Daglan Daegon
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Daglan Daegon was the ruler and darklord (very briefly, at least in canon) of the domain of Daglan. He was also the ancestor of Radaga. He created the artifact known as the the Crown of Souls.[1] Daegon is the ultimate villain of the 2nd Edition module Feast of Goblyns, though his first appearance in the flesh is very brief and occurs right at the end of that adventure. However, he can gain control over people who don the Crown and are subsequently corrupted into a Chaotic Evil alignment.[2]
Background
Many centuries ago on the Prime Material Plane, Daegon served an evil warlord and was tasked with fabricating a powerful artifact, the Crown of Souls. Upon its completion, the warlord betrayed him and struck him dead. However, Daegon had predicted this betrayal and placed a variant Magic Jar spell upon that crown, one that would allow Daegon to possess the body of any who wore the crown. The warlord's will was too strong to be possessed, but he lost the Crown in a fight with an enemy troup of elves.[1]
One of the elves found the Crown. Daegon attempted to take control of the elf, but the Dark Powers interceded as the Mists engulfed the Crown. The elf's spirit became entrapped in the Crown with Daglan, causing a ceaseless war of wills. The psychic conflict took its toll on Daegon, but he drew more power for each one of his bloodline that died in the ensuing centuries, until Radaga was the last one left. Daegon somehow made a pact with the Dark Powers to bring her to the Land of Mists. Until she was twice slain, one in her mortal form and once more in an undead body, Daegon remained locked inside of the Crown without a form of his own.[1]
In 736 BC, Radaga was felled, but she rose again and fled into the Mists. The Dark Powers granted her the mantle of the domain of Daglan's darklord. She was felled again, and Daegon finally achieved his desired freedom. It was for but a brief moment however, as he was shortly destroyed thereafter. With Daegon's destruction, his domain ceased to be.[3]
Game Statistics
Chaotic Evil male human necromancer 13[4]
Chronology
- 236 BC Daglan Daegon creates the Crown of Souls[5] for an unnamed, evil warlord. Immediately upon receiving the fell artifact, the warlord betrays Daglan and uses it to kill him. Daglan has prepared a contingency for this, placing his soul inside the Crown to possess whomever wears it. However, the warlord's strength of will renders him immune to Daglan's possession.[1]
240 BC After the battle against the last of his enemies, the warlord loses the Crown of Souls to the Mists, where it remains hidden for hundreds of years. Similarly, Homlock and Daglan's Tower of Magic disappear into the Mists.[6]- 736 BC Radaga is slain, and Daglan Daegon is reborn. However, he is destroyed along with the Crown of Souls. The domain of Daglan dissolves as a result.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Feast of Goblyns p.14
- ↑ Feast of Goblyns p. 15
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gazetteer I p. 110, as told in FoG p. 92
- ↑ Feast of Goblyns p. 13
- ↑ Feast of Goblyns p.11
- ↑ Speculation in John W. Mangrum's Revised, Annotated, and Totally Unofficial Ravenloft Timeline, p.4, based on Feast of Goblyns p.14, 83, 84; presuming it takes several years for the warlord to extend his empire.
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