> [!infobox|right] > > #### Orcus > > ![[5E_ORCUS.png]] > > ##### Divine Information > > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Alignment**: | Chaotic Evil | > |![[ICON - crystal-ball-solid-full.svg]] **Symbol**: | Skull-Topped Wand,<br>Ram Skull | > > #### Worshippers > > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Dead**: | Necromancers,<br>Seekers of forbidden power over death | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Rot**: | Cultists craving immortality through decay | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **The Lost**: | Liches,<br>Undead Thralls,<br>Abyssal Followers | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - Orcus, the **Lord of the Undead**, is a demon prince who exists in defiance of life itself, neither fully living nor truly dead, but sustained through will, hatred, and decay. From his realm, he commands vast hordes of undead, not out of kinship, but as instruments of purpose, shaping them into extensions of his influence across the planes. His vision is not one of chaos alone, but of absolute stillness, a reality stripped of life, motion, and resistance. He holds no affection for his followers, living or dead, seeing them only as tools in a design that ends with silence, where the final breath is drawn, and nothing remains but a world that no longer resists him.