Volnagur

Volnagur

(Creature)

Type

Magical beast

CR

22

Environment

Any (Casmaron)

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of Volnagur

Source: Inner Sea Bestiary, pg(s). 48

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Volnagur, the End-Singer, is one of the Spawn of Rovagug. It arrived after Ulunat, though the date of its arrival is unknown. As of 4719 AR Volnagur is among the Spawn that have had the largest impacts in the Inner Sea region, alongside Tarrasque, Xotani, Chemnosit, and Kothogaz.

The End-Singer is known for sowing chaos and discord in its flying wake with its cacophonous voice, long razor-edged tongues, and crippling gaze. It is also the creature that formed Offal Mountain, a steaming, putrid pile of its waste.

Appearance

Volnagur is a colossal star-shaped creature whose body is covered in warts. It has up to 12 wings, each chaotically mismatched in structure and appearance, and sheds the oldest wings over time to grow new ones in their place.

On Golarion

After emerging from the Pit of Gormuz, Volnagur devoured the more than 10,000 inhabitants of the city of Ikithan as well as its buildings and the earth beneath them. It then defecated the remains along a five-mile-wide stretch of the Pit's western wall to form what is now Offal Mountain, a dung heap of ruins, giant flies, and cave worms—including the Crawling Hunger. The site has also since been the site of battles by followers of Rovagug and Sarenrae over the reasons for the End-Singer's actions, which have been debated since their occurrence.

Vudran poet and historian Adikavi Katrasadda documented an attempt to destroy a creature resembling Volnagur using multiple spheres of annihilation. The results of the attempt were not documented, but the spheres survived and are said to have been sealed by an unnamed maharaja of Vudra in three windowless towers of blue iron.

Volnagur appeared at what would later be the site of Holy Xatramba in 909 AR, where it was defeated. It was also defeated above the Zho Mountains in 1540 AR, and in the valleys surrounding Mount Na-Ken in 2062 AR. During the battle at Mount Na-Ken, Volnagur produced an embryonic offspring since named the Spawn of the End-Singer, which has been stored and incubated in secret in the depths of the Brimstone Haruspex in the Hold of Belkzen.

In 4540 AR Volnagur caused a mining colony of 8,000 people in Sargava to turn upon itself, leaving no survivors. This was the End-Singer's most recent appearance on record as of 4711 AR.

Volnagur has been encountered throughout Garund, Casmaron, and Arcadia. There are further reports of Volnagur in the traditions surrounding Sarusan.

References

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