Takhisis
"Queen of Darkness" | |
Pantheon: | Krynnish |
AoC: | Night, evil, hatred |
Symbol: | Black crescent |
Home P/L/R: | Baator/Avernus/ Abthalom (the Nether Reaches) |
Once the mate of Paladine, Takhisis grew jealous of their early creations, the dragons, and decided to take the beasts for her own. That first betrayal characterized her every move fro the rest of her existence - when she sees something she wants, she takes it, without regard to the rightful owner. The dark Queen's ambitious schemes have been defeated in the past, but she learns with each failure, and some fear it's only a matter of time before her infernal willpower allows her to triumph.
Under the domination of Tekhisis, the Dark Queen, the gods of evil have changed the face of Krynn more than once. Their endlessly greedy grasping for the fruits of creation often upset the natural order and drive the world to the brink of destruction. Fact is, just before the powers agreed to retreat to the planes, Takhisis turned stag on them in a final (and ultimately unsuccessful) effort to seize control of the planet - an event most folks call the chaos war.
Thus is the nature of evil on Krynn: It always seems to turn in on itself. That's a part of the reason the powers of good have managed to keep evil at bay. But perhaps it's for the best that the gods have left Krynn. See, Takhisis and her minions have at least learned to cooperate until their enemies were subdued. Who knows if they might one day return to seize the world one and for all?