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Canonically, the title was '''''oinoloth''''', but in 5e for some reason they made oinoloths a type of yugoloth rather than an office. | [[File:Oinodaemon.jpg | right | 400px]] | ||
'''''Urgaloth''''' is the title held by the nominal leader of the yugoloth race. The urgaloth rules from the [[Siege Malicious]] in the Wasting Tower of [[Khin-Oin]] in Oinos. The urgaloth is the nominal ruler of Oinos and the [[Blood Rift]]. | |||
Canonically, the title was '''''oinoloth''''' (also '''''oinodaemon'''''), but in 5e for some reason they made oinoloths a type of yugoloth rather than an office, so I refer to the office as ''urgaloth''. | |||
The current urgaloth is [[Anthraxus]] the Decayed. | |||
== Pathfinder == | |||
In Pathfinder, the leaders of the daemons are not the urgaloth and the [[General of Gehenna | GOG]], but rather the '''[[Four Horsemen (Pathfinder) | Four Horsemen]]'''. A fifth Horseman—known as the '''Oinodaemon'''—is rumored to exist. | |||
== Seat == | |||
The urgaloth's seat of power is the [[Siege Malicious]], a magical throne at the top of [[Khin-Oin]]. The only way to become the urgaloth is to oust the incumbent. However, it doesn't seem that you need to outright kill them—if you can get them to fuck off, that's good enough. | |||
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== Name == | |||
Why the [https://www.sageadvice.eu/why-the-decision-was-made-to-demote-the-oinoloth-from-the-unique-ruler-of-the-yugoloths/ name change]? | |||
From ''Manual of the Planes'' (2001), page 109: | |||
<blockquote>"Whoever rules the Wasting Tower is often referred to as the oinoloth."</blockquote> | |||
I don't know what to tell you dog. | |||
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== Known urgaloths == | |||
* '''[[Infestix]]''', the first urgaloth | |||
* '''[[Anthraxus]]''' the Decayed | |||
* '''[[Mydianchlarus]]''' | |||
* '''Phraxas''', who revealed himself to really be Anthraxus | |||
* '''[[Kexxon]]''' | |||
== Timeline == | |||
The timeline is a tad bit confusing, namely because of [[Kexxon]]. See, we know that [[Anthraxus]] became urgaloth circa -1522. And then sometime between 1357–1369, he was ousted by [[Mydianchlarus]]. | |||
No problem so far, but here's where things get weird. We know that sometime around 1373 (around the end of the Silence of Lolth), ''Kexxon'' was urgaloth. The reason this is weird is because when Anthraxus returned (under the name "Phraxas"), he ousted ''Mydianchlarus''. | |||
What does this mean? It means that Mydianchlarus ousted Anthraxus, only to then be ousted by Kexxon (without getting killed)—and then Mydianchlarus must have ''retaken the throne from Kexxon'', because we know Mydianchlarus was urgaloth when Anthraxus returned. Mydianchlarus was then booted out by Anthraxus—and boom, Anthraxus is back on the throne. | |||
Confusing, no? Let me outline this in a timeline to make things clearer: | |||
* A bajillion years ago: Infestix becomes the first urgaloth. | |||
* -1522: Anthraxus becomes urgaloth. | |||
* 1357–1369: Mydianchlarus ousts Anthraxus without killing him, and becomes urgaloth. | |||
* (1357–1369)–1373: Kexxon somehow topples Mydianchlarus<ref>At least, we're ''assuming'' Mydianchlarus was the urgaloth Kexxon toppled. All we know is Kexxon became the urgaloth. We don't know for certain the reigning urgaloth was Mydianchlarus. It's possible that ''another'' ultroloth toppled Mydianchlarus and Kexxon toppled ''that'' guy, but we have no evidence of that.</ref> without killing him, and seizes the throne for himself. | |||
* 1373: Kexxon is definitely the urgaloth. | |||
* 1373–1379: Mydianchlarus returns and ousts Kexxon, re-becoming urgaloth. | |||
* 1379: Anthraxus ousts Mydianchlarus and re-becomes urgaloth. | |||
* 1479: Anthraxus is definitely the urgaloth. | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[General of Gehenna]] | |||
== Endnotes == | |||
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