Lords of the Yugoloths/Daemons (Altroloths) ?

[BOZ]

looking for all the sources of these powerful beings. I know they were prominently featured in the first edition Monster Manual II, and Dragon Magazine Annual #2, but where else have they appeared?

 

[Khairn]

Planescape - Blood Wars is a great boxed set that goes into some detail about each of the participants in the never ending war that rages between the demons, devils and 'loths.... or the baatezu, taanari (sp) and Yogoloths. That is where I take most of my info from.

 

[Alzrius]

In terms of stats or any substantive writing, you aren't going to find much else. A few of them have very vague mentions elsewhere, but that's about it. IIRC, Anthraxus had a brief mention in the background information in "Mellorn Hospitality" in Dungeon #107, but it was brief. I think he was also mentioned in the article on planar diseases (Dragon Annual #3) as being the source of the disease known as The Pox.

 

[BOZ]

didn't really see any mention of them in Hellbound: The Blood War. however, there is a passage in Faces of Evil: the Fiends (p71) that describes a little bit about the fiend known as Mydianchlarus who replaced Anthraxus as the Oinoloth.

Edit: Oh, hello.

 

[Shemeska]

Most all of the sources have been mentioned already: Ed Bonny's article in Dragon Mag Annual #2 for the Altraloths, and then stuff on Mydianchlarus (and Khin-Oin in general) in the Planes of Conflict box including a nifty map of various layers of the tower. Faces of Evil also has some stuff on the Tower of Incarnate Pain and might have a mention of Bubonix as its lord, and that same book mentions the Baernaloths as well.

 

[kigmatzomat]

I thought they were ultraloths, not altraloths. Is there something new I missed?

Planescape's compendium had 'em (though they looked like a pencil eraser wearing a cloak) and IIRC they were in the AD&D 2e fiend folio (Or Compendium VII, not sure).

 

[Shemeska]

I thought they were ultraloths, not altraloths. Is there something new I missed?

Planescape's compendium had 'em (though they looked like a pencil eraser wearing a cloak) and IIRC they were in the AD&D 2e fiend folio (Or Compendium VII, not sure).

Two different things entirely. ultraloths are the eraser headed ones. Altraloths are a grouping of unique yugoloths that share a common origin, sacrificing some of the purity of the Ultroloths for raw power gained by pacts with powerful Hag cabals. They're somewhat outside of the traditional yugoloth heirarchy.

Anthraxus was an Altraloth, but Mydianchlarus who replaced him is not.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I really like yugoloths, but the disease-name thing is such a clumsy nonsequitur.

 

[Nightfall]

And just what is wrong with a guy named Anthraxus?!

 

[Shemeska]

I really like yugoloths, but the disease-name thing is such a clumsy nonsequitur.

*nod* The disease name thing only really holds for the Altraloths though, not for any other powerful 'loths not falling within that group.

• Mydianchlarus - current Oinoloth
  Helekanalaith - Keeper of the Tower Arcane
  Larsdana Ap Neut - former Keeper of the Tower Arcane
  Daru Ib Shamiq - one of the Baernaloths

etc

I've had fun making up names that have a similar sound to those, using them and other canonical 'loth names as a guide.

Some I've made, all of which were various Baernaloths in my campaign/Storyhour

• Lazarius Ibn Shartalan
  Sarkithel fek Parthis
  Tellura Ibn Shartalan
  Methikus sar Telmuril
  Tarsikus Ibn Methkultesh
  Yrsinius the Elder (ok, so a disease basis there)

A few others, non Baern:

• Shylara the Manged
  Vorkannis the Ebon