Editing Orcus

{{npcbox
|name=Orcus
|image=Orcus.jpg
|title=Demon Lord of Undeath, the Blood Lord
|race=Demon
|status=Deceased
|life=Destroyed 2959
|alignment=Chaotic Evil}}

'''Orcus''' was the demon lord of undeath. One of the most powerful demons in the [[Abyss]], Orcus sought total control over death and undeath alike; as a result, he was a long-time nemesis of both [[Nerull]] and [[Wee Jas]]. With their deaths during the [[Deity War]], Orcus set his sights on the [[Raven Queen]], the only being who still stood between him and complete dominion over death.

In [[Calendar#Year 2959|2959]], Orcus entered into an alliance with the wizard [[Tephra]]; in exchange Nerull's scythe, [[Lifecutter]], his forces would aid her in helping [[Allabar]] enter Syra. The demon lord quickly grew impatient, however, and when [[Oublivae]]'s machinations created a rift from the Abyss to the [[Material Plane]], he stepped through to personally claim the scythe for himself. When he encountered the [[Challengers of the Unspeakable]], who had recovered it from Tephra's minions, Orcus opened a portal and called upon his exarch, [[Doresain]], for aid. Instead, however, the death knight [[Harthur Grai]] emerged from the portal, having slain Doresain and claimed rulership of the White Kingdom for himself. Now, he stood with the Challengers to slay Orcus.

After a pitched battle with the demon lord, Harthur plunged the sword [[Nightbringer]] into his belly. Shadowy magic coursed out of the blade into Orcus as the entity trapped within the blade flowed into a new host. Orcus's body tore apart, utterly consumed to fuel Nightbringer's rebirth as the new demon lord of undeath.

[[Category:Demons]]
[[Category:Villains]]