Greyhawk Shieldlands

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======THE LAND OF IUZ======

IUZ THE LORD OF EVIL  (evil Demi-god)

  * Capital:  Dorakassa (population 10,000)
  * Population: 40,000
  * Demi-humans: none
  * Humanoids: many (numbers unknown)
  * Resources: furs, electrum

"Iuz, old Iuz of fearbabe talk, may be human--or may once have been human, but this not known for certain one way or the other.  He has ruled the lands from the Howling Hills south to the Lake of Whyestil for ages longer than any man can live.  The lands between, the Dulsi and Opiem River are steeped in wickedness and evil, so much so that the otherwise fearless Wolf Nomads and Rovers of the Barrens pass through the Cold Marshes rather than cross even the edge of the Land of Iuz.  For a time, the land was leaderless, for Iuz himself was missing.  For many decades the evil of the place was in relative quietude for lack of evil direction, and the neighbors of good ilk prospered.  Iuz had been trapped by the mirthful and mad Zagyg. locked away in a strange chamber deep below the ruins of [[free_city_of_greyhawk|Greyhawk Castle]], one of nine powerful demi-gods so confined.  These prisoners were loosed in 570 CY and once again Iuz rules, and his forces gather for fell purpose.  Iuz has vowed to bring ruin upon Tenser the Archmage and Lord Robilar and the others who tried to slay him when his prison was sprung.  In addition to the many evil clerics, thieves, fighters, assassins and magic-users who have gathered under the grim banner of Iuz, numbers of the foulest tribes of humanoids have grown in strength and are ready to march.  Goblins, orcs and hobgoblins in the thousands are known to be in arms, swelling the human contingents of Iuz's armies."  Gygax 1983