Kostchtchie
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Kostchtchie is a demon lord from the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Like many of the game's demon lords and archdevils, Kostchtchie has his origins in real world myth. In Russian folklore and mythology, Koschei is a hideous goblin, supposedly lusting after young maidens.
In the Dungeons and Dragons game, Kostchtchie made his first appearance in the first edition module S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. He later appeared in the first edition Monster Manual II. In the game, Kostchtchie is a demon lord who is so hateful and hideous that all other demons despise him. It is revealed later that he resides on the 23rd layer of the Abyss, called the Iron Wastes, a realm of mighty glaciers and plunging temperatures.
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[edit] Description
Kostchtchie appears as a bandy-legged, yellow-skinned and hairless brute (other than his eyebrows) who carries a magic hammer which he squashes his victims with. He rides a white dragon.
[edit] Cult of Kostchtchie
Kostchtchie is an ursurper deity of sorts: he has been converting frost giants from their patron god Thrym.
[edit] Creative origins
According to the "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" article in Dragon #345, Kostchtchie's name was inspired by Koschei the Deathless of Russian folklore.
[edit] References
- Gygax, Gary. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (TSR, 1982).
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983).
- Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Kostchtchie." Dragon #345 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).
