Gogunta
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| Gogunta | |
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| (Deity) | |
| Titles | Song of the Swamp, Goddess of the Boggards, Demon Lord of Boggards and Swamps |
| Home | Mephizim, the Abyss |
| Alignment | Chaotic evil |
| Portfolio | Amphibians boggards swamps |
| Worshipers | boggards, chuuls |
| Cleric Alignments | |
| Domains | Chaos, Death, Evil, (Scalykind)†, Water |
| Subdomains | Demon, Murder, Oceans, Undead |
| Favored Weapon | whip |
Gogunta (pronounced go-GUN-tuh)[1] is a demon lord of foetid swamps and serves as the sole goddess of the swamp-dwelling boggards.
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History
Attributed with the creation of all of boggard-kind,[2] Gogunta is also said to have created the mobogo, which the boggards believe to have been the first creatures to emerge from the foetid mire wherein the massive demon lord Gogunta deposited her frogspawn.[3] Some sources indeed claim Gogunta was herself a mobogo before ascending to the rank of demon lord while more scholarly references claim she was a hezrou of Dagon before ascension.[4][2]
Home
Gogunta's realm in the Abyss is Mephizim, an immense saltmarsh island, it is unique in that it is wholly surrounded and subsumed by Dagon's realm, the endless abyssal sea of Ishiar. This accommodation is rare amongst demon lords.[5][6]
Relationships
Gogunta has an accommodation with the powerful demon lord Dagon. Her realm, Mephizim, lies fully within his realm where Dagon allows her free rein. Their cultists work together even interbreeding on the Material Plane. Some references, see above, cite her as starting her career as a hezrou servant of Dagon.[4]
Appearance
Gogunta is perceived as frog with many heads and a plethora of eyes and tongues. Boggards portray her as a huge queen of their kind.[4]
Cult & Worshippers
Gogunta's most numerous worshippers are the boggards who view her not as a demon but as a goddess. The priest-kings of these tribes of frogmen are trained from birth to speak with their goddess, and over time develop magical powers as a result of their connection to her. The closer they become to Gogunta, the more like giant frogs the priest-kings become, ever losing what scant humanoid features with which they had begun.[7]
Favouring hezrou as guards, and even as lovers, Gogunta might even send a hezrou to lead a boggard tribe of the Material Plane.[2]
On Golarion, her worship is strong amongst the boggards of Varisia's Mushfens, the River Kingdoms and the Sodden Lands.[2]
References
- ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 246. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 James Jacobs et al. (2011). The Inner Sea World Guide, p. 232. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-269-2
- ↑ James Jacobs. (June 9, 2008). All Hail Mobogo!, Paizo Blog.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 16. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0
- ↑ James Jacobs. (2009). Demon Lords of Golarion.Descent into Midnight, p. 58. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-131-2
- ↑ James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 16, 40. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0
- ↑ Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs, Richard Pett, & F. Wesley Schneider. (2007). Bestiary.The Skinsaw Murders, p. 84. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-037-7
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