Orcus is a goat-headed demon prince, bearer of the Rod of Orcus, and a demonic lord of the Abyss whose domain is Thanatos, the realm of the dead and the undead. The Abyss lists him among its dominant powers, alongside Graz’zt, Pazuzu and Demogorgon.
Relationships
- Demogorgon: two-headed cosmological peer and rival in the Abyss.
- Graz’zt: demonic lord of the Triple Realm; a peer at the highest degree of evil.
- Pazuzu: demonic lord of the Mesopotamian air; an abyssal peer.
- Balor: tanar’ri creatures who serve as generals in the demonic armies.
- The Demonomicon of Truenames: the grimoire that records his True Names.