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 roleplaying game, the nalfeshnee is one of the most powerful types of demon

Demon (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demons are the most widespread race of fiends. The demons are chaotic evil by nature, and are native to the Abyss...

. In first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, nalfeshnees were known as type IV demons. From second edition AD&D, the name "type IV demon" was revised to "nalfeshnee", taking the name of the greatest individual of their rank as the name for the entire breed.

Nalfeshnees are enormous demons that judge new souls arriving on the Abyss

Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Abyss or more fully, the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic evil-aligned plane of existence. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons cosmology, used in the Planescape...

. This creature blends the appearance of an ape and a boar, with a pair of ridiculously small wings on its back.

The original three type IV demons were:

• Bilwhr
• Johud
• Nalfeshnee

Other known nalfeshnees:

• Jandor: (disguised) living in Sigil's Market Ward. From Faction War, page 24.
• Judge Gabberslug: Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
  Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
  Uncaged: Faces of Sigil is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1996....
  
  
• Malistroi: Van Richten's Guide to Fiends
• The Marquesse of Loss: Hellbound: The Blood War, The Dark of the War, page 24
• Oulstra: Hellbound: The Blood War, The Dark of the War, page 24
• Taphaeon: Hellbound: The Blood War, the Manual of the Planes (2001), Book of Vile Darkness
• Tuerny the Merciless: Return of the Eight
  Return of the Eight
  Return of the Eight is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module was published by Wizards of the Coast in 1998 under its recently acquired "TSR" imprint for the second edition Advanced Dungeons &...
  
  
• Ygrax the Skullbiter: Planes of Chaos
  Planes of Chaos
  Planes of Chaos was a boxed set for the Planescape campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Contents:Planes of Chaos is an expansion set for the Planescape campaign setting which details the five chaotic Outer Planes: Arborea, Ysgard, Limbo, Pandemonium, and the Abyss...
  
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• Zerevimeel: "War of the Spider Queen Book VI: Resurrection"
• Zukothoth: FR5 - The Savage Frontier
  The Savage Frontier
  Savage Frontier is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms. It describes the Savage Frontier of Faerûn. The book was written by Paul Jaquays...
  
   page 54 (according to legend, the hero Beorunna destroyed him by collapsing a cavern on both of them)
• Nalfeshnee: A monster in NetHack
  NetHack
  NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987. It is a descendant of an earlier game called Hack , which is a descendant of Rogue...
  
  

External links

• Known nalfenshees at the d20 NPC Wiki