Tomogh

Tomogh
Member of the Darklords
Titles	Darklord Tomogh Lord of Gournen
Status	Dead (killed by the destruction of the Transfusor) Spirit trapped in the Plain of Despair
Died	MS 5070
Domain	Gournen
Weapon	Frigid Spear
Illustrations	The Darklands: p. 85

Darklord Tomogh (died MS 5070) was a Darklord and Lord of Gournen.

Appearance

Tomogh was a large, strange creature, with a willowy figure, with pale white skin and disproportionately long arms and legs. Tomogh wore a thin white fur pelt over his back and sides. He had a completely featureless face with the exception of one huge, grey eye that radiated bone-numbing cold at all times.

Personality

Tomogh was the most powerful master of Right-Handed Magic, except perhaps some Nadziranim like Bazdash Vool and Sarzerath. He was obsessed with hunting the Shog'aash, a large beast that lived in Lake Ghargon. An ancient champion of Naar, Tomogh hoped to take control of its power for his own uses. While Tomogh could likely defeat it, the creature proved to be elusive, able to hide in the many waterways in the Lake. His attempts to ask his fellow Darklords for help were not answered, as a distracted Tomogh could not get in the way of their own ambitions.

Biography

Tomogh arrived on Magnamund with his fellow Darklords in MS 3072, and became Lord of Gournen by the time Zagarna became Archlord. The larger realm, Ghargon, was ruled by Darklord Ghurch during the time of Archlord Zagarna, but Ghurch preferred to spend most of his time in his compound in Helgedad, effectively giving Tomogh full control over Ghargon too.

In MS 5064, Tomogh was ordered to abandon his fortress in Gournen (which was attacked heavily by the Shog'aash, which Tomogh had hunted for centuries), and take advantage of the Tanoz-tukor, which allowed the Darklords to operate freely outside of the Darklands. Together with Darklord Dakushna, they invaded the Hammerlands, making their way to the western tunnels of Bor, slaughtering the dwarves there. However, they were repelled by Bo'sun Nolrim and Captain Prarg, and the Darklords instead turned their attention to western Eru.

In MS 5065, taking advantage of Tomogh's skills in magic, Gnaag ordered Tomogh to instead invade Dessi alongside Darklord Khatellu. In Dessi, they were opposed by the Elder Magi, Grey Star, Lord Paido, and the Herbalish.

In parallel, the body of Lord Ardan, who had become comatose after expending all his energy fighting Darklord Menashga and his forces, arrived in Bautar. It was discovered that the only way to save Ardan was to use a Shianti artifact to channel energy directly from the Plane of Light. Grey Star found a Shianti artifact that could channel energy from the Plane of Darkness, and modified it to channel it instead from the Plane of Light. This was successful, and Ardan was revived. However, Tomogh was able to take control of the relic, and reverted it back to its original purpose, using its power to empower himself and his army. His army then conquered Firalond and Kakush, and drove Dessi's forces deep into their homeland. Some time between MS 5067 and MS 5070, Western Dessi fell, and the war front was driven to the Dessi city of Anasundi, where Grey Star, Lord Ardan and Lord Rimoah prepared a last stand.

Tomogh died in MS 5070, after Lone Wolf destroyed the Transfusor, causing the Tanoz-tukor to stop working, meaning he could not survive for long outside of the Darklands. For his failure, his spirit was trapped and tortured in the Plain of Despair by Naar.