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The King of Ghouls is a malevolent undead creature turned demigod (as of version 3.5) created for the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game. He is sometimes known as "Doresain." ==Publication history== The King of Ghouls was first mentioned in the first edition ''Monster Manual'' under the demon lord Yeenoghu's entry, where the King supposedly paid homage to the gnoll lord.〔Gygax, Gary. ''Monster Manual'' (TSR, 1977)〕 Practically nothing was mentioned about the King of Ghouls until years later in the ''Dungeon'' magazine adventure "Kingdom of the Ghouls" by Wolfgang Baur, where he was the major villain and was named Doresain, Master of the White Kingdom. This "Doresain" wasn't explicitly connected to the earlier King of Ghouls, however, and was said to have been summoned to the Prime Material Plane from either the Negative Energy Plane or the Plane of Shadow.〔Baur, Wolfgang. "Kingdom of the Ghouls." ''Dungeon'' #70 (TSR, 1998)〕 In 3rd edition's ''Book of Vile Darkness'', the King of Ghouls was little more than an advanced fiendish ghoul.〔Cook, Monte. ''Book of Vile Darkness'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)〕 While other unofficial d20 supplements provided alternative statistics for the King, he was promoted to a demigod in ''Libris Mortis''.〔Collins, Andy and Bruce R Cordell. ''Libris Mortis'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2004)〕 Doresain was given full game statistics as a powerful servant of Orcus in the 4th edition ''Monster Manual'',〔Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. ''Monster Manual'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2008).〕 and a temple of Doresain is described in the 4th edition book ''Open Grave''.〔Cordell, Bruce, Eytan Bernstein, Brian James, Robin Laws, and John Snead. ''Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2009. (excerpts )〕 Doresain is the primary antagonist of the adventure E2 ''Kingdom of the Ghouls'', who marshals his allies and servitors as he "labors towards the culimatination of a secret project, an undertaking designed to catapult his lord and master () into a position of unfettered power over the souls of every creature in existence". He sought to discomfit the Raven Queen and put her divine office of Death in peril, sending his servant Elder Arantham to steal souls from her at Death's Reach in the Shadowfell. Elder Arantham acquired the extremely powerful primordial Timesus, and Doresain oversees the preparations for sending Timesus to Orcus. The player characters must confront Doresain in his palace, although he has already sent the primordial to Orcus using a ''chaos ship'' by the time the characters arrive.〔Cordell, Bruce R. and Chris Sims. ''Kingdom of the Ghouls'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2009)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King of Ghouls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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