Alu-fiend

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* 3e

**Alu-fiends** (pronounced: /ˈæluːfind/ *ÆL-oo-feend*) were the product of successful procreation between a succubus and a male mortal (usually human).[*citation needed*] The male equivalent to an alu-fiend was generally called a cambion. Successive offspring from either (with mortals) were demonic tieflings.[*citation needed*]

## Description

Females were, generally, attractive or beautiful, going to great lengths at times to conceal their needle-like teeth and diminutive wings. They often possessed a high degree of sexual proclivity. Males, however, were harder to distinguish, as its "cousin", the cambion (produced from a female mortal), possessed many of the same "abyssal" traits. This led to a diminishing use of the patrilineal- and matrilineal-influenced terms as a whole; rather, products of both partnerings were considered "half-fiend".[*citation needed*]

## Notable Alu-Fiends

* Aliisza
* Anderia and Estellia, the alu-fiend allies of the nabassu Viscaris

Though apparently not the daughter of a succubus, Graz'zt's daughter Thraxxia appeared in the form of an alu-fiend.

## Appendix

### Background

Alu-fiends, also referred to as alu-demons, first appeared in the *Monster Manual II 1st edition*. They were described in the *Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix* and the *Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix*. While their exact statistics varied slightly, the general concept as the offspring of a succubus and a mortal male remained true.

In the 3rd-edition *Dungeons & Dragons*, half-fiends are presented as a more general template, in lieu of specific entries for each instance. There was no specific publishing of an alu-fiend template by official sources. However, a half-succubus template was included in a *Dragon* magazine web article, written by Robert Wiese, on half-fiendish variety, and appears on the Wizards of the Coast website.

### See Also

* Daemonfey
* Fey'ri

### References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). *Monster Manual 3.5*. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. {{#regex:147–148|%(,)(\S)%|$1 $2}}. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
2. ↑ Frank Mentzer (January 1985). “Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd”. In Kim Mohan ed. *Dragon* #93 (TSR, Inc.), p. 25.
3. ↑ Thomas M. Reid (May 2007). *The Gossamer Plain*. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0786940240.
4. ↑ Jason Carl (May 2000). *The Dungeon of Death*. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-1560761327.
5. ↑ Dale Donovan (May 1998). *For Duty & Deity*. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 33. ISBN 0-7869-1234-0.

### Connections

Fiends
Inherently Evil Creatures of the Lower Planes

**Other Fiends**
Achaierai • Barghest • Hell hound • Howler • Larva • Maelephant • Night hag • Nightmare • Rakshasa • Succubus • Vargouille • Yeth hound
**Related Creatures**
Fiendish creature • Half-fiend (**Alu-fiend** • Cambion • Draegloth • Durzagon) • Tiefling (Fey'ri • Maeluth • Tanarukk)

Devils
Fiendish Beings of Evil and Lawfulness
**Baatezu**
**Least:** Advespa • Lemure • Merregon • Nupperibo
**Lesser:** Abishai (Black • Blue • Green • Red • White) • Barbazu • Hamatula • Narzugon • Osyluth • Spinagon
**Greater:** Amnizu • Cornugon • Erinyes • Gelugon • Paeliryon • Pit fiend • War devil
**Miscellaneous Devils**
**Alu-fiend** • Archdevil • Cambion • Fimbrul devil • Hellcat • Imp • Kyton • Seared devil • Succubus • Tar devil

Demons
**Loumara**
 Dybbuk • Guecubu • Manitou
 **Tanar'ri**
 Adaru • Alkilith • Armanite • Arrow demon • Babau • Balor • Bar-lgura • Bulezau • Cerebrilith • Chasme • Dretch • Glabrezu • Goristro • Hezrou • Kastighur • Klurichir • Mane • Marilith • Maurezhi • Molydeus • Nabassu • Nalfeshnee • Rutterkin • Sorrowsworn • Succubus • Uridezu • Vrock • Yochlol
 **Miscellaneous Demons**
 **Alu-fiend** • Bebilith • Cambion • Ghour • Immolith • Kazrith • Maw demon • Quasit • Retriever • Shadow demon • Shoosuva • Sibriex • Wastrilith