Tiamat
Scaled Tyrant (a.k.a. Dragon Queen)
Tiamat, the Scaled Tyrant is the evil queen of dragons. She is a fearsome goddess of greed, envy, and hoarded wealth, and the patron of most chromatic dragons. She is the sworn enemy of Bahamut.
Appearance
Tiamat is depicted as a massive, five-headed dragon, with each head a different color of chromatic dragon, and her leathery wings spread poisonous clouds.Worship
Sapped by the exorbitant cost of rebuilding the destruction of the Chroma Conclave, a number of oligarchs in Tal'Dorei have turned to the Scaled Tyrant in secret to replenish their hoarded wealth.Divine Domains
Order, Trickery, War.
Artifacts
The Wreath of the Prism is one of the Vestiges of Divergence. This loop of golden thorns is inset with dozens of gems representing the five colors of Tiamat. It is currently in the possession of Arkhan the Cruel.
Will of the Talon is a war pick and one of the Arms of the Betrayers created by Tiamat from the soul of a bone devil.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Tenets of Faith
Amass wealth, but spend little. The gold—and the power that comes with it—is sufficient reward in itself.
Do not forgive nor forget an indignity to yourself. Let no affront go unpunished.
Take what you covet. Those without the strength to defend their dominion are not worthy of it.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
During the Founding, the Scaled Tyrant and the Platinum Dragon created the dragons of Tal'Dorei to protect their interests on the Material Plane.
According to the particularly pervasive tale, the Scaled Tyrant and the Platinum Dragon created the dragonborn during the Calamity, their loyal soldiers who eventually earned their freedom.
Tiamat is imprisoned in Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells.
Tiamat sent visions of a locked-away loop of golden thorns and gems to her follower Arkhan in his dreams. He sought out this artifact and, with the help of a group of mercenaries, eventually acquired the Wreath of the Prism from the Vault of Shumas in the Aggrad Mountains of Marquet.
For centuries, paladins of Bahamut had kept the worship of Tiamat limited to chromatic dragons, but after the Chroma Conclave emerged and attacked Emon, secretive humanoid cults sprang up. Some of the oligarchs of Tal'Dorei also covertly turned to Tiamat as their accumulated wealth was depleted.
Divine Classification
Betrayer God
Realm
Church/Cult
Children
Pronouns
She/her/hers
Gender
Female
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