Each statue represents one of the Children and Lieutenants of Agarash, the vilest dynasty ever to have ever ruled Magnamund.
— Description of the statues of the Children of Agarash in the Night Spire[1]
The Children of Agarash are the strongest of Agarash's living creations, who served as his lieutenants during the Age of Eternal Night.
Each Child is immensely-powerful, and bears a sliver of Agarash's power. This sliver of power grants them immortality, and allows them to draw power directly from the Plane of Darkness using a magical ethereal link. This sliver of power also granted each Child an aspect of Agarash's personality. Using the power of the Doomstones, each Child created one type of creature with a smaller fragment of Agarash's power (with the exception of Shom'zaa, who could create them without a Doomstone, and created many common types[2]), with these lesser forms (but not including the Children themselves)[3] collectively called the Agarashi. Legions of Agarashi were bred and infested Magnamund, overrunning the surface whilst establishing breeding colonies underground.[4]
Due to their power, they are able to switch places with Agarash, who was once trapped in the Pit of Eternal Pain.[5]
Statues of the Children of Agarash are present at the base of the Night Spire of Naaros, looking upwards, reflecting their subservience to their master.[1]
Known Children of Agarash[]
- Aagnor the Darkweaver[5]
- Drednurash the Mindscourge[6][7]
- Funghaarn the Witherer[8][9]
- Ghandezh, the Wyrm of Naaros[1][10]
- Karthogg the Doombringer[5]
- Demonlord Shom'zaa[1][4]
- Shoongath[4]
- Swamplord Vag'kroag[5]
- Yoz'Naga the Petrifier[11]
Not Children of Agarash[]
- Deathlord Ixiataaga is not considered to be a Child of Agarash, as he was summoned as an avatar of Death.[12]
- Demonlord Tagazin was a Demonlord who accompanied Agarash on his journey to Magnamund. As such, he predates the Doomstones, and thus the Agarashi, and therefore cannot be a Child of Agarash.[13]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Dusk of Eternal Night: §225
- ↑ Dever, Joe [2017]. Bestiary of the Beyond. Cubicle 7, p. 7.
- ↑ Dever, Joe [2017]. Bestiary of the Beyond. Cubicle 7, p. 6. “Every child of Agarash was unique, and each bore a fragment of its creator’s power. For instance, Shoongath was born of the Demonlord’s cunning and intellect, the Shom’zaa was invested with his mastery over the powers of Chaos, Aagnor the Darkweaver was a reflection of his strategic genius while Karthogg the Doombringer was born of his god-like physical might. Because of this gift they were each an immortal being, continuously drawing energy and reviving power directly from the Plane of Darkness by way of a magical ethereal link. They were able to create creatures that possessed a smaller fragment of Agarash’s formidable might. These later generations became known as the Agarashi – the Creatures of Darkness, a collective of demonic races which, unlike all other Demons (see Chapter Extraplanar Creatures), are born on and bound to Magnamund.” (emphasis added manually)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dever, Joe [2017]. Bestiary of the Beyond. Cubicle 7, p. 6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Dusk of Eternal Night: §10
- ↑ The Dusk of Eternal Night: §60
- ↑ The Dusk of Eternal Night: §250
- ↑ The Dusk of Eternal Night: §306
- ↑ The Dusk of Eternal Night: §271
- ↑ Dever, Joe [2017]. Bestiary of the Beyond. Cubicle 7, p. 123.
- ↑ The Dusk of Eternal Night: §100
- ↑ Stark, Jonathan; Hahn, August. Episode 17: The Huntress. Journeys Through Magnamund. Holmgard Press (2024-03-21). Timestamp: 41:35
- ↑ Stark, Jonathan; Hahn, August. Episode 32: Deathlord of Ixia (Book 5 of Grandmaster). Journeys Through Magnamund. Holmgard Press (2025-04-17). Timestamp: 52:46