Zuoken

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Greyhawk Deity
Zuoken
Title(s)	Master of Da'Shon and Edel, Servant of the Lady
Home Plane	Oerth
Power Level	Demigod
Alignment	Neutral
Portfolio	Physical and Mental Mastery
Domains	Knowledge, Strength, War
Alias(es)	none
Superior	Xan Yae

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Zuoken is the Baklunish god of Physical and Mental Mastery. He is a servant power of the goddess Xan Yae.

[edit] History

Zuoken was once a mortal servant of Xan Yae, who had mastered both martial arts and psionics, and was rewarded with godhood by his mistress.

[edit] Zuoken's imprisonment

In 505 CY, Zuoken stopped manifesting to his followers on Oerth. His followers have discovered that his essence is being held somewhere in the central Flanaess. Though the exact location is uncertain, Zuoken's faithful continue to seek their master.

It is suspected that Zuoken was one of the nine demigods that the mad archmage Zagig Yragerne captured and imprisoned beneath Castle Greyhawk as part of Zagig's plot to achieve godhood. If Zuoken was indeed one of these demigods, he apparently still remains a prisoner, unlike the others who have since escaped or been set free.

[edit] References

• Cordell, Bruce R. Expanded Psionics Handbook (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).

• Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

• Noonan, David. Complete Divine (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).

• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1992).