Editing Urdlen

{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Urdlen
|Symbol = [[File:Urdlen symbol.jpg]]
<center>White-clawed mole emerging from ground</center>
|Aliases = The Crawler Below
|Alignment = Chaotic Evil
|Divine Rank = Intermediate Deity
|Pantheon = [[Gnome|Gnomish]]
|Portfolio = Greed, Bloodlust, Evil, Hatred,, Murder, Uncontrolled Impulse, Spriggans, Weremoles
|Domains = 3e: Chaos, Destruction, Earth, Evil, Greed, Madness, Pestilence, Envy, Gluttony, Gnome, Hatred <br> 5e: Death, War
|Home Plane = [[Great Wheel]]: The Worm Realm (399th layer of the [[Abyss]]) <br> [[World Tree]]: [[Hammergrim]]
|Worshippers = Evil [[Gnome]]s, [[Spriggan]]s, Weremoles, [[Assassin]]s, [[Blackguard]]s, [[Rogue]]s
|Favoured Weapon = Great Claw (Claw Bracer)
}}
God of Greed and Bloodlust, '''Urdlen''' is unique as the only evil god in the entire [[gnome]] pantheon, other than [[the Glutton]], who it has been suggested may just be another avatar of his. He appears as an enormous albino (or hairless and pale-fleshed) eyeless mole with jagged steel claws. He despises the other gnomish deities, but [[Garl Glittergold]] keeps them from destroying him to use him as a reminder of the dangers of greed and bloodlust to them and their mortal followers.

==Worshippers==
Worshippers of Urdlen are rare, typically found in either secretive cults or lone crazies lurking on the margins of society. They spend their time trying to assassinate the clerics of the gnomish gods or stealing, defacing or destroying works of art and other objects of great value.

==Relationships==
In addition to his mutual enmity with the gnome gods, Urdlen is also hated by the gods of the [[halfling]]s, [[dwarves]] and [[kobold]]s. In the [[Forgotten Realms]], the elemental earth deity [[Grumbar]] loathes him as well.

==Dogma==
Kill all living things, and destroy all that has been created. Hate, covet, ruin and destroy; sucumb to your bloodlust, revel in orgies of destruction, exult in killing. Be strong and survive. Subjugate the weak. Appease Urdlen, lest he appear to punish you. 

==Publication History==
Urdlen debuted in the article "The Gnomish Point of View" in [[Dragon Magazine]] #61 (May 1982) for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]. That edition republished him in the [[splatbook]] [[Unearthed Arcana]] (1985); as the only Chaotic Evil deity there, he got an [[Abyss]]al layer of his very own in [[Manual of the Planes]]. Since he wasn't a [[demon]] nor anything that could be related to JudaeoChristian mythology, [[Lorraine Williams|You Know Who]] allowed 2e to revive him in [[Monster Mythology]] (1992), On Hallowed Ground (1996) and [[Demihuman Deities]] (1998).

[[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] brought him back with ''Faiths & Pantheons'' in 2002. He also appeared in the Player's Guide to Faerun (2004), in the Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss and in the [[Dragon Magazine]] article "Seven Deadly Domains" in issue #323.

In [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], he appears in the Player's Handbook and in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Unofficially, he is statted out and given some more attention in [[Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes]]: [[Acheron]], a 3rd party [[splatbook]].

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