Zuggtmoy or Tsuggtmoy was the Demon Queen of Fungi. Her symbol was a jawless human skull with fungi blooming from within, though some of her false cults used other symbols. For example, her cult in the Temple of Elemental Evil used the symbol of the Elder Elemental Eye.
Zuggtmoy was the "dread and fell ruler of the 222nd ghastly plane of the Abyss."
Description[]
As the Lady of Fungi, Zuggtmoy was originally presented resembled a huge puffball fungus on top of four elephantine legs. A mushroom-shaped head with squashed and vague humanoid-like features resided atop her body. She could extrude pseudopodia from her bloated body to squash opponents. Canonically, Zuggtmoy can also appear as a feeble crone or a ravishingly-beautiful human woman.
Relationships[]
Zuggtmoy was an ally of Iggwilv and Iuz and had been romantically linked to the latter. She was forced to share Shedaklah, a layer of the Abyss, with the demon lord Juiblex, who she constantly wars with over control over the entire layer. Her two chief allies were the demon lord Haagenti, Lord of Alchemy, whose minions were often seen in the forests of Shedaklah collecting ingredients for chemical reagents, and the demon lord Demogorgon, with whom she often collaborated.
Vassals and minions[]
Zuggtmoy was served by her lieutenant, the demon lord Yibiyru, the Rancid Lady of Bitter Bile (who has been described conflictingly as either her mother and or daughter). Her most notorious high priest was the druid Xhagevoxhab, who once ruled a vast territory in the Underdark over 600 years ago.
Zuggtmoy was served by elemental rukarazylls and vathugu demons as well as various fungal creatures.
Realm[]
Zuggtmoy ruled the 222nd layer of the Abyss, officially called Shedaklah, although according to her creator Gary Gygax, it was called Mycorji. She shared this layer with Juiblex, the Faceless Lord. Also called the Slime Pits, Shedaklah was a duo-layer: its surface was overrun by fungi and plant creatures while its underground corollary was infested with oozes and slimes. Zuggtmoy claimed the surface realm whereas Juiblex was confined to below ground. As a result of her setbacks, Juiblex managed to lay claim to parts of the surface realm. It was with the efforts of Zuggtmoy's lieutenant, Yibiyru, the Rancid Lady of Bitter Bile, that Juiblex didn't conquer all of Shedaklah.
Zuggtmoy ruled from the center of the layer in a palace that consists of two dozen or so gigantic mushrooms, each connected to the others by shelf-fungi, and each four miles tall. Numerous chambers and corridors have been carved within the mushrooms; it was said not even Zuggtmoy herself knew the full extent of the palace.
History[]
Zuggtmoy was a competitor and enemy of Lolth. She built the Temple of Elemental Evil with Iuz. The forces of good launched a campaign against her, trapping her within the temple's confines. In the current World of Greyhawk Timeline, Zuggtmoy is presumed released from the Temple by Robilar.
References[]
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