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

Deformity
Sea monsters
The Sea

Worshipers

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

Edicts

Swim underwater, improve your strength, encourage spread of dangerous sea creatures

Anathema

Break a sworn oath, settle land-locked areas, share Dagon's secrets with others

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

Domains (2E)

Change, destruction, water, zeal

Favored Weapon

Trident

Symbol

Gold disk inscribed with sinister runes around an open octopus eye

Sacred Animal

Fish

Sacred Colors

Blue, gold

Images of Dagon

Source: Book of the Damned, pg(s). 40–41 (1E)
Gods & Magic, pg(s). 76–77, 124–125 (2E)

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

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

Dagon is usually worshipped in decaying churches, caves, or lighthouses located near the sea, or in dark underwater cathedrals.

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 (Dungeons & Dragons) (D&D character) on Wikipedia
• Father Dagon and Mother Hydra (H.P. Lovecraft character) on Wikipedia