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{{Deity
| name              = Pazuzu
| image             = [[File:Pazuzu.png|200px|The demonic rune of Pazuzu]]
| titles            = King of the Wind Demons,<br>Demon Lord of the Sky and Winged Creatures
| adjective         =
| home              = [[Shibaxet]] in [[High M'Vania]], the [[Abyss]]
| alignment         = [[Chaotic evil]]
| portfolio         = The Sky<br>Temptation<br>Winged creatures
| worshipers        = [[Antipaladin]]s, [[harpy|harpies]], enemies of [[Lamashtu]], [[tengu]]s, evil avians
| domains           = Air, Chaos, Evil, Trickery
| subdomains        = Cloud, Deception, Demon, Wind
| cleric alignments = {{Alignment grid|off|off|off|off|off|on|off|on|on}}
| weapon            = [[Longsword]]{{conflict|Favored Weapon}}
| symbol            = Image of Pazuzu, right hand raised
| sacred animal     = All flying animals
| sacred colors     = Brown, red
| source            = [[Bestiary 4]]
| page              = 50
}}
{{Creature
| image       = [[File:Pazuzu.jpg|250px|Pazuzu wielding the ''[[Scepter of Shibaxet]]'']]
| name        = Pazuzu
| type        = Outsider
| subtype     = air, chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar
| challenge   = 30
| environment = Any ([[Abyss]])
| alignment   = {{Alignment grid/CE}}
| adjective   = 
| imagesof    = Pazuzu
| source      = [[Bestiary 4]]
| page        = 50
}}

The [[demon lord]] [[Pazuzu]] (pronounced pah-ZOO-zoo)<ref>{{Cite book/Campaign Setting|247}}</ref> has claimed for himself the title of King of the Wind Demons and few dare dispute it. 

== History ==
Pazuzu's breath is likened to a plague of [[locust]]s and many believe his first breath on the [[Material Plane]] brought about the entity that would become the demon lord [[Deskari]]. Pazuzu is as old as is his power&mdash;he ascended to demon lordship at the same time as [[Lamashtu]], [[Abraxas]] and [[Dagon]].<ref name="LoC23"/>

== Home ==
Pazuzu has a 'rookery' called [[Shibaxet]] located in his vertical [[Abyssal realm]], [[High M'Vania]].<ref name="LoC23"/>

== Appearance ==
Pazuzu has the body of a thin and wiry man with several monstrous additions. These include having the legs and flesh-rending talons of a predatory [[bird]], two sets of majestic [[eagle|eagle's]] wings that sprout from his back, a ferociously [[evil]]-looking avian head, and a [[poison]]ous [[snake]] in place of his genitals and a [[scorpion|scorpion's]] stinger as a tail.<ref name="DiMp61">{{Cite book/Descent into Midnight|61}}</ref><ref name="LoC23">{{Cite book/Lords of Chaos|23}}</ref><ref name="ISWG232">{{Cite book/The Inner Sea World Guide|232}}</ref> He wields the ''[[Scepter of Shibaxet]]'', a black, hooked, metal [[staff]].<ref>{{Cite book/Bestiary 4|51}}</ref>

== Relationships ==
=== Deskari ===
The Abyssal mating of Pazuzu with a giant [[demon]] resembling an [[insect]] resulted in the 'hatching' of Deskari; Pazuzu is thus considered the 'father' of Deskari. Under the protection of his father, Deskari rose in power within the Abyss eventually attaining full demon lord status himself. Deskari still admires Pazuzu and they maintain cordial relations with each other. Although Deskari and Pazuzu are now similar in levels of power, Deskari maintains a modicum of subservience to his father and Deskari's success brings credit to Pazuzu. Deskari's mother's name is unknown and she clearly was destroyed at some point as Deskari has created his brutal [[scythe]], ''[[Riftcarver]]'', from her remains.<ref>{{cite book/City of Locusts|70|70&ndash;72, 75}}</ref>

=== Lamashtu and Baphomet ===
Pazuzu is in constant conflict with the more popular, full-fledged demon goddess [[Lamashtu]]. This feud has been going on for eons, since before Lamashtu's ascension to godhood when she was just another demon lord. Pazuzu also covets Lamashtu's position as [[goddess]] of beasts, and desperately wishes to usurp her dominion over them.<ref>{{Cite book/Sins of the Saviors|70}}</ref> This conflict and the resources it takes to fight may have cost Pazuzu greater power, even ascension to [[god]] status. In his war against the Mother of Monsters, he recruits allies from [[Hell]] and [[Abaddon]].<ref name="LoC23"/> In a small way, this battle between Lamashtu and Pazuzu has been played out by the respective cults of the two powers in the [[Lost Coast]] region of [[Varisia]]. Yet, there are also rare sources of [[demonology]] that claim a tryst between Lamashtu and Pazuzu occurred in this region during the [[Age of Creation]] giving birth to numerous spawn; this history is strongly rebuffed by their worshippers.<ref>{{cite book/Pathfinder 6|23}}</ref>

[[Baphomet|Baphomet's]] closeness to Lamashtu means that, although he has no personal enmity with Pazuzu himself, Baphomet opposes Pazuzu to maintain his good relationship with the Mother of Monsters.<ref>{{cite book/Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth|75}}</ref>

=== Ylimancha ===
He also wars endlessly against the [[Agathion]] [[Empyreal lord]] [[Ylimancha]] for dominion over flying beasts.<ref>{{cite book/Magnimar, City of Monuments|25}}</ref>

== Influence == 
Unlike most other demon lords, who work their evil on the world through cultists and [[demon]]ic minions, Pazuzu is fond of taking direct action on the [[Material Plane]]. His favoured method of influencing the mortal world is through [[possession]]. It is said that just saying Pazuzu's name is enough to invite the demon lord's unfriendly attention.<ref name="ISWG232"/> Through possession, Pazuzu has shaped many terrible events in the world,<ref name="ISWG232"/> from huge calamities, like the formation of the [[Worldwound]], to more minor atrocities, such as the recent [[Chopper]] murders in the [[Varisia]]n town of [[Sandpoint]].<ref name="DiMp61" /><ref name="LoC23"/>

== Cult and worshipers  ==
Pazuzu has declared himself the King of Wind Demons and patron of all that is evil and flies.  While this is a grandiose claim, it is far from unfounded arrogance. Pazuzu is worshiped by a wide variety of evil flying creatures. His most fervent followers are the [[Vrock|vrock demons]], [[Harpy|harpies]], and the [[kuchrima]] [[Lamyros|lamia]],<ref name="DiMp61" /> though these also pay worship to the demon lord [[Nocticula]]. While he has no specific doctrine or edict for his followers, Pazuzu's cults are nonetheless present across the world, if only in the shadows.<ref>{{Cite book/Sins of the Saviors|70}}</ref>

== External links ==
* {{W|Pazuzu}} (real-world demon) on Wikipedia
* {{W|Pazuzu (Dungeons & Dragons)}} (Dungeons & Dragons character) on Wikipedia

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