Editing Zargon

{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Zargon
|Symbol = Horned Lizard Head With 4 Chin-Tentacles
|Alignment = Lawful Evil
|Divine Rank = Unclear
|Pantheon = Mystaran (Cynidicean), Elder Evils
|Portfolio = Corruption, Decadence, Degeneration, Destruction
|Domains = Destruction, Evil, Law
|Home Plane = [[Prime Material Plane]] ([[Mystara]])
|Worshippers = Cynidiceans
|Favoured Weapon = Light Flail
}}

'''Zargon''' is a terrible monster that lies within [[the Lost City]] of Cynidicea on [[Mystara]]. Awoken from its slumber in a deep chamber beneath the earth, nobody actually knows what the ''fuck'' this thing is; it might be the creation of some deranged [[wizard]], or maybe the servitor of some Immortal of Entropy now lost to time, or even a physical shard of some greater being. Most sources, however, state him to be the leader of the Original Baatorans and the guy who ruled [[Baator]] before [[Asmodeus]] strutted in and slapped his dick on the table.

Whatever its origin, Zargon is a brutish and savage creature; nearly 35 feet tall, it resembles a [[cyclops|cyclopean]] [[lizardfolk]] with a single mighty horn on its brow, with each limb replaced by a cluster of three writhing tentacles tipped with razor sharp talons. It oozes a noxious gray slime, which lubricates its way as it slithers and crawls itself along. Contact with this slime can turn people into [[Slime|ooze]] monsters called Whelps of Zargon. It is virtually impossible to kill, save by slaying it and then casting its horn - the source of its immortality - into a pool of lava before it regenerates a new body 24 hours after its death.

At the height of their culture, the ancient Cynidiceans awoke Zargon as they delved into the depths to construct their great underground city. Zargon responded by rampaging through their streets, killing many, until they learned to tame its hunger with human sacrifices. A cult sprang up around the foul creature, and over time it drew the people of Cynidicea into drug-addled deliriums, creating a culture of eternal debauched revelry that saw the empire crumble and reduced the Cynidiceans to the twisted, maddened things they are now. In time, it's likely they will all perish, leaving Zargon alone in the ruins of their city.

This version of Zargon made his first appearance in the module B4: The Lost City for BECMI. It was later updated to [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] in [[Dragon Magazine]] #315. In this same edition, Zargon would be reinvented in the sourcebook [[Elder Evils]], which claims that Zargon is actually an elder [[fiend]], a former king of [[Baator]] cast out the Nine Hells by [[Asmodeus]]. Zargon would also be mentioned as a possible native of the [[Nentir Vale]] setting in the [[Dungeon Survival Handbook]] [[splatbook]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]].  He is mentioned in the [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition|5th edition]] player's handbook, where he's a suggested patron for Great Old One [[Warlock]]s, although given the above he should also work as a fiendish patron. And his latest official mention is in [[Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes]], where he appears in a list of the [[Elder Evils]].  Goodman Games, though, got permission to reprint and update [[the Lost City]] in their Original Adventures Reincarnated series. No major changes are made in the Goodman Games version beyond updating Zargon to 5e.

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File:Zargon B4.jpg|Zargon as he appears in ''B4: The Lost City''
File:Zargon baatorian.jpg
File:Zargon the Returner.jpg|The Returner, as he appears in [[Elder Evils]].
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