Iggwilv Iggwilv is characterized as a selfish, evil-aligned magic user with much power a nd a penchant for sexual manipulation.

She is the creator of the demonomicons. For a period of time, she travelled with the Company of Seven under the alias Ta sha. (Gygax has cited the Finnish epic Kaleva as inspiration for Iggwilv.) The name of Louhi, a character in the Kaleva, is given as an alias of Iggwilv. The name "Tasha" and laughter are associated with Iggwilv. According to published background, Iggwilv is said to have once been named Natas ha, and it is under this name that she was "adopted" as a child by the witch Baba Ya ga. Under Baba Yaga's tutelage, Natasha grew into a talented spellcaster, and soon b ecame known as "Natasha the Dark," perhaps in contrast to another adopted daughter of Baba Yaga, Iggwilv's "sister, " Elena the Fair. Iggwilv next appeared in Ket some 300 years ago, in the third century CY, where she was known as Hura. After being driven from Lopolla for plundering the Vault of Daoud (where it is a ssumed she acquired Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn), Hura made her way to the Free City of Greyhawk. Now using the name Tasha, Iggwilv encountered the wizard Zagig Yragerne, who quickly (and scandalously) took her on as an apprentice. Sometime during this period (early fourth century CY), Tasha also served as a me mber of the Company of Seven, Zagig's adventuring band, and developed the spell Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter. Zagig and Tasha's relationship culminated in the imprisonment the demon lord Fra z-Urb'luu. When Zagig was unaware, Tasha spoke to the imprisoned demon lord, and learned ma ny secrets. Shortly thereafter, Iggwilv absconded with many of Zagig's magical tomes, includ ing the Tome of Zyx, which she would later make additions to and rename The Demonomicon. Iggwilv traveled to the Yatil Mountains, in the unclaimed wilderness near the V elverdyva River, to a twisted mountain now called Iggwilv's Horn, said to be the last resting pla ce of the ancient mage Tsojcanth. There, using the lore and power she had stolen from Fraz-Urb'luu and Zagig, she bound Tsojcanth to her service, using him as her slave for generations. Iggwilv next appears in the historical records of Perrenland in 460 CY. Using what she had learned (and stolen) from Zagig, Iggwilv summoned and impriso ned the demon lord Graz'zt. She managed to seduce the demon lord into helping her with her plans of conquest and went on to bear him a son, Iuz. In 480 CY, she assembled an army and attacked Perrenland from her base in the Ya tils known as the Lost Caverns. It is thought that at some point during or prior to this period of conquest, Graz'zt gifted Iggwilv with a magical cloak of pit fiend hide known as Fiend's E mbrace. Iggwilv's conquest of Perrenland was complete by 481 CY, and she held a firm gri p on that nation until 491 CY, when Graz'zt escaped her control. Graz'zt had suggested, maliciously, that Iggwilv bind Tsojcanth to use as a living seal against the alarmingly sprea ding rift to the Abyss beneath Iggwilv's Horn. Iggwilv was caught off guard when Tsojcanth fought back for the first time of ye ars.

Weakened by the battle, she was doubly unable to resist Graz'zt's subsequent att ack of his own. Iggwilv herself was forced to battle Graz'zt, just barely managing to slay his e arthly form, banishing him to the Abyss. As a consequence of this battle, Iggwilv's beautiful form was wracked by magic and split into two hideous manifestations. Iggwilv was left shattered and powerless, enabling the native Perrenlanders to d efeat her forces and regain their nation. After the loss of Perrenland, little was heard from Iggwilv for decades, and for a short while, she was presumed dead. In the 570's, Iggwilv had two prominent clashes with the Circle of Eight, who ha d sent adventurers to thwart her plans. The first took place in the fabled Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and ended with the destruction of her daughter, the vampiress Drelzna. The second regarded her plans to bring a large number of fiends to Oerth, which was thwarted by a band of adventurers who recovered the Crook of Rao from a magical demiplane known as the Isle of the Ape. She last clashed with agents of the Circle of Eight in 585 CY when Warnes Starco at employed a band of adventurers to recover Tenser's clone from Luna. Iggwilv currently resides in a manor in the Gray Waste of Hades. Her current pla ns, if any, are unknown. Description Iggwilv is said to have two forms, one of which is that of an old crone (said to be her true form), and the other, a human female of dark beauty. In the latter form, Iggwilv has lo ng black hair and pale skin. It is said none who have seen her in her true form still live. She has many alternate names. On Oerth she has been called the Witch Queen of Pe rrenland and the Mother of Witches. She is known as Louhi on one alternate Prime Material world, and as Ychbilch on another. Those close to her sometimes address her as Wilva. Related characters A number of relationships exist between Iggwilv and the major characters of Grey hawk. Iggwilv is the adopted daughter of Baba Yaga. She imprisoned and seduced he demon lord Graz'zt, who sired her the son Iuz. She is also the mother of the destroyed vampiress Drelzna. She was at one time the apprentice of Zagig Yragerne, and a member of the Company of Seven (as Tasha). Iggwilv is a fierce enemy of the Circle of Eight. Daoud Daoud is the hero-deity of Humility, Clarity, and Immediacy. His symbol is a multi-colored patch of cloth or tangle of yarn, with seven threa ds, one of each color of the spectrum, extending from the bottom. Daoud is depicted as an old man with leathery skin and heavy, dark brows. His eyes are black and piercing. He wears the simple, worn clothing of a shepher d, a turban wrapped around his head and a staff in his hands. Daoud was a priest of Istus. When Daoud was stripped of his wealth, he decided that the Four Feet of the Drag on which define Baklunish society - piety, honor, generosity, and devotion to family - were mere ostentation. In their place he proposed four superior virtues: honesty, humility, piety, and endurance.

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