Typhus is an altraloth, a unique magically augmented yugoloth

Yugoloth

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, yugoloths are neutral evil natives of the lower planes of the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna and the Gray Waste of Hades...

, in the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

roleplaying game.

Publication history

Typhus was first mentioned by name only in the daemon entry in the original Monster Manual II (1983) as one of the chief beings challenging Anthraxus

Anthraxus

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Anthraxus the Decayed is a powerful altraloth, a unique magically augmented yugoloth...

 for the position of Oinoloth.

Typhus appeared as one of the altraloths in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

 Annual #2 (1997).

Description

Resembling a hunch-backed mezzoloth, Typhus is a powerful general who commands an army known as the Infernal Front.

Relationships

Typhus was empowered to defeat Mellifleur

Mellifleur

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Mellifleur is the god of lichdom and magic. Mellifleur is also known as the "Lichlord."His symbol is a crystal vial held in a skeletal hand, with a ring on its fourth finger.-Publication history:...

's armies, back when the lich-god was attempting to seize control of the larva trade.