It is another Follow Friday here and since we are wrapping up Tasha's Week of Everything I thought it might be nice to detail some of the sites on the web and social media that feature Iggwilv, Tasha, and items from her history.
The Web
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| Tasha from HeroForge |
Greyhawk Online has a wiki full of details.
Likewise, the Forgotten Realms wiki has some entries for her.
Blogs
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| Iggwilv from HeroForge |
James over at Grognardia gives her an uncharacteristically brief mention in his post about The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.
Sean McG has written up an extensive post on the publication history of Iggwilv, which he keeps updated at the Power Score.
Mike Bridges at Greyhawkery also has a few posts.
- Happy Mother's Day...to witch-queen IGGWILV
- Article: The Iggwilv-Graz'zt Affair
- Comments on New D&D Book: Tasha's CoE
And of course, Greyhawk Grognard has some posts. Though he is not as enamored with the adventure as I am.
- Looking at Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Part One
- Looking at Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, Part Two
- From Hommlet to Tharizdun, by way of Tsojcanth
- Iggwilv’s Horn
- Review: Artifact of Evil
- Review: Sea of Death
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| Baba Yaga from HeroForge |
- Greyhawk Musings
- Oerth - Adventures in Gary"s Gygax's Greyhawk.
- World of GREYHAWK Adventures - AD&D RPG
- Sages of Greyhawk
- The Greyhawk Channel
- Bards of Greyhawk
- Greyhawk Grognard
- Iggwilv, the Baddest Witch (not active for a bit)
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YouTube
- Like his blog? Well, GreyhawkGrognard is also on YouTube.
Hmm...I guess I'm rusty on my Greyhawk lore. Is Tasha the same person as Iggwilv? That seems strange (and irritating, too...why can't there be more than one legendary witch in a setting that clearly has MANY legendary wizards?). And aren't Graz'zt, Iggwilv, and company unique to Greyhawk? Why are they in the Forgotten Realms? Is Iuz there, too?
ReplyDeleteI'm confused.
Why they made Tasha and Iggwilv the same I don't know, but it has been that way for a while. Of course, lots of wizards/witches use different names. Gandalf has like what a dozen or so other names?
ReplyDeleteGandalf does, though most appear to be (more-or-less) translations of the same term in different languages/cultures.
ReplyDeleteYeah, after I wrote your comment I reviewed your blog and saw that I missed a lot of posts on the subject, explaining the evolution of the IP. I kind of...hate all of it. I find this type of "creative use" of an existing IP to be, well, somewhere between disappointing (at best) and immensely detestable (at worst).
But I guess it is what it is. I'm sure somewhere in there there's some poorly drawn connection between Acerak and Iggwilv as well. Probably they had a love triangle with Keraptis "back in the day."
I like it. I see a logic to it all.
ReplyDeleteA chaotic, amoral spellcaster would have a long history of various names, guises, and identities.
ReplyDeleteI suppose, man. But I can see also see an egotistical would-be tyrant/world dominator insisting on a single name, so as not to "dilute the brand." If there's power (fear, respect, prestige) in one's name, why use anything else? Why take the chance of NOT getting credit for some piece of awesome evil-ness that I have done?
I see at names have power and since none are her true name then any enemy would not be able to use that name against her.
ReplyDeletePride is one thing, but several layers of protection is another.
Plus the older the witch or wizard is the more names they will likely have to obscure other deeds.
Regarding Iggwilv/Tash:
ReplyDeleteI believe that Tasha being an alias of Iggwilv was written into her history later in order to explain how she managed to apprentice herself to Zagyg in her youth, then abscond with many of his powerful magic items when she had learned as much as she wanted. It was a temporary alias used for a single purpose. That is all.
SirXaris