Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Yeenoghu

[@purplehaze2358]

If people don’t associate demons with inherent violence and brutality, chances are they’re not picturing demons correctly. Demons have been literal embodiments of everything that’s well and truly awful in the world for pretty much the entire time they’ve existed as a concept. So, if people still watch this even after the disclaimer and get upset about it being absolutely brutal, they have the complete wrong image of what a demon should be like.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

Now we both know these self righteous people understand that and only want something to cry about. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if most of them understands the premise as well as us.

[@NA-AN]

Either way, I think everyone will be at least a little upset after watching a video that discusses a bunch of fucked up stuff.

[@cthulawha]

Why would anyone be upset lol ts a fictional character in a game. People need to remember how to be adults ​@@NA-AN

[@NA-AN]

@@cthulawha I actually can’t tell if you’re comment is bait or not. That’s how stupid what you just said was.

[@josecolon5750]

​@NA-AN demons, it's a fiction.

[@firetarrasque4667]

Yeenoghu is the Demon Lord that genuinely *frightens* me the most. Most Demon Lord's just seems to be intriguing pieces of lore, but Yeenoghu is genuinely haunting. Your background music doesn't hurt either.

[@JanusHoW]

Yeenoghu seems to be WoTC's favorite demon lord, as he's been prominently featured in two different official campaigns - _Out of the Abyss_ and _Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus_ as of late. In the latter, it's all but outright stated that he's the one who ultimately triggered the events that caused Zariel's fall from grace. Also, I _love_ his 5E design. Other pictures just depict him as a gigantic gnoll, but now he's far more demon than hyena, and he's got this constant Joker-esque grin going on with teeth that must be the length of daggers. I can imagine him throwing aside his triple flail, dropping onto all fours, hyena-cackling and babbling in Dark Speech, and charging like a rabid dog to eviscerate whatever's caught his attention, all with this insane look in his eyes.

[@AJPickett]

If you are close enough to look into his eyes... you're already dead.

[@JanusHoW]

@@AJPickett Yeah, true.

[@Xion_Toshiro]

You know you're a hardcore Monster when you have a Content Advisor Warning.

[@geoleo965]

_"What the hell...? What's wrong with me?!"_ ~ Haida, probably.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

The ecology info on his layer of the Abyss was very welcome. Having just played DOOM: Eternal, it gave me an idea for a campaign where the party gains access to Doomguy's fortress from which they can portal into different layers of the Abyss, with the goal of killing specific demons or rescuing lost souls.

[@AJPickett]

Excellent 👍

[@jacobfreeman5444]

The latter I understand. Thr former...to what end? While indeed those demons are dead the corruption does not perish as well. There will always be more demons. I say this so you will think on it. What are these demons doing that makes them makes them of special note?

[@josephsarrouh5371]

I am thinking of making a Vengeance Paladin of Yeenoghu. Someone who relishes in destroying evil to the point where they embrace the carnage. Essentially, the mantra of "An eye for an arm. A tooth for a leg." Then as soon as he sees someone innocent he would be like "Oh golly gee, that sure looks like a lot of blood on ya! Here, clean yourself up!" Then proceeds to use their maul to systematically break down the mugger who just so happened to smell so sweetly of the vile evil that he craves. Just stuff like that makes for some interesting rp. :D

[@zacharyhawley1693]

In a mature game I had that went into epic. Varna thought he was a pretty good assassin. Rather pompous he was a villain of elitist nobility until he was cursed by a high priestess to know "the affection of the abyss" He was a villian that had a particularly important item quest item for the party and during his escape unwittingly transported to the abyss most likely due to the curse. It took two months of game sessions to track him down and the party definitively thought he was dead. He had been one of Yeenoghu's "current flavors" for months. The artifact in question keeping him alive. The party succeeded in liberating him turning the villian into a PC.After one of their own got subjected to crit hits from Yeenoghu's flail and devoured. At the cost of drawing Yeenoghu's attention direly upon their world. Varna had been broken with a completely understandable crippling phobia of gnolls,hyena's and the demon lord most of all ever afterward. And Yeenoghu wants his "chewtoy" back.

[@AJPickett]

Yikes, great evil characters are hard to manage but when you have a great home game group, no story is off limits.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

@@AJPickett Yep. Provided you got a truly good homecrew. Varna got a happy end. From a magnificent bastard that inspired a House wide civil war and later an empire wide civil war. He could be a decent person it just took him being reduced to his lowest point. And in the end it was the wizard of the party that was his estranged older step brother. In all his, magnificent bastard glory he was the one who gathered the rest of the continent from dragons, elves, dwarves and the works to lift the siege of the empire's capital city. In one of the most dramatic entrances of a red dragon I've ever seen. All because the ancient red dragon was the one who got there first and there in the distance as dawn broke the sun glinting off a dragon flight of every assembled color and metal against a nearly unending horde of gnolls and demons with Yeenoghu sacking the city and the DM ended right there. Yeenoghu looked up just in time to see Varna giving him the finger in the palm of that ancient red dragon.

[@dylancarroll4623]

Im glad to see a video on him, he’s my second favourite Demon lord after Orcus.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I have had an idea. It isn't that Yeenoghu is weak for a demon lord, but rather he cares nothing for the political side of his position and as such lets that side of his powers languish. He could be more if his own nature just allowed it.

[@yosakie]

The no furries sign in the background of the intro! Ha ha ha🤣😂🤣😂 AJ you are something else my man!

[@Xion_Toshiro]

So, basically Yeenoghu is a fantasy equivalent to Demons in 40k and DOOM. Maybe worse. This lore just stacks crazy on top of crazy. That's putting it mildly. Hell, he give Berserk a run for it's money.

[@Sneemaster]

You know what they say, "Can't have Slaughter without Laughter".

[@AureliusDux99]

My god I love gnolls, one of my favorite if not my favorite mobs and enemies to use. I am so happy that you talked about yeenogu and his children, you have no clue how much this video made my day, thank you AJ you’re awesome! Edit: wasn’t aware that yeenogu had a harem of various races😂

[@AJPickett]

Yes, his harem is a real blender.

[@AureliusDux99]

AJ Pickett that’s awesome 😂😂 My dude just chilling in his penthouse room, babes and Netflix at his side while legions of slaves carry him 👌

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Kyler Black He's not graz'zt, it's not that... "wholesome". 😈🤢😈🤮 I think i've outdone myself. 16:52 - 16:57 "Netflix and GRILL!".

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

I love how yeenoghu is represented by a pursuit in the background XD

[@aconcretemoth9382]

thanks for the content warnings on these. some of it really gets intense and it's a show of respect for your audience

[@Slamdance3535]

Also 22:34 "consume with relish". I know what you meant, be seeing as we're dealing with Gnolls tomato relish seems just as likely :)

[@alexeisenhauer5874]

Female hyenas are the dominant ones and actually have massive phalluses (basically penises) , so we always play Yeenaghu as the most buff and bloodthirsty female ever. It just makes sense that she would be female (though fiends are technically genderless).

[@thedarkmaster4747]

I'm done... Well atleast i wont be subjecting my P.C.s to "the palace of yeenoghu" just trammatised tale telling N.P.C.s, because i've always known that female hyenas were the crazy gender in that species. #ThatMommentWhenIt'sActuallyTooDarkAndTwistedForYourGhoulishHeart. 🖤😈😂🤣😭👍

[@Joeykm1972]

This demon lord is completely obscure to me. It's easy for me to recognize Orcus, Baphomet, and Jubilex as powerful demon lords. Perhaps, this is the reason why Gnolls are not commonly found in some AD&D worlds. If Yeenoghu is this destructive, then it makes sense why Gnolls aren't common and why Yeenoghu seems more obscure as a Deity. The numbers may be driven to extinction to other fed up humanoid races, including orcs, goblins, and giants, unwilling to allow the existence of Gnolls.

[@JHunterLee]

Oh man, I’ve always wanted to use this guy in a game. Thanks for all the awesome info, hes definitely featuring heavy in my next campaign

[@sorath1396]

I imagine Yeenoghu drinking from a mug labeled "God's tears"

[@toguro5117]

Always love these longer videos big ups

[@Lurklen]

I like the word play of Yeenoghu being exceptional compared to the population of the "rank and foul". The lord of slaughter also appears in the latest adventure, Descent into Avernus, invading from the Abyss, and encroaching into Hell.

[@etymos6644]

Putting the laughter back into slaughter.

[@thehangryphalangite739]

Ah finally, I've been waiting for you to make this since I found your demon series.

[@Taylor1989s]

Yeenoghu is my favorite and I have captured my pc's and sent them to his realm it waz epic only one player made it back and ended up becoming the bbeg of the next campaign so awesome.

[@mrl9418]

The no-furries sign serves as a ward against Yeenoghu

[@thedarkmaster4747]

THIS^ THIS AGAIN AND THIS SOME MORE! 🧙‍♂️🚫✨

[@ShineDark]

I always assumed that Graz’Zt was the 3rd most powerful Demon Lord, behind Orcus and Demogorgan. It’s just because he seems to own the largest amount of territory in the Abyss, what with ruling 3 layers and all.

[@AJPickett]

Yeenoghu could own more territory if he could be bothered keeping it. Better to just wait a while and then go invade it again. Much more killing that way.

[@dylancarroll4623]

AJ Pickett it’s also a good way of culling the weak, constantly fighting that is.

[@Gevaudan1471]

Graz'zt is powerful because of his brain. He's a schemer.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Graz'zt is the seduction of evil. How it can draw you in despite yourself. Orcus is the evil of unnatural life. The undead, even if they do not have any hostile intentions, are a danger to the living just by existing. Demogorgon is the evil within chaos. How absolute freedom is just the enslavement of all things that are weaker. So on and so forth. You can see the theme. All are some aspect of evil.

[@st4ne4rmthevill63]

@@jacobfreeman5444 I'd really like to see your breakdown of the other demon Lords. I've never seen it like that.

[@nathanielgrey4091]

The music you chose is absolutely horrifying. I was drawn in

[@DedHedZed]

I imagine a mortal watching a wave of Tetsuo mass Of demons falling over, eating, and stomping on and past eachother while they screame and sprint at you. At the head is some ever changing in size snarling primal God almost burning the air in front of its snout with a toxic madness. That and the fact that most of the demons behind him look absolutely nothing like him and look as if they wouldn't even have any relation to eachother. Just an absolute lovecraftian madness parade with the face of an animal.

[@gregavant1992]

That is a very poetically put description of the violent insanity that is this demon lord.

[@amogus1415]

I like how that warning only made me wanna watch it more

[@suggiethames9870]

on the plus side, he has an infectious laugh

[@NolaGamer]

When Hogger's power level is over 9000 and at his final form.

[@jeremygriffin620]

Very religious guy here who loves D&D and absolutely adores AJ and these very videos. D&D is a product of man, and as such is both beautiful and deeply flawed. I take great joy in these videos so hopefully, my little part in the big scheme might make you all relax your fedora topping muscles. (Edited for my flawed spelling.)

[@Jeremycook_]

You can't take religious doctrine as historical fact.......... In D&D. That pause was perfect 👌

[@JohnA...]

I love the no furries thing in the back

[@BearMomma]

There is probably a furry gnoll-centred campaign somewhere in the world such sign is a must

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Ogre Lawd Burn it burn it now

[@SneakingMOUSE]

Why do people hate furries for no reason?

[@DED_MEEM]

@@SneakingMOUSE diaperfurs is a reason...

[@Scarletraven87]

@@SneakingMOUSE For the same reason people hate MLP or Anime: they are everywhere, and swarmed the game. In 2020 it is nearly impossible to have a campaign withou them. Heck, I will start one such campaign. I will allow evil characters but ban furries and anime.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Great video, AJ. Most of my campaigns have a non-evil Gnoll NPC that's a high-level Gnoll slayer. He is expensive, very expensive, to hire unless he's guaranteed to get some gnoll blood action (he lives to slay gnolls) then he'll accept whatever you offer him. His territory, people refer to him as "the only good gnoll that ain't a dead gnoll". If you call him a "good gnoll" to his face, he will sneer "there are no good gnolls". As a lore expert of those vile creatures, you can appreciate how exceptional that is. So, I have a funny picture for your mind's eye. Orcus: I summed you to spy upon a group of bone devils... after you do a task right here that won't take long. Succubus: Bone devils? Most of my advantages would be useless. Besides, the areas they live in, how they are, they are just vile even for devils. Orcus: You must do something or I will feed you to oblivion after tormenting you. The other task I have available is to go to Yeenoghu's territory and merely pass along a message. Succubus: Well, you mentioned bone devils? I am the perfect demon for that. Sorry, master, that you did not get my joke. Who am I to defy you? Orcus: It was a funny joke. Now, do the mission naked and weaponless... and bring me back a soul they are torturing for my amusement.

[@AJPickett]

Heh!

[@jackmadden5388]

Great video as always. Your the best dnd lore channel. When will you do the updated video on gnoll. All hail the mighty glue stick

[@AJPickett]

That will take a little while.

[@itaykerensm1629]

24:40 berserk fanart! One of the best manga ever!

[@itaykerensm1629]

Since i dont often get to kill my players' characters, im planning of asking them to play a TPK one shot in the abyss, where they each prep 3 characters and toss them into a pool or PC's anyone could get to play. We stop when they run out of sheets. The layer described in this video seems best for that sort of meat grinder.

[@joshuazane3210]

That sounds like a really fun idea. 🤔

[@nathanielchance9751]

I don't think I've ever seen a disclaimer for a monster video

[@sithis36]

@LE Jimenez Maybe he got a complaint by someone, or is just trying to cover his bases with KZbin constantly attacking its own creators and such

[@AJPickett]

Its because I mention self-harm and sexual violence in this video.

[@nicolaskupernobrega7123]

"yet another example of why you can't take religious historical accounts seriously..." *Very long pause* "... In Dungeons and Dragons lore" We ALL see what you did there XD

[@Slamdance3535]

Great vid AJ, Yeenoghu is was chilling BAMF.

[@TerrariaGolem]

The packs shall feast on this bounty, oh AJ, thank you for this meaty content.

[@stevevondoom4140]

"Gnolls!: Viewer Discretion is advised." LOL

[@narev6569]

As someone who read everything to do with demon lords over and over, I can tell you all about Yeenoghu's Realm, the curswallow, the cannibal king, Doresain... Fun fact: I have never actually played D&D.

[@narev6569]

@Under Bridge Funny you say that, I just started the Exploring Series on 40k. Can anyone recommend a platform to play pen and paper games online? I know there are several.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I've always wanted to play a Flind ranger that has rejected Yeenoghu and went on to become a prolific adventurer. It's hard to convince a lot DMs of your crazy plans.

[@AJPickett]

One easy way out is to say "They were another species, but got killed and reincarnated into a Gnoll body".

[@mayhemivory5730]

Seraph I don’t remember where I read this, but I think there was a story of a mage who tried to control Gnolls. He linked his mind with them and subsequently became affected by Yeenoghus call, even though he was human. So I don’t think it’s a matter of simply rejecting him, you would need some magic that wards you off his influence. Or play in a setting like Eberron where the connection is broken to begin with.

[@robcharette1915]

Wow this a great video , so many awesome images of this crazy Demon Lord. Really enjoyable. Great work !

[@Arius_Astronomy]

AJ your background easter eggs never cease to make me laugh.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I spotted that too.

[@Fiyazai]

The pause at 9:45, beautiful.

[@p_7ero]

100%! as the great Pope John Paul II said - "Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."

[@warsmith01]

It was always surmised that he could hear his name spoken anywhere by anyone... That's why, as it was told to me over 40 years ago, it was pronounced as "You-know-who". As in, "You don't want Yeenoghu to hear that..."

[@benthomason3307]

do you have a video on mechanus? I've always wondered what happens to the petitioners who wind up there.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

I curious about this too.

[@AJPickett]

That is an excellent question!

[@davidjarkeld2333]

Thank you, been waiting for something to help me through lockdown

[@dhingus6699]

Awesome video AJ!

[@moonringXD]

Great video as always! Keep it up! Ps also do you have video on the Incunabula by any chance? Trying to find more information on them.

[@AJPickett]

Not yet.

[@DracosDiabolis]

Gnoll pc. Spore druid, Swarmkeeper Ranger. Maybe Sheppard Druid. ....... something to ponder on.

[@User-r5g5f]

That stiff arm....imagine him on a Rugby team.

[@AJPickett]

I can see that.

[@dawall3732]

I like the small bit of lore on the infinite forest in the demon Realm of the Abyss. A realm where even demons cannot gain a foothold. The abyss is inherently chaotic evil. Emphasis on the chaos. Chaos by its very nature is contradictory even to itself. What if that Forest where even demons cannot get a foothold is not truly evil? What if it is in fact the place that is the contradictory to evil in the abyss? What if it is simply highly militaristic predatory and aggressive but not inherently evil. Makes me want to place a civilization of militaristic dryads in that location. Advanced civilization of incredibly militaristic dryads and nymphs. Yes so much potential for stories are there. Especially potential for the background but the place itself. I think I will start with elves. Elves in their arrogance pride and ambition. Yes that is a good starting point. A world where the elves attempted not the return a portion of their world like a small island close to the realm they originally came from but their entire world. In attempt the tap into the chaos of the fairy Realm but they found the wrong chaos and touched that instead. Accidentally pulling their entire world into the abyss. As demons invaded their civilization and the chaos corrupted and mutated life dryads and nymphs in the deepest parts of the forest where even the elves have never set foot worry and fear and rage at the atrocities the elves have committed. Nature ever being neutral not good nor evil but in its own way chaotic tapping into the energies of that Realm. As the Elven civilizations on that world struggle and fall the plants and the Animals mutate and change. Growing more violent and aggressive and predatory. The demons think nothing of this in their. Insane frenzy of bloodlust to invade the knife ears Realms and cities. They think since this is normal when the abyss consumes a Realm it's just business as usual. But they are wrong this time. This time the elves arrogance showed a potential solution to the nymphs and the dryads who concocted their own ritual of Nature and magick. To filter the evil from the chaos and consume it into the neutrality of nature growing more predatory, violent and aggressive in the process but remaining neutral. Before the demons realized what was happening they too were being expunged from the realm. As the forest grew increased in size and ferocity the dryads and the nymphs guiding it pushing it forward in it's March. It's Eternal War. What happens to all of the men who go missing in the Forest? Were they taken by wild beasts? What happens to the farmer who glimpses a beautiful woman just beyond the trees? Maybe these men are drawn into the infinite Forest to spend the remainder of their lives moving from One Enchanted area to another never realizing they're in the abyss. And it was the nymphs and dryads that Drew them in there. These lovely beautiful women who seemed to call to some into the dark depths of the forest. There is potential for an entire backstory of lore there.

[@mattyspoons777]

Absolutely loving your content, AJ! I was wondering if there's any chance you might be interested in covering Strahd at some point soon? I would love to know more about him!

[@jimmynerdbomb37]

Yesssss! Thank You Thank You Thank You! I waited for this for so long 😊

[@shingoji524]

One of my first encounters with a cult of yeenoghu was a murder mystery where an entire town was ransacked by gnolls. My paladin came across an empty crib, and he vowed to net out justice.

[@NanoMayTry]

You can bet, there's a sage in candlekeep who specializes in his research in demons, or I'll eat my iron cap.

[@AJPickett]

We don't give him chalk or crayons anymore.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Less savory things can be used for writing as well.

[@biteso2333]

Yeenoghu is my favourite demon lord, he’s cool.

[@Grodycell]

He is up there for me as well, behind orcus and maybe frazurrblu.

[@picklemuncher99]

Great one AJ, late to see this but the moment I saw the 🚫 furries I LOST IT

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Same. XD

[@AJPickett]

I should point out, I am not kink shaming, I am kink mocking.. there is a difference.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

AJj Pickett There is indeed a tangable difference. 🧐👍🍷👅😞👌

[@florenmage]

When you say gnoll I think 4 simple words. KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!... one of my favorite monsters to lead a no mercy war against. So evil. So vile. A great bad guy faction.

[@Birbucifer]

I'm the opposite, gnolls are one of my favorite player races c:

[@Mortablunt]

@@Birbucifer I wrote a huuuuuuugeeee gnoll homebrew lore thing.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

19:00 What kind of universe do they live in where CE Demon Lords don't trust one another 😞

[@NoLoveSouth1st]

Love the details on the map of his realm

[@KillerandUndertaker]

Get this, a Gnoll Blight hybrid that's constantly blasting off magic missiles, call it The Grassy Gnoll.

[@80Elminster]

Have him blast of stinking cloud instead and call it The Gassy Gnoll

[@kalebb1226]

JFK was killed by gnolls

[@nunyabiznis4226]

BASED @80Elminster ALSO BASED

[@Greenscyth22]

You’d think with the a god of both Ghouls and Gnolls would have a few Gnoll Ghuls(half-ghoul) barbarians in his employ. The ultimate bastardization of two unholy flesh-eating monstrosities should make such a depraved God’s mouth water. I’m sure a hulking, gray-skinned Gnoll Ghul accompanied by a pack of half-demon dire hyenas would make any good aligned party think twice about pissing off Yeenoghu. I’m also surprised there isn’t more crossover or competition between Yeenoghu and Erythnul. They seem to have similar tastes.

[@00james21]

Thank you for the multitude of ideas. I love your vids

[@filimonpoptudor799]

Currently running a lycan bloodhunter ( werehyena) that is in service to Yeenoghu. Love role-playing the fear that comes in every encounter, if blood is spilled the beast has a chance to come out, Celestia help the bandits that try to kill him for easy coin

[@everettkalafatis1005]

Yeenoghu is a poor, misunderstood creature. He just needs to be shown a little love and a can of dog food....

[@JanusHoW]

If only. IF ONLY.

[@Spasmagic]

*proceeds to eat your hand

[@rejvaik00]

He will see you as that can of dog food

[@Fyre19]

11:33 that is a swole gnoll

[@wingnut1917]

As always great job AJ Been waiting long time for this one and it was worth the wait

[@adamholcomb1906]

A wonderful video as always👍🏼👍🏼💯

[@theclocktower3258]

Love your videos as always, I'm planning on adding a Flind Witherling to my campaign, she is a bard that sounds like Dolly Parton. Typically rides alongside a stampede of hyenas, gnolls, beasts, and madmen in her sled pulled by demonic dire-hyenas. Can you imagine looking out the window of your car to see a skeletal hyena woman yodelling at you as her pack of bloody plaguebeasts rip people apart?

[@davidkoudelka10]

Anyone else notice the furry in the background at 0:41? Was that a warning that normal furrues might not enjoy this?(I mean, it IS Yeenoghu after all)

[@brettonalwood4173]

I was surprised to hear that Yeenoghu was the third most powerful Demon lord after Demogorgon and Orcus. I would have thought that Grazzt was third as I always hear of him bickering with Demogorgon and Orcus in most Literature and even in most of your videos will mention these three fights. While I always knew that Yeenoghu is a loner that no one else will trust which speaks to his power when NO ONE will work with him.

[@michaelsorensen7567]

"Power" isn't exclusively political tho. Brute force Y beats sneaky G sometimes on power scales, even if G informs Y's power usage.

[@brettonalwood4173]

@@michaelsorensen7567 Having since looked back at the VGTM I definitely see that yeenoghou is equal in power to grazzt (cr wise). But as I said other than yeen creating gnolls I never hear about him. Which is why it was such a surprise for me. My appreciation for Yeen though has since improved knowing that he has consolidated his power for himself. Like you said all of the politics in the abyss won't save you if you can't deal with the beast at your door. In the words of Cerci Lannister "Power is power." A face which Yeenoghou has plenty even if it's never enough.

[@TheDefectiveAI]

I've been waiting for this Vid. Honestly when i first saw his stats for 5e from out of the abyss, he seemed rather underwhelming in comparison to his demon lord peers. This was definitely the video I needed to get some Ideas for this guy.

[@rhysjonsmusic]

I've been checking yeenoghus stat block for 5e and I've noticed his necrotic speak noted on 15:05 is absent. What do you think would be an appropriate effect for it considering his cr?

[@AJPickett]

Power word: kill

[@rhysjonsmusic]

@@AJPickett how often do you think itd be able to do it?

[@AJPickett]

@@rhysjonsmusic recharge, roll d6 and recharge on 5 or 6 result.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Your pic is too cute for it to be a harpy (a compliment in joke form, great picture).

[@GuilhermeRebeloTerraWolf]

Excelent knowing about the shifting of the area where cultists of Yeenoghu offer theirs rituals, to a place more dangerous and vicious. It's going to add a nice touch to my campaign!

[@imrgrimmi1659]

That depiction of Doresain is absolutely wicked, where may I find the original art displayed at 10:34??

[@savnet_sinn]

You can just google image search "dnd demon art" and it's one of the earliest results.

[@imrgrimmi1659]

@@savnet_sinn I thank you for the reply, late though it is lmao

[@savnet_sinn]

@@imrgrimmi1659 You never know who else it might help.

[@imrgrimmi1659]

@@savnet_sinn true

[@TheHornedKing]

This is actually the only demon lord so far that actually scares me. This... thing. This, is a true monster.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

They are all this bad. Some just have aspects we can fit pieces of our civilized psyche into. Thus they are less "alien" to us. This one revels in the horror at the alien glee he exhibits when acting on his sphere.

[@TheHornedKing]

@@jacobfreeman5444 Deep inside I know. Insane bloodlust and brutality like this is just easier to be disgusted/horrified of. The fact that I normaly enjoy those things, also adds to it in a way.

[@Primarch_Sanguinius]

I dunno, the demon lord (I wanna say Zuggtmoy) can literally make a "The Last Of Us" scenario

[@TheHornedKing]

@@Primarch_Sanguinius They're all horrible in their own way. Some just hit you more then others.

[@Primarch_Sanguinius]

@@TheHornedKing oh absolutely without a doubt

[@matthill5426]

BACK TO THE DEMON LORDS! Good stuff! Now I have to go back and re-watch the Demogorgon and Orcus videos to complete the set. While we're talking about this, I don't think you've covered all nine of the archdevils yet, have you? Those are fun videos. As an pro wrestler will tell you, it's more fun to be a heel, rather than a babyface!

[@AJPickett]

Well, we had Glasya recently, so, you could say I have made a good start.

[@Chris_BCG]

AJ I love that you added viewer discretion to the video. I just wanted to clarify very very very clearly. Thank you.

[@miggypeso909]

This guy would make a great Thanos type Uber villian. His motives and power just lend to that kind of underestimated villian nobody thought was worth a damb but ends up beating everybody

[@mateobarrett6829]

In my homebrew game, Demogorgon used an artifact known as The Singularity to murder Juiblex and harness his power to invade The Beastlands (in hopes of finding a way to the Prime Material). Juilblex is merely an avatar of the Greater Elven God Ghaunadaur, and as such the God foresaw his impending doom, and made plans accordingly. Stowing away a mote of his dark divine power, he made a pact with Yeenoghu: help me first and You, not Demogorgon, shall be the first to defile the Prime Material Plane. Yeenoghu obviously agreed, and they set about a diabolical plan to not only touch down in the Prime Material, but block their brethren from entering through a machine known as the Hiox Blockade. With Juiblex' form all but annihilated by The Singularity, only Yeenoghu could enter the Prime Material, and even then it was only partially. Trapped within the Ethereal Plane thanks to the Hiox Blockade, Yeeoghu's dark influence has "clogged" the way into the Prime Material - the other demon lords cannot enter so long as Yeenoghu and the Hiox Blockade remain. In the Prime Material, he has grown a mighty form to possess - standing nearly 22 feet tall, this Sibriex fashioned warform of hardened bone and flesh terrorizes the battlefields surrounding the Feycrater Quarantine. Countless lives are lost as the warform throws itself against battlements, with Yeenoghu fighting until the warform is utterly unusable - usually through outright destruction - for even grievous wounds cannot slow the iron sinewed juggernaut. Days later, the same beast, or one remarkably similar, is seen attacking the ramparts again, the same hungering hateful look in his eyes as the Lord of Savage Fury laughs his way through flesh and hope.

[@itaykerensm1629]

@@mateobarrett6829 that sounds amazing. One of the best things i read all day.

[@shemyazadrolfossendam8156]

What's the good word AJ? Another splendid video, filled with many details and facts about this nightmarish fiend! I have a question: why hasn't a planetar or or a solar attempted to slay Yeenoghu?

[@AJPickett]

They can't. See: demon amulets.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

The "No Furries" sign cracked me up.

[@AJPickett]

:D

[@geoleo965]

Glad to see that someone mentions it. XD.

[@nothingtoseehereyousawnoth5524]

Where is it?

[@That80sGuy1972]

Same here.

[@arcticdino1650]

I know how to defeat the gnolls. Proceeds to dig a massive pitfall trap while the rest of the party gives a marriage proposal

[@AJPickett]

OK, that one perplexed me.

[@arcticdino1650]

@@AJPickett it's Lion King 1 and a half

[@AJPickett]

@@arcticdino1650 oh, right. Never watched it.

[@jarethfortenberry6474]

I appreciate these videos.

[@draxthemsklonst]

Hyenas. One of the few species where the dominant female is king.

[@davidjarkeld2333]

Queen surely

[@geoleo965]

While males get the short end of the stick for the rest of their life; the poor, things... Hyenas don't deserve the unfair reputation, though.

[@draxthemsklonst]

@@davidjarkeld2333 You would think so, but no.

[@AJPickett]

FEW species?! Spiders, reptiles and fish would like to have a word with you...

[@AJPickett]

@@draxthemsklonst you're referring to the false phallus of female Hyenas?

[@stevenpeterson8582]

Just looking back over the Planes of Chaos information from Planescape, and noticed that the declining power Gorellik considers Yeenoghu to be a usuper that has stolen its gnoll worshipers, implying that the gnoll cultic lore of Yeenoghu as creator may not be the real story.

[@AJPickett]

Religious doctrines man, you just can't rely on them!

[@jacobfreeman5444]

How about this? What if Gorellik contracted Yeenoghu to help create the gnolls and was supposed to just hand them over. But Yeenoghu put a bit of himself in them and thus tied the gnolls to him primarily. Doing the divine version of taking the money and running.

[@DarthCuddlefluff]

But Yeenoghu that kiiiills people!

[@wurmIsDead]

Yeenoghu just sounds like "You know who"

[@maxthepaladin2147]

-What demon lord is this? -Yeenoghu -No, I don't. That's why I'm asking

[@jessegreen6138]

Don't forget the Drow also have Demon blood also.

[@trajanfidelis]

What happens to the souls of the prisoners who die in Yeenoghu’s realm? Are they absorbed by the abyss or do they escape to the ethereal plane?

[@AJPickett]

The souls of mortals typically always go to the fugue plane via the transitive deep ethereal plane, and are then judged and sent to the appropriate outer plane, yes.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Well, there are exceptions to any rule, but I can't see this lot caring enough to subvert the normal way of things. Souls don't bleed. Generally it involves a contract or some form of powerful magical ability. But I am not an expert. Just musing on what I have learned from our most devoted sage.

[@alanschaub147]

Perfect timing, AJ! I will be throwing gnolls at my players in our next game. 🐺

[@AJPickett]

excellent.

[@davidfletcher6703]

His weapon seems more like a scourge than a flail

[@chriscalvin5083]

good video AJ

[@AJPickett]

Thank you Chris :)

[@mattmaughan6871]

AJ- this is a really big step up for you in terms of quality! Your vids are already the best out there but this vid is really a cut above! The details, the plot tinder, the atmosphere, the art selection, just wow! Well done! Bravo!

[@AJPickett]

Thanks Matt, Iain did a fantastic job editing this one.

[@mattmaughan6871]

@@AJPickett dont sell your plot tinder skills short i just got 7 new plots inspired by your comments in it! Really brought the A game! This rivals your demogorgon vid for my #1 spot. Oooooo! you should do a top 5 videos you have made video!

[@DetMagicNZ]

Both of you are correct ;)