<ref>[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins'' (TSR, [[1998]])</ref>
Her role in the cosmology of the [[Planescape]] campaign setting was described in ''On Hallowed Ground'' (1996).<ref>McComb, Colin. ''[[On Hallowed Ground]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1996]])</ref>
===Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)===
===Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)===
Tharizdun's priesthood is detailed for this edition in ''[[Complete Divine]]'' (2004).<ref>Noonan, David. ''[[Complete Divine]]'' (Wizards of the Coast, [[2004]])</ref> Details of his worship by various [[Aberration (Dungeons & Dragons)|aberrations]] was detailed in ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' (2005).<ref>Baker, Rich, [[James Jacobs]], and Steve Winter. ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2005]])</ref>
===Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)===
Tharizdun appears as one of the deities described in the Dungeon Master's Guide for this edition (2008).
==Description==
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==Realm==
The Demiplane of Imprisonment is hidden somewhere in the depths of the [[Ethereal Plane]], resembling a swollen, crystalline cyst nearly a mile in diameter. The ethereal substance surrounding the demiplane boils with the dreamscapes of Tharizdun's worshipers and others whose dreams the dark god invades.
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==Worshippers==
Tharizdun's worshippers are often insane. Their ultimate goal is to free their dark deity from his prison. He is rumored to be worshipped by the [[Scarlet Brotherhood]], though these followers are actually a splinter sect of the organization known as the Black Brotherhood or [http://www.theblackthorn.es The Blackthorn].
===Clergy===
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In the [[Fourth Edition]] [[Monster Manual]], Tharizdun is described as creating the [[Abyss]] and the demons that live there by corrupting a portion of the [[elemental chaos]], and for this crime he was imprisoned by the other gods.
▲Created by [[Gary Gygax]] based on [[Robert J. Kuntz]]'s dark god "Tharzduun," Tharizdun first appeared in the module ''[[Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun]]''. He would later appear in Gygax's series of [[Gord the Rogue|Gord]] novels.
==References==
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▲*[[Monte Cook|Cook, Monte]]. ''[[Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2001]]).
*Gygax, Gary. ''Come Endless Darkness'' (New Infinities, 1988).▼
**Gygax, Gary. ''Dance of Demons'' (New Infinities, 1988).▼
==Additional reading==
===Games===
* Holian, Gary. "Paladins of Greyhawk." ''Dragon'' #306. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
▲*[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]'' (Wizards of the Coast, [[2000]]).
*Lee, Robert. "The Cradle of Madness." ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]'' #87 (Paizo Publishing, 2001).
▲*Noonan, David. "Beings of Power: Four Gods of Greyhawk." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #294 ([[Paizo Publishing]], [[2002]]).
*[[Sean K. Reynolds|Reynolds, Sean K.]] "Core Beliefs: Boccob." ''Dragon'' #338. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
===Novels===
▲*Gygax, Gary. ''Come Endless Darkness'' (New Infinities, 1988).
▲*Stewart, Todd, with Oliver Diaz. "Multiple Dementia." Dragon #353. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
==External links==
*Conforti, Steven, ed. ''Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign,'' version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LG_Deities.zip]
*Schwalb, Robert J. "Elder Evils: Shothragot." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #362. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2008. Available online: [http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080318a]
*-----. "The Essence of Evil." ''[[Dungeon]]'' #152. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dutoc/152]
*-----. "Shadow of Shothragot: The Price of Survival." Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: [http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20071130]
*[http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zimriel/NightBelow/tharizdun.html Tharizdun - an overview of the god's history]
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