Orcus

Orcus (also known as Tenebrous, the Blood Lord and the Prince of the Undead), was an ancient demon.
== History ==
Orcus was a fiend from an age long forgotten, and almost no record remains of his origins or history (although his name can be found inscribed on tombs beneath the ancient monuments of Charn). It is believed that he was once a mortal, a minor priest in the service to some dark deity. When he died he was reborn as the lowliest of demonic worms, and over thousands of years he fought for more power and grew from worm to mane, from mane to dretch, from dretch to rutterkin, from rutterkin to vrock, from vrock to glabrezu, from glabrezu to nalfeshnee, from nalfeshnee to balor. He commanded hosts of undead demons and conquered Thanatos, the 333rd of the abyssal realms. It was barren waste known as the Belly of Death, divided by a vast mountain chain called the Final Hills and dotted with necropolises and roaming undead hordes. He had a great palace called Everlost in a desert of bones known as Oblivion's End, and a fortress city called Naratyr on the Frozen Sea. He was infamous for his wand, an horrific artifact of malefic might that had terrible powers. He fought long wars against rival demon lords, but eventually became indolent and complacent and was murdered and deposed by Kiaransalee, an ancient dark elf goddess of vengeance, who subsequently claimed dominion over Thanatos and decreed that the name of Orcus be erased from all of existence. Death would not hold Orcus though - he was resurrected by the half-ogre Quah-Nomag, one of his foremost high priests, in a blasphemous ritual. He concealed his return at first and took the new name Tenebrous. While languishing in the shadows it is said that he discovered the Last Word, an utterance so powerful that it could destroy deities. When the moment was right he revealed himself and destroyed the forces of Kiaransalee and reclaimed Thanatos. Some time later the gods fell, the realm of Orcus was destroyed and he eventually fled to Godsfall in the hope that he could claim divinity.
== Description ==
Orcus was massive and imposing, standing fifteen feet tall. He had crimson skin, cloven hooves, leathery wings, a barbed tail and a horned goat's head. His wand was a rod of iron and obsidian capped with a human skull. He was bloated and obscenely gluttonous, always craving finer delicacies to sate his ravenous hunger. He was consumed by hatred of all things, and constantly seethed with revulsion and contempt for everything around him. He expressed his disdain by spread misery and destruction out of spite. His ultimate goal was to exterminate all life, to transform the world into a desolate realm where he could be alone with his undead servitors. He dreamed of being the last creature in a perfect cosmos, free of the braying abominations that were all other living things.
== In the Campaign ==
Vantis, Lannus and Rexxar were attacked by Orcus at Godsfall after defeating Cuthbert. They defeated and destroyed him.
== Unlocked Statistics Block ==
CR28 Orcus- Large Outworlder37 (chaotic, evil)
HP758 Initiative+7 Speed20(4),F40(8) AC47(T27,FF40) Saves+36,+27,+26 Abilities39,25,43,29,22,21
Wand+57/+52/+47/+42(d10+27/19–20), claw+45(d6+7), gore+45(2d6+7), sting+45(d3+7+poison)
SQ Reach 10, DR20/-, SR41, see invisibility, Poison (fortitude DC44, d6 strength, 2d6 strength)
Cleave, Dark Speech, Power Attack, darkvision, summon demons, sumon undead, telepathy
Immunities(shock, poison, Resistances(acid 20, fire 20, cold 20)
Spell-likes (at will, CL20, DC15+spell level): animate dead, blasphemy, charm person, clutch of Orcus, create undead, create greater undead, deeper darkness, desecrate, detect good, detect law, detect thoughts, fear, feeblemind, greater dispelling, lightning bolt, read magic, suggestion, stop heart, telekinesis, teleport without error, tongues, unhallow, unholy aura, unholy blight, wall of fire
Skills - Alchemy+46, Concentration+53, Diplomacy+42, Escape+26, Paperwork+27, Intimidate+46
Knowledge(arcana)+41, Knowledge(religion)+41, Knowledge(the planes)+45, Knowledg(undeath)+46
Perception+43, Stealth+44, Scry +46, Search+46, Sense Motive+43, Spellcraft+46
Spells (CL13, DC19+spell level or 21+spell level for necromancy spells)
1 cause fear, change self, chill touch, mage armor, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, shield, shocking grasp
2 blur, bull’s strength, darkness, ghoul touch, invisibility, scare, spectral hand
3 displacement, fireball, halt undead, haste, lightning bolt, magic circle against good, vampiric touch
4 bestow curse, contagion, emotion, enervation, grim revenge, phantasmal killer, wrack
5 cloudkill, dominate person, hold monster, magic jar, nightmare, wall of iron
6 circle of death, disintegrate, ectoplasmic enhancement, greater dispelling
7 finger of death, forcecage, limited wish
Category:Demons
Category:Dead
Category:Outworlders
Category:Unlocked Statistics Blocks