Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons)



Tiamat is a mythical 5-headed dragon queen, in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

In the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons, Tiamat is a goddess of Chromatic (evil) dragons and tyranny. She is one of the few surviving gods of the Untheric Pantheon (based on the Sumerian mythology), and also a member of the draconic pantheon, daughter of Io, slayer of Gilgeam the God-king of Unther, Nemesis of the Gods, and eternal rival of Bahamut. She currently resides in Baator on the 1st layer, Avernus.

In Dungeons & Dragons, in the Dragonlance world, she is known as Takhisis.