Taug

Lord Taug is the Chaos Lord whose reign led to the downfall of the once-mighty troll city of Kasmarkin. Emperor Rakmarkha III, known through history as the Mad Emperor of Kasmarkin, learned of the demon lord Taug through his dabblings in the occult and communications with the Unborn Goddess - later discovered to be Eris.

Together, Rakmarkha and Taug planned to use Kasmarkin as a gathering point for the energies of Chaos. Their plan failed when Senator Schlastan and other members of the Senate, as well as the commoner Alcibiades, learned of Taug's true identity and used the knowledge to defeat him. Taug was imprisoned within a crystal by Schlastan. The Mad Emperor and his followers attempted to sacrifice themselves to free Taug but only succeeded in submerging Kasmarkin into the depths of the Mannaseh Swamp in which it was built.

No more was heard of Lord Taug until Shakti Devi and Silverstorm Trismegistus raised Kasmarkin during the Modern Age. Taug's cage had been revealed. This opened up an opportunity for the Necromancer Xerimor to go forth much later and raise the demon lord and heed his request for revenge. In this, an army was summoned to raid the Chaos Plane and bring forth Danaeus to be imprisoned by the will of Taug. Justice for this act was swift, as Jy'Barrak Golgotha quickly enacted retribution by freeing Danaeus and putting Xerimor in the dark savant's place.

Though Lord Taug was unable to permanently escape his imprisonment through all this, it is whispered that he made be freed to this day, were one to raise lost Kasmarkin from its watery grave.