Editing Tharizdun (section)

==Fluff History==
Tharizdun was introduced all the way back in AD&D 1st Edition's WG4, [[Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun]]. [[Gary Gygax]] derived the name ''Tharizdun'' from his friend Rob Kuntz's ''[http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/erkme04.pdf Tharzdu'un]'' (which was probably influenced by ''Thasaidon'', the "ruler of the Seven Hells" mentioned in Clark Ashton Smith's [[Wikipedia:Zothique#Stories|Zothique Cycle]] of short stories). Here, little is really revealed about him other than he exists. Gygax later used him in his novels.  Gygax's version of Tharizdun was statted as [[Neutral Evil]], but All-Encompassing Evil is more accurate, as Tharizdun's three Theoparts artifacts each correspond to one of the three flavors of Evil ([[Chaotic_Evil|Chaotic]], [[Neutral_Evil|Neutral]], [[Lawful_Evil|Lawful]]).

For second edition, he was included in the Greyhawk setting and described in further detail in the ''From the Ashes'' set. Here, he was given an affinity towards aberrations, since he himself seems to be the first of their kind (what with the chaos shard).

[[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition|Third edition]] detailed his prison dimension within the void. His priesthood is described in ''Complete Divine''.

[[4e|4th edition]] finally goes into some detail, but once again remains vague and doesn't give him stats, intentionally. Just assume fighting him will get you dead in amazing and creative ways, because if Chaos is known for one thing it's imagination.