Zuggtmoy (ZUG-t-moy)
Demon Lord Zuggtmoy (a.k.a. Demon Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay)
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Zuggtmoy was the Demon Queen of Fungi, but not considered a true patron of fungi. She was merely the embodiment of the death and virulence that fungi represented, and fully willing to subvert the natural order for her own ends. The Lady of Rot and Decay did not use decomposition for the higher purposes of renewal or rebirth, desiring destruction purely for its own sake.
Personality:
Despite technically engaging in the many facets of mortal life, much like her artificial form, this was a soulless parody of such existence. Zuggtmoy was alien in both body and mind, her only desire being to infect living creatures with her spores, turning them into her mindless slaves before they were reduced to nought but rotting and decomposing hosts for her fungi, mushrooms, and moulds. Ultimately, she sought to become the master of all life, the dominant mind of one great organism, melded from all other living things.
Despite this simple objective, Zuggtmoy was not to be taken for a mindless mould, and in fact, she delighted in deception, treachery, and subversiveness. Befitting her nature as the Lady of Decay, she took glee in the slow rot of her foes from the inside out, being patient and subtle compared to her peers and delighted by the slow transformation of enemies into allies. She was desperate to avoid any setbacks in her quest for power and would go so far as to beg for mercy and offer to serve obviously more powerful foes, immediately and inevitably attempting to turn such a situation to her advantage and secretly weaken the bonds of her opposition.
Activities:
Zuggtmoy was often content to let her fungal spawn tend to her every whim within her realm, turning her attention to the Prime Material Plane (which she also found an enjoyable place to visit) when bored with her idle playthings.
Physical Description
Body Features
Zuggtmoy was an utterly inhuman being, but could mould herself into roughly humanoid form. One often depicted form was a skeletally thin humanoid draped and veiled in mycelium and lichen.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
In the late 15th century DR, Zuggtmoy found herself transported to Neverlight Grove in the Underdark, where she proceeded to enthrall the myconids Phylo and Yestabrod. After becoming aware of the being Araumycos, she began making plans to merge with the organism in a mock wedding.


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