Daurgothoth

### Class

**Daurgothoth** (pronounced: /ˈdoʊɜːrgoʊθoʊθ/ *DOUR-goh-thoth*), also known as **"the Creeping Doom"**, was a dracolich archmage and one of the most powerful beings in all of Faerûn. Two near-impossible goals consumed him: to become the most powerful creature in the world, and to breed his own race of *living* dracoliches.

## History

Once an enormous black dragon of incredible power, Daurgothoth chose to become a dracolich because of the power that transformation entailed. To do so, he convinced a high-ranking member of the Cult of the Dragon, Huulukharn, that he wished to join the Cult. However, he manipulated the process from the beginning, so that when the transformation was made, the Cult had no magical influence over him. After achieving lichdom, he killed Huulukharn and vanished into the unknown.

To further his goal, he made a pact with Dhairn. The deal with the Selvetargtlin was the secret of the creation of chitines and treasure over six centuries in return for giving them temporary shelter in Dolblunde.

During the Rage of Dragons in 1373 DR, Daurgothoth launched a long-planned scheme to replace Sammaster as the leader of the Cult of the Dragon. He partially succeeded, establishing a ruling triumvirate with Aurgloroasa "the Sibilant Shade" and Algashon Nathaire.

## Lair

This great dragon laired in Dolblunde, an abandoned gnome city a short distance north-east of Waterdeep.

## Activities

Daurgothoth looked for ways to master new types of magic. Despite Daurgothoth's sinister nature, Mystra, goddess of magic, did nothing to blunt his aspirations. Some of the Chosen of Mystra suspected that the dracolich still lived, but received no advice from their patron. Mystra decided that Daurgothoth, no matter how dangerous, was an archmage dedicated to the advancement of the Art and the type of genius that magic needed in order to grow and evolve.

Via bribes and threats of death, "employed" a number of agents to acquire items from the City of Splendors that caught his interest so he could add them to his hoard.

## Appendix

### Further reading

* *Dragons of Faerûn*
* *Cult of the Dragon*
* *Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons*
* Ed Greenwood; Eric L. Boyd (2002-03-27). Daurgothoth, "The Creeping Doom". Wyrms of the North. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.

### References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). *Dragons of Faerûn*. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. {{#regex:42,148|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
2. ↑ Dale Donovan (January 1998). *Cult of the Dragon*. (TSR, Inc), p. 43. ISBN 0-7869-0709-6.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (October 1996). “Wyrms of the North: Daurgothoth”. In Pierce Watters ed. *Dragon* #234 (TSR, Inc.), p. 33.
4. ↑ Dale Donovan (January 1998). *Cult of the Dragon*. (TSR, Inc), p. 53. ISBN 0-7869-0709-6.
5. ↑ Lisa Smedman (January 2007). *Sacrifice of the Widow*. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. {{#regex:223–225|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0-7869-4250-9.
6. ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). *Dragons of Faerûn*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 54. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bruce R. Cordell, Ari Marmell and Robert J. Schwalb (November 2008). *Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 89. ISBN 978-0786949809.
8. ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). *Dragons of Faerûn*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.