In many campaign settings for the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, Laduguer is the evil deity of the Underdark-dwelling cousins of dwarves called duergar (from Norse "dvergar," meaning dwarf). He is a strict and unforgiving god. A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... -1... The Underdark, a fictional region, is the vast network of underground caverns and tunnels underneath the surface of the planet in the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dwarves are a humanoid race that are one of the primary races available for play as player characters. ... In Norse mythology, Duergar or Dvergar is the name of Dwarfs. ...

The origin of the word Laduguer may be traced back to Norse or Germanic mythology. The Germanic word, "laguz" or the Old English, "lagu" is the ancient rune for flowing water, the source of life. The word "duer" is simply a shortened form of the Norse word for dwarf, "duergar" or "dvergar." Norse is related to Scandinavia, and may mean: Ancient Norse mythology Medieval Norsemen, i. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from μυολογειν mythologein to relate myths, from μυος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λογος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...

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References

• Boyd, Eric L. Demihuman Deities (TSR, 1998).
• Boyd, Eric L, and Erik Mona. Faiths and Pantheons (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).
• McComb, Colin. On Hallowed Ground (TSR, 1996).
• Redman, Rich and James Wyatt. Defenders of the Faith (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
• Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).