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Demons

Hierophant of Annihilation

Hierophants of Annihilation are the mightiest servants of Orcus Warmasters of Orcus. In combat, a Hierophant of Annihilation
and the progenitors of bodaks. They are free-willed but are will rely mostly on its supernatural strength to destroy its foes.
absolutely loyal to the Lord of the Undead. These horrific demons Those strong enough to withstand the demon’s powerful blows
resemble 20-foot tall giant bodaks with bat-like wing vestiges, and deadly stings must still contend with the Hierophant’s most
bony tails that end with stingers, and ram skulls for heads. Their potent weapon - its death gaze. Only a few can survive the demon’s
massive ribcages bear the marks of Orcus - gashes in sections that lethal stare, and those who die from it rise as bodaks loyal to
used to cover their hearts, and their desiccated bodies reek of a the Hierophant. The Hierophant can also unleash mighty death
coppery, rotting smell. Faint greenish auras emanate from their spells and conjure an aura of necrotic energy that rots the flesh of
bodies like sickly tendrils. anyone foolish enough to be close to the demon.
Devotees of Orcus. Orcus created the Hierophants of Vassals of Orcus. The Hierophants of Annihilation serve
Annihilation from seven of his devotees - powerful high priests Orcus, as well as Orcus’s Exarch, Doresain the Ghoul King, as
and liches faithful to the Prince of Undeath. It is said that among their generals. Each Hierophant actively schemes against each
those seven were the infamous lich Zhengyi the Witch-King and other, vying for both Orcus and Doresain’s favor. On very rare
the powerful high priest Banak from the Bloodstone Lands. occasions, Orcus may send one of his Hierophants on a mission
When their souls went to the Abyss after their destruction, Orcus to the Material Plane, such as serving as a guardian in the most
claimed them and transformed them into his first two Hierophants important temples of the Cult of Orcus.
of Annihilation.
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