Yugoloth

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Dungeons & Dragons creature
Yugoloth
Alignment Neutral Evil
Type Outsider
Source books
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The yugoloths (called daemons in 1st edition D&D) are neutral evil natives of the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna and the Gray Waste of Hades; they are neutral to the affairs of the other fiendish races, interfering only when they see a situation that may be profitable or a potential for the advancement of their own schemes. The yugoloths are manipulative, secretive, and mercenary by nature, often acting as soldiers for deities in their own private wars, or even at times aiding both sides of the Blood War. In the third edition of the Forgotten Realms, they are native to the Blood Rift.

The yugoloths present themselves as simply greedy mercenaries, willing to sell their services to both sides, while behind that public face, the members of their highest castes view the entire course of the conflict as their own thing to control and manipulate until they decide to end it, unify the Lower Planes, and turn their attention to the planes of Good.

Like the Tanar'ri and Baatezu, the yugoloths have their rulers as well, in the Baernaloths, who are their progenitors. Below the baernoloths, the leader is the ruler of The Wasting Tower Khin-Oin, who is given the title of Oinoloth.

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[edit] Types of Yugoloths

  • Altraloth: Yugoloths who have made pacts with night hags to become unique and powerful creatures, resented as traitors by the rest of their kind. An altraloth sometimes fits a given theme, such as Death, Pestilence, War, and Famine.
  • Arcanaloth: Jackal-headed scribes, record-keepers, negotiators, and deal-makers of the yugoloths.
  • Baernaloth: The progenitors of all other yugoloths.
  • Canoloth: Doglike scouts and skirmishers.
  • Corruptor of Fate: Stealthy and cunning manipulators of luck, they often become assassins.
  • Dergholoth: Serve as infantry and rank-and-file mercenaries. Dergholoths have round bodies with five arms and three legs with insect-like heads.
  • Echinoloth: Rear echelons of the yugoloth armies, these fiends combine features of a starfish and squid into an unlovely whole.
  • Gacholoth: Ebony-skinned, four-legged infiltrators and saboteurs.
  • Hydroloth: Froglike elite forces used for amphibious attacks and ambushes.
  • Marraenoloth: Skeletal ferryman on the River Styx.
  • Mezzoloth: Insectile footsoldiers of the yugoloth armies.
  • Piscoloth: Fishlike sergeants and overseers of the yugoloth armies.
  • Nycaloth: Green, gargoylelike elite cavalry of the yugoloth armies.
  • Skeroloth: Dregs of the yugoloth armies.
  • Ultroloth: Cruel officers of the yugoloth armies.
  • Voor: Tentacles, hulking brutes used as guardians, protectors, bodyguards, and enforcers. Greater versions are known as dreadful lashers.
  • Yagnoloth: Minor lords with one mighty arm.

[edit] Guardian Yugoloths

These creatures were created by the yugoloths as lesser servants for their mortal allies, and to serve in their stead when powerful wizards call upon them for favors. They are found in least, lesser, and greater varieties.

[edit] Battleloths

A subgroup of yugoloths are known as battleloths. These creatures take the shapes of various weapons:

  • Arrow Battleloth: The weakest of the battleloths; often serve as spies.
  • Axe Battleloth: Recklessly brave combatants.
  • Crossbow Battleloth: The most sought-after battleloths due to their versatility.
  • Pick Battleloth: Vicious, predatory yugoloths that feed on the blood of living creatures.
  • Spiked Chain Battleloth: Aggressive hunters that hunt down other battleloths for sport.
  • Sword Battleloth: Independent and wily, and hard bargainers, they demand conquests, glory, and loot.

[edit] =Unique yugoloths

  • Anthraxus: An altraloth and the former Oinoloth.
  • Bubonix: The lord of the Tower of Incarnate Pain in Carceri.
  • Charon the boatman of the River Styx, by different sources a marraenaloth or an altraloth.
  • Cholerix: The second in command of Bubonix.
  • Daru Ib Shamiq: A baernaloth, responsible for granting the younger fiend races their innate teleportation abilities.
  • 'The General of Gehenna: The near mythical ruler of the Yugoloth race, rumored to be the first ultroloth.
  • Harishek Ap Thulkesh: "The Blind Clockmaker," a baernaloth and a member of The Demented.
  • Helekanalaith: Keeper of the Tower Arcane, an arcanoloth.
  • Larsdana Ap Neut: the former Keeper of the Tower Arcane, an arcanoloth.
  • Mydianchlarus: The current Oinoloth, the so-called "Ultroloth Prince".
  • Taba.
  • Typhus: Known as "the idiot savant."
  • Xenghara.


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