Dagon

Dagon

(Deity)

Titles

The Shadow in the Sea,
Shadow Lord of the Sea,
Demon Lord of the Sea and Sea Monsters

Realm

Ugothanok, Ishiar, Outer Rifts

Alignment

Chaotic evil

Areas of Concern

Abberance
The Sea
Sea monsters

Worshipers

Desperate or insane coastal dwellers, boggards, heretical sedacthys and ulat-kinis, krakens, marsh giants

Edicts

Swim underwater, improve your own strength, encourage the spread of dangerous sea monsters

Anathema

Break a sworn oath, settle in a land-locked area, share Dagon’s secrets with outsiders

Follower Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Chaos, Destruction, Evil, Water

Subdomains (1E)

Catastrophe, Demon, Oceans, Rage

Follower Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Sanctification (2E)

Can choose unholy

Domains (2E)

Change, destruction, water, zeal
Alternate: Abomination

Favored Weapon

Trident

Symbol

Eye surrounded by runes

Sacred Animal

Fish

Sacred Colors

Blue, gold

Images of Dagon

Source: Book of the Damned, pg(s). 40–41 (1E)
Divine Mysteries, pg(s). 184, 304–305 (2E)

Alignment details sourced from Book of the Damned and Lost Omens Gods & Magic 124–125. In Book of the Damned and Gods & Mmagic, Dagon's areas of concern included deformity and lacked abberance. In Gods & Magic, he lacked alternate domains.

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Dagon

(Creature)

Type

Outsider
(chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar, water)

CR

28

Environment

Any oceans (Outer Rifts)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of Dagon

Source: Bestiary 4, pg(s). 46

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Dagon (pronounced DAY-gon) is the demon lord of the sea and sea monsters that dwell in its darkest depths.

Dogma

Like other demon lords, Dagon is able to grant spells and other powers to his worshipers. He encourages them to swim underwater, increase their own strength, and propagate dangerous sea monsters. He considers the breaking of oaths as a sin against him, forbids his followers to settle in land-locked areas and share any secrets with those outside of his cult.

History

One of the oldest beings of the Outer Rifts, Dagon predates the advent of mortal life and demons and began life as a qlippoth lord. In those days he was a ravenous, nameless, mindless sea monster that ate everything that crossed his path. After having consumed countless demons and larvae, Dagon became intelligent and infused himself with mortal sin, becoming a demon.

Dagon is said to have slain the great kraken Kaktora, thereby creating the devilfish now haunting Golarion's oceans.

Home

Dagon dwells in the depths of the Abyssal sea of Ishiar, in Ugothanok, a sunken city with architecture so ancient as to be almost alien.

Appearance

Dagon's appearance is hideously monstrous and somewhat alien, being neither fully fish, eel, nor octopus; he is some foul amalgamation of all three. He has the lower body of an eel, a horrific face, and four tentacles in place of arms. Dagon is one of the largest demon lords, measuring 35 feet in length. His spawn often take after him, being similarly disgusting combinations of deep sea creatures.

Relationships

Dagon revels in the intelligence he earned by becoming a demon, and does not want to return to his origin as a mindless qlippoth lord. He bears the qlippoth no ill will but does not allow them within his realm.

Church of Dagon

Worshipers

Dagon is quite active on the Universe, regularly sending his demonic minions to the deep oceans of the world to become high priests for evil aquatic monster races, such as the gutaki. He is even worshiped by some of the more savage sedacthy tribes.

Dagon's is also revered by some debased coastline societies, who often maintain a façade of worshipping another deity. In these twisted communities, land dwellers mix with ichthyic beings from the depths, spawning horrible cross-breeds which have no place in the natural order of things. Marsh giants are normally the most fervent of Dagon's land-based followers, but his cult has been growing amongst humans in isolated villages, who secretly turn to his worship, sometimes on the promise of bountiful fishing or alien golden jewellery. Some sailors also worship Dagon, luring ships to collide with rocky shores and performing blood sacrifices to call forth sea monsters.

The surface of the Abyssal realm of Ishiar is inhabited by fiendish and half-fiend humans known as Ishians, who seek to impress Dagon by constantly fighting each other and by claiming new islands in his name.

Some of Dagon's followers (particularly deep ones) also worship the Great Old Ones, most often Cthulhu, mixing the traditions of both into a single blasphemous religion. Some elder deep ones take his name for themselves, which Dagon sees as a compliment.

Temples and shrines

Among humans, Dagon is often worshiped in secret by entire remote villages in western Avistan and Garund who cover their deeds by publicly appearing to worship other deities. These cults also interbreed with aquatic creatures, such as boggards and sedacthys, and the abberant children of such unions are considered honorable signs of devotion to the demon lord. Dagon's most passionate worshipers are marsh giants.

Religious symbol

Dagon's religious symbol is an octopus eye surrounded by a gold disk inscribed with ancient-looking runes.

References

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External links

• Dagon (real-world deity) on Wikipedia
• "Dagon" (original source story) on Wikipedia
• Deep One (H.P. Lovecraft character) on Wikipedia