Tharizdun

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Tharizdun, also called the Elder Elemental Eye and the Chained god, is one of the first of the main pantheon of the Dungeons & Dragons Universe to come into being. Originally, he was a Neutral Evil god who sought to destroy the Primordials at the beginning of time during the war for creation. To achieve this end, he sought out a shard of Pure Evil™ that he thought could fuel a hate machine of destruction that would put an end to everything but himself. As such, he created the Abyss at the ass-end of the Elemental Chaos. In the process, though, it drove him insane and made him Chaotic Evil, and while more powerful than ever was too batshit to control himself. The other gods imprisoned him in chains and cast him into the void, then went back to killing the Elementals and each other.

Fluff History

Tharizdun was introduced all the way back in AD&D 1st Edition, and was a creation of none other than Gary Gygax. Here, little is really revealed about him other than he exists. Gygax later used him in his novels.

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).

Third edition detailed his prison dimension within the void. His priesthood is described in Complete Divine.

4e finally goes into some friggin' detail about the guy, 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.

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