Aldinach, Lady of Change, is a demon lord

Demon lord (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demon lords are demons who have gained great power and established a position of preeminence among demonkind. Each demon lord has a unique appearance and set of abilities. Most control at least one layer of the Abyss...

, in the Dungeons & Dragons

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Publication history

Aldinach was one of many demon lords that was mentioned only by name in a list in the original Monster Manual II (1983).

Aldinach received further details in third edition in Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss

Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss

Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.-Chapter 1: Demonic Lore:...

(2006).

Description

Aldinach is a reclusive demon princess who delights in the perversion of the pure and innocent. She appears as a lithe humanoid woman with her face covered by an alabaster mask, and with polished mahogany skin and long fingers that end in needles. She uses these needles to inject putrid sap into her victims.

Realm

Aldinach lives on the layer of Pazunia, from the fortress of Aldinach's Egg by the edge of the Grand Abyss. This towering structure is packed with grim laboratories, operating theaters, and hideous audience chambers draped in the skins of failed experiments. Guests who stay too long are fed to the Brethren, a score of chaos beast

Chaos beast

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s who dwell in the Egg's uppermost Forbidden Chambers.

Aldinach is one of several demon lords who claims a stretch of the Grand Abyss.

Worshipers

Aldinach commands a growing cult on several Material Plane worlds that is concerned with the abduction of righteous holy figures or sacred beasts such as ki-rins

Ki-rin (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 or lammasus

Lammasu (Dungeons & Dragons)

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, which are taken to Aldinach's Egg to endure vile experiments which corrupt their nature and enslave them to Aldinach's whims. Those strong enough to survive Pazunia defend the territory within a mile of Aldinach's Egg.