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0RCUS Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets often
empty for hours at a time. The central castle of bone has
Orcus is the Demon Prince of Undeath, known as the interior walls of flesh and carpets made of woven hair.
Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings The city contains wandering undead, many of which are
of the living, but far prefers the company and service of engaged in continuous battles with one another.
the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the
multiverse transformed into a vast necropolis populated L AIR ACTIONS
solely by undead creatures under his command. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Orcus can
Orcus rewards those who spread death in his name take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he
by granting them a small portion of his power. The least can't use the same effect two rounds in a row:
of these become ghouls and zombies who serve in his
legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and • Orcus's voice booms throughout the lair. His utter-
necromancers who murder the living and then manipu- ance causes one creature of his choice to be subjected
late the dead, emulating their dread master. to power word kill (save DC 23). Orcus needn't see the
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a dis- creature, but he must be aware that the individual is
eased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat, in the lair.
and a humanoid upper body with a corpulent belly swol- • Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise
len with rot. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, as skeletons, zombies, or ghouls. These undead obey
and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly his telepathic commands, which can reach anywhere
rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary in the lair.
Wand of Ore us, which is described in chapter 7 of the • Orcus causes skeletal arms to rise from an area on
Dungeon Master's Guide. the ground in a 20-foot square that he can see. They
last until the next initiative count 20. Each creature
0Rcus's LAIR in that area when the arms appear must succeed on
--- a DC 23 Strength saving throw or be restrajned until
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, the arms disappear or until Orcus releases them (no
which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he action required).
rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the River Styx,

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