Graz’zt
The Dark Prince
Planar tanar’ri lord of base instincts, lust, seduction [he/him] / CE
Lair: Abyss / Layers 45, 46 & 47 — Azzagrat
Although the Dark Prince obscures the truth of his origins, putting about rumors that he is a fallen archdevil or a demigod of hedonism, in truth his power derives from his unusual birth. Graz’zt is a child of the obyrith Pale Night by an unknown father—whispered to be no less than the Abyss itself. His heritage has provided him with great physical and magical strength, but it is his own native cunning that has parlayed these assets into a vast Abyssal empire comprising the three layers of Azzagrat, which he rules from the Argent Palace in Zelatar, his capital city.
Standing nine feet tall, with yellow eyes, jet-black skin, and small horns, Graz’zt cuts an imposing and handsome figure. A patron of witches and warlocks, the Prince of Pleasure has likely sired more cambions than any other demon lord. His cults are often led by women, and he is served by many lamias who see in him a reflection of their own foul hedonistic desires. His most trusted advisor is a stark-white human-like demon named Verin, a skilled diplomat whose pleasant demeanour does not offset the disturbing secretion of spiritual slime that forever coats him in an unpleasant oily sheen.
Canonical Sources:
- Book of Vile Darkness [3e] p68-69,96,125,127,130-133,137-138]
- Dead Gods [2e] p58
- Dragon Magazine #270 p65; #329 p60; #333 p29; #336 p77-78; #341 p23-24,30; #345 p25; #353 p27,35; #355 p72; #356 p67; #357 p21-22,70; #358 p30; #359 p50,61-62,66,121
- Dungeon Magazine #095 p70,78-80,88,96; #107 p39,49,62; #146 p81,83; #147 p51,75,81; #148 p54; #149 p42-43,45,49,53,69; #150 p66-67,94,96,98-99
- Fiendish Codex [3e] p28,45,48,59,63,65-66,71,74-75,77,107,110,117-123,128,138-139,143,152,155-156
- Faces of Evil [2e] p57,61-63
- Faction War [2e] p71
- For Duty and Deity [2e] p4,13,16,24,31,33,43-45,48,50-51,54-55,57-60,64
- Hellbound: Dark of the War [2e] p25,51,71-72; Wargames p68-69
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2 [2e] p83,113
- Manual of the Planes [3e] p100-101
- On Hallowed Ground [2e] p42,49
- Planes of Chaos [2e] Book of Chaos p18,26-28; Monstrous Supplement p2-3,25; Travelogue p13
- Planewalker’s Handbook [2e] p4,33
- Tales from the Infinite Staircase [2e] p8-9
- Uncaged: Faces of Sigil [2e] p75,84-85
Source: Afroakuma, first published here