Juiblex
The Faceless Lord; Father of Slime; Lord of Nothing
Planar lesser power and qlippoth lord of ooze, slime, poison and sloth [it/its] / CE
Lair: Abyss / Layer 222 — Shedaklah (contested); Abyss / Layer 528 — Molor
Juiblex is a would-be demon prince denied its goals by the contempt of its peers and the hungers of Zuggtmoy. The demon lord of oozes, slimes, and all things vile and shapeless, Juiblex resembles a vast festering blob, a shuddering thing of bile and sludge and red staring eyes. Though its knowledge is vast and complex, its goals are often terribly straightforward—Juiblex desires little more than to corrupt, befoul, and despoil. The poison that is its soul should be shared out across the multiverse, it believes.
Juiblex contests Zuggtmoy for rule of Shedaklah, the 222nd layer of the Abyss, a putrid morass coated in forests and mountains of fungus. It has been working to encroach on the unclaimed 528th layer, Molor the Stinking Realm, a disgusting realm of eternal decay where otyughs serve Juiblex alongside the demons who follow its will. Juiblex rarely seeks out alliances and has few looking for its friendship in turn, but rumours persist that it may have had some kind of connection with Bwimb, Princess of Ooze.
Canonical Sources:
- Book of Vile Darkness [3e] p70,107,134-136
- Dead Gods [2e] p17
- Dragon Magazine #270 p68-69; #336 p82; #337 p42,48,54; #355 p70; #358 p67
- Fiendish Codex [3e] p66-68,80,144-146,155-156 (67)
- Faces of Evil [2e] p46
- Hellbound: Dark of the War [2e] p51
- Inner Planes [2e] p81,84
- Monster Manual V [3e] p162-165
- Manual of the Planes [3e] p100,103
- On Hallowed Ground [2e] p49-50,176
- Planes of Chaos [2e] Book of Chaos p18,22
- Planar Handbook [3e] p175
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium [2e] Monstrous Supplement p14; Sigil & Beyond p69
Source: Afroakuma, first published here. Canonwatch: I’ve suggested Juiblex may be a qlippoth as his bizarre form seems to fit that type of demonic aberation best. In the original D&D lore he’s an ancient tanar’ri or perhaps an obyrith. Also, watch out for the spelling of his name, it’s often misspelled Jubilex.