Subreddit for USA Network's upcoming comedy TV show "Sirens". Three Chicago EMTs with the Eminent Ambulance Company may have narcissistic and self-destructive qualities that affect their own personal relationships, but their abilities on the job save lives. Premieres March 6, 2014 10/9c.
Updated for Investors Day and Legends Legends - January 8th 2021
Synopsis
Post-Investors' Day, Marvel announced a new series focused on iconic moments and characters of the MCU, with the first two episodes focusing on Wanda Maximoff and The Vision, recapping their stories a week before WandaVision premieres
Wandavision - January 15th 2021
Synopsis
The very first Marvel Studios series on Disney+, and the first content of Phase 4. With 6 episodes, this series explores the powers and capabilities of two of the most powerful heroes of the MCU, exploring their relationship and new marriage through the medium of various sitcoms throughout the decades, as well as dealing with Vision's sentience, after being killed when Wanda destroyed the Mind Stone, only to be brought back to life by Thanos and the Time Stone and killed again when Thanos ripped the Mind Stone from his head.
Links
Following directly on from
Avengers: Endgame, the series pulls in characters from all over the MCU, specifically Darcy Lewis from
Thor and
Thor: The Dark World, Jimmy Woo from
Ant-Man and The Wasp and Monica Rambeau from
Captain Marvel.
Elizabeth Olsen will transition from this series into
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, while Monica Rambeau will go from this series into
Captain Marvel 2.
Crew
- Director: Matt Shakman (The Boys, Game of Thrones)
- Cinematographer: Jess Hall (Hot Fuzz, 30 Minutes or Less)
- Head Writer: Jac Schaeffer (Black Widow, The Hustle)
Cast
- Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch)
- Paul Bettany (The Vision)
- Kat Dennings (Darcy Lewis)
- Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau)
- Randall Park (Jimmy Woo)
- Kathryn Hahn (Agnes)
- Fred Melamed (Arthur Heart)
- Debra Jo Rupp (Mrs. Heart)
- Jolene Purdy (Undisclosed Role)
- Asif Ali (Undisclosed Role)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - March 19th 2021
Synopsis
Originally meant to be the first series of the MCU, the show is described as a movie played out over 6 episodes. The series follows Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes as they cope with Steve Rogers' retirement and the legacy of Captain America, with Sam Wilson being passed the mantle while the U.S. government try and replace him themselves.
Links
Leading from the fallout of
Avengers: Endgame, the show brings back feature characters originally from the Captain America series, specifically Sharon Carter of
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and
Captain America: Civil War and its villain, Baron Zemo as well as a minor character from
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Georges Bartoc, better known as Batroc the Leaper.
Crew
- Director: Kari Skogland (The Handmaid's Tale, The Punisher)
- Cinematographer: Zoe White (The Handmaid's Tale, Westworld)
- Head Writer: Malcolm Spellman (Empire, Our Family Wedding)
Cast
- Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/ The Falcon)
- Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier)
- Emily van Camp (Sharon Carter)
- Daniel Brühl (Baron Zemo)
- Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent/John Walker)
- Georges St-Pierre (Georges Bartoc/Batroc the Leaper)
- Noah Mills (Undisclosed Role)
- Adepero Oduye (Undisclosed Role)
- Desmond Chiam (Undisclosed Role)
- Miki Ishikawa (Undisclosed Role)
- Carl Lumbly (Undisclosed Role)
- Erin Kellyman (Undisclosed Role)
- Danny Ramirez (Undisclosed Role)
Black Widow - May 7th 2021
Synopsis
The solo movie for the first female Avenger, this movie was intended to be the first content of Phase 4, but still holds the title as the first movie of Phase 4. The Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her history when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her arises, bringing back faces from her past.
Links
Set between
Captain America: Civil War and
Avengers: Infinity War, the show brings back General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross from
The Incredible Hulk, seemingly in a flashback.
The movie will connect to
Hawkeye with Florence Pugh recently joining the show's cast, and touches upon the long awaited Budapest story, first mentioned in
The Avengers.
Crew
- Director: Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome, Lore)
- Cinematographer: Gabriel Beristain (Agent Carter, Item 47)
- Head Writer: Jac Schaeffer (Wandavision, The Hustle)
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)
- Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)
- David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian)
- Rachel Weisz (Melania Vostokoff)
- William Hurt (General Thaddeus Ross)
- O.T. Fagbenle (Rick Mason)
- Ray Winstone (General Dreykov)
- Olivier Richters (Undisclosed Role)
Loki - May 2021
Synopsis
After Loki escapes capture and escapes The Avengers, he uses The Tesseract to travel human history and alter the past, when he is captured by the Time Variance Authority in a 6 Episode Crime Thriller, exploring some mysteries in human history that were never explained.
Links
Following on from Loki's escape in
Avengers: Endgame during the events from
The Avengers.
This show will link directly to
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Crew
- Director: Kate Herron (Sex Education, Daybreak)
- Cinematographer: Autumn Durald (Mainstream, Beastie Boys Story)
- Head Writer: Michael Waldron (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Rick and Morty)
Cast
- Tom Hiddlestone (Loki)
- Owen Wilson (Mobius M. Mobius)
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (TVA Judge)
- Wunmi Mosaku (Unknown Role)
- Sophia Di Martino (Undisclosed Role)
- Sasha Lane (Undisclosed Role)
- Richard E. Grant (Guest Role)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - July 9th 2021
Plot
In the second movie of Phase 4, Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
Links
The Ten Rings have popped up infrequently in the MCU, but they were the first villain we saw all the way back at the start. The Ten Rings kidnapped Tony Stark under Obadiah Stane's orders in
Iron Man. They also assisted Ivan Vanko in reaching Monaco in
Iron Man 2, something not well known by fans who don't read the canon comics. However, after two films of teasing, it appeared in Iron Man 3 that Tony Stark would go against The Mandarin himself, only for it to be an elaborate ruse, orchestrated by Aldrich Killian himself, using Trevory Slattery to pose as The Mandarin and take responsibility for Killian's terrorist attacks.
Trevor Slattery was last seen in
Marvel One Shot: Long Live The King when he was kidnapped by The Ten Rings.
The Ten Rings were last teased in
Ant-Man, when a member bearing the group's insignia were present at the Yellowjacket suit presentation
The group was also mentioned in
Daredevil, a
WHIH Newsfront Special and various canon comics.
Crew
- Director: Destin Daniel Crettin (Just Mercy, The Glass Castle)
- Cinematographer: Bill Pope (Baby Driver, The Jungle Book)
- Head Writer: Dave Callaham (Wonderwoman 1984, Zombieland: Double Tap)
Cast
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)
- Tony Chiu-Wai Leung (Wenwu/The Mandarin)
- Awkwafina (Fah Lo Suee)
- Florian Munteanu (Razor Fist)
- Michelle Yeoh (Jiang Nan)
- Falah Chen (Jiang Li)
- Meng'er Zhang (Xialing)
- Ronny Chieng (Jon Jon)
Marvel's What If? - Summer 2021
Plot
In Marvel Studios' first animation, this show explores what could have happened given a big or small tweak in the movies. The show will explore different storylines while staying in keeping with the characters and movies from the MCU, with voices and storylines from the first three phases of the universe.
Episode Details - What If... Peggy Carter has been given the Super Serum? (Captain Carter)
- What If... Captain America had turned into a Zombie? (Marvel Zombies)
- What If... TChalla had been kidnapped by Yondu and became Star-Lord?
- What If... Loki's plan succeeded in Thor?
Cast
- Director: Bryan Andrews (Jackie Chan Adventures (Animated), Men In Black: The Series (Animated))
- Animation Studio: Squeeze (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Transformers: Age of Extinction)
- Head Writer: A.C. Bradley (Arrow, Tales of Arcadia)
Cast
- Jeffrey Wright (Uatu the Watcher)
- Josh Brolin (Thanos)
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
- Tom Hiddleston (Loki)
- Natalie Portman (Jane Foster)
- Taika Waititi (Korg)
- Jeff Goldblum (Grandmaster)
- Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner)
- Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)
- Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton)
- Michael Rooker (Yondu Udonta)
- Karen Gillan (Nebula)
- Paul Rudd (Scott Lang)
- Michael Douglas (Hank Pym)
- David Dastmalchian (Kurt)
- Michael B. Jordan (Killmonger)
- Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa)
- Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes)
- Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter)
- Stanley Tucci (Abraham Erskine)
- Toby Jones (Arnim Zola)
- Neal McDonough (Dum-Dum Dugan)
- Sean Gunn (Kraglin Obfonteri)
- Djimon Hounsou (Korath )
- Dominic Cooper (Howard Stark)
- Chris Sullivan (Taserface)
Eternals - July 9th 2021
Plot
In this group origin movie that dates back to at least 800BC, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. An unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, The Deviants.
Links
Marvel have revealed the events of
Avengers: Endgame cause the events of this movie to unfold.
Crew
- Director: Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, The Rider)
- Cinematographer: Ben Davis (Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Head Writers: Kaz and Matthew Firpo (Luckboxes, Child's Play)
Cast
- Kit Harington (Black Knight)
- Richard Madden (Ikaris)
- Kamail Nanjiani (Kingo)
- Angelina Jolie (Thena)
- Salma Hayek (Ajak)
- Gemma Chan (Sersi)
- Lauren Ridloff (Makkari)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos)
- Lia McHugh (Sprite)
- Don Lee (Gilgamesh)
- Barry Keoghan (Druig)
- Haaz Sleiman (Phasto's Husband)
Untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home Sequel - December 17th 2021
Plot
The last in the Sony/Marvel trilogy leads on from Far From Home when Peter Parker was outed as Spider-Man and he was implicated in the cold-blooded murder of Mysterio.
Links
The movie will directly carry on from
Spider-Man: Far From Home. It features Doctor Strange, and the events of the movie will tie directly into
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness In a very exciting turn of events, cast members from the original
Spider-Man trilogy and the rebooted franchise,
The Amazing Spider-Man, are confirmed to have roles in the film.
Crew
- Director: Jon Watts (Spiderman: Homecoming, Spiderman: Far From Home)
- Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey (Bad Times At The El Royale, The Greatest Showman)
- Head Writers: Erik Sommers & Chris McKenna (Spiderman: Homecoming, Spiderman: Far From Home)
Cast
- Tom Holland (Peter ParkeSpider-Man)
- Andrew Garfield (Peter ParkeSpider-Man)
- Zendaya (M.J.)
- Kristen Dunst (Mary Jane Watson)
- Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (DoctoStephen Strange)
- Jaime Foxx (Maxwell Dillion/Electro)
- Alfred Molina (Otto Octavius/Doc Ock)
- Marisa Tomei (Aunt May)
- Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan)
- Tony Revolori (Flash Thompson)
Hawkeye - Late 2021
Plot
As Clint Barton comes to terms with his new life, post-Endgame, this explores his life as Ronin, his family life after losing them for five years, and his journey in passing on the mantle of Hawkeye to Kate Bishop.
Links
The show has direct tie-ins with
Avengers: Endgame, and Barton's life between snaps.
Florence Pugh of
Black Widow is in the cast, as well as Clint's children, last seen in
Avengers: Endgame.
Crew
- Directors:
Bert and Bertie (Kidding, The Great)
Rhys Thomas (Saturday Night Live, Documentary Now!)
- Cinematographer: Eric Steelberg (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Dolemite Is My Name)
- Head Writer: Jonathan Igla (Sorry For Your Loss, Mad Men)
Cast
- Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye)
- Haliee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop)
- Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)
- Vera Farmiga (Eleanor Bishop)
- Fra Fee (Kazimierz Kazimierczak)
- Tony Dalton (Jack Duquesne/Swordsman)
- Alaqua Cox (Echo)
- Zahn McClarnon (William Lopez)
- Ava Russo (Lila Barton)
- Ben Sakamoto (Cooper Barton)
- Cade Woodward (Nathaniel Barton)
- Jolt (Lucky the Pizza Dog)
Ms. Marvel - Late 2021
Plot
The first Marvel Studios show to title feature a new character, it follows Kamala Khan - a 16-year-old Pakistani-American in Jersey City, who follows The Avengers' stories and idolises Captain Marvel, while being an outcast at home and at school until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to.
Links
Kamala Khan's favourite Avenger and namesake of her own superhero name is Carol Danvers from
Captain Marvel.
Ms. Marvel will feature in
Captain Marvel 2 Crew
- Directors:
Adil El Arbi & Bilall Farrah (Bad Boys For Life, Beverly Hills Cop 4)
Meera Menon (The Punisher, GLOW)
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (3 Bahadur, Sitara: Let Girls Dream)
- Cinematographer: Carmen Cabana (Narcos, Teofilo)
- Head Writer: Bisha K Ali (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Sex Education)
Cast
- Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan)
- Zenobia Shroff (Muneeba Khan)
- Laith Nakli (Sheikh Abdullah)
- Matt Lintz (Bruno Carrelli)
- Yasmeen Fletcher (Nakia Bahadir)
- Aramis Knight (Kareem/Red Dagger)
- Rish Shah (Kamran)
- Travina Springer (Tyesha Hillman)
- Mohan Kapur (Kamala Khan's Father)
- Saagar Shaikh (Undisclosed Role)
- Azher Usman (Undisclosed Role)
- Nimra Bucha (Undisclosed Role)
Thor: Love and Thunder - May 6th 2022
Plot
The first character to get his own 4th movie, Thor: Love and Thunder is based on
The Mighty Thor comic run, and features the female Thor. The movie also explores Valkyrie following her promotion to King of Asgard, as she handles that responsibility and looks for a Queen to help her.
Links
Thor was last seen in
Avengers: Endgame boarding The Benatar with the team of
The Guardians of the Galaxy, some of whom are confirmed to be in this sequel.
Jane Foster is rejoining the team, last seen in
Thor: The Dark World, last mentioned in
Thor: Ragnarok in reference to her split from Thor. Joining her, Lady Sif is back after a long absence, last seen on
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but last on the big screen in _Thor: The Dark World before disappearing, saving her from the slaughter of The Warriors Three and the Asgardian Army
Crew
- Director: Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit)
- Cinematographer: Todd Banhazl (Hustlers, Blow The Man Down)
- Head Writer: Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In The Shadows)
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
- Christian Bale (Gorr the God Butcher)
- Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie)
- Natalie Portman (Jane Foster)
- Jaime Alexander (Lady Sif)
- Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord)
- Karen Gillian (Nebula)
- Vin Diesel (Groot)
- Taika Waititi (Korg)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - March 25th 2022
Plot
As Doctor Stephen Strange continues his research on the Time Stone, Baron Mordo returns, once a friend to Strange, now an enemy hell-bent on undoing the work that the Sorcerers have done. When he interferes with Strange's work on the Time Stone, he causes Strange to unleash unspeakable evil in the MCUs first movie to heavily feature horror elements.
Links
The sequel to
Doctor Strange, this films comes directly out of the
Untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home Sequel and
Wandavision, featuring Wanda Maximoff herself.
Crew
- Director: Sam Raimi (Original Spider-Man Trilogy)
- Cinematographer: John Mathison (Logan, X-Men: First Class)
- Head Writers: Michael Waldron (Loki, Rick and Morty)
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange)
- Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff)
- Xochitl Gomez (America Chavez)
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (Baron Mordo)
- Benedict Wong (Wong)
- Rachel McAdams (Christine Palmer)
Black Panther II - July 8th 2022
Plot
After confirming the character of King T'Challa will not be recast, we know that the sequel to the Billion Dollar film will explore more of Wakanda and the characters from there we already know, following T'Challa's revelation of Wakanda's immense power, and promise to bring that to the rest of the world
Links
The film is a sequel to
Black Panther, the characters of which were last seen battling Thanos in
Avengers: Endgame.
Crew
- Director: Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed)
Cast
- Letitia Wright (Shuri)
- Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia)
- Winston Duke (M'Baku)
- Angela Bassett (Ramonda)
- Tenoch Huerta (Unnamed Villain)
Captain Marvel 2 - November 11th 2022
Plot
The first female led sequel in the franchise will be set in the Present Day MCU, following the revival of her friend Nick Fury, the film will initially be set on Earth.
Links
The sequel to
Captain Marvel, the titular character was last seen in
Avengers: Endgame.
The movie will feature Kamala Khan from
Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau, first seen as a child in
Captain Marvel, she will feature in
Wandavision before this movie.
Crew
- Director: Nia DaCosta (Candyman, Top Boy)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Megan McDonnell (WandaVision)
Cast
- Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel)
- Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel)
- Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - Christmas 2022
Links
The first Holiday Special of the MCU is released on Disney+ after
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 and features the same cast as
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3.
Crew
- Director: James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)
Cast
- Chris Pratt (Peter Quill)
- Zoe Saldana (Gamora)
- Karen Gillian (Nebula)
- Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer)
- Pom Klementieff (Mantis)
- Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon)
- Vin Diesel (Groot)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 2023
Links
Following on from their time on Earth in
Avengers: Endgame, this movie will be released after
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and will be linked to
Thor: Love and Thunder, which select cast members will have featured in.
Crew
- Director: James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special)
Cast
- Chris Pratt (Peter Quill)
- Zoe Saldana (Gamora)
- Karen Gillian (Nebula)
- Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer)
- Pom Klementieff (Mantis)
- Bradley Cooper (Rocket Raccoon)
- Vin Diesel (Groot)
Moon Knight - TBA
Plot
An action-adventure series focusing on Marc Spector, a superpowered vigilante with Disassociative Identity Disorder, with the plot encased in the exploration of Egyptology.
Crew
- Director: Mohamed Diab (Clash, Cairo 678)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four, The Umbrella Academy)
She-Hulk - TBA
Plot
The series follows Jennifer Walters, a Green 6' 7" Lawyer who specialises in superhero orientated legal cases.
Links
The cast features The Abomination from
The Incredible Hulk, as well as Bruce Banner himself, last seen as Professor Hulk in
Avengers: Endgame.
Kevin Feige teased that due to the nature of her job, "you never know what Marvel characters might pop up from episode to episode".
- Directors
Kat Coiro (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Dead To Me)
Anu Valia (A.P. Bio, Mixed-ish)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Dana Schwartz (The United States of Detroit)
Cast
- Tatiana Maslany (Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk)
- Tim Roth (Eric Blonsky/The Abomination)
- Mark Ruffalo (Bruce BanneThe Hulk/Professor Hulk)
Blade - TBA
Cast
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantamania - TBA
Crew
- Director: Peyton Reed (Ant-Man, Ant-Man & The Wasp)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Jeff Loveness (Rick and Morty, Miracle Workers)
Cast
- Paul Rudd (Ant-Man)
- Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp)
- Jonathan Majors (Kang the Conquerer)
- Michael Douglas (Hank Pym)
- Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet van Dyne)
- Kathryn Newtown (Cassie Lang)
Marvel's What If (Season 2) - TBA
(10 Episodes)
Crew
- Director: Unknown
- Animation Studio: Squeeze (Marvel's What If? (Season 1), Transformers: Age of Extinction)
- Head Writer: Unknown
Untitled Deadpool Sequel - TBA
Crew
- Director: Unknown
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writers:
Wendy Molyneux (
Bob's Burgers,
The Megan Mullally Show)
Lizzie Molyneux (
Bob's Burgers,
The Great North)
Cast:
Secret Invasion - TBA
Plot
Nick Fury and his team grapple with the revelation that a sect of Skrulls have infiltrated every level of life on Earth, and struggle to regain control.
Links
Secret Invasion is one of the biggest crossover events in Marvel Comics and it's unpredictable who might be in this show, but Feige confirms the plot of this show will directly correlate with the MCU's feature films
The show's plot stems directly from
Captain Marvel and the set-up was teased by Talos in
Spider-Man: Far From Home, the end credits of which showed Nick Fury having formed a base in Space with Skrill allies.
Crew
- Director: Unknown
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Head Writer: Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot, The Philanthropist)
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)
- Ben Mendelsohn (Talos)
Ironheart - TBA
Plot
The show follows Riri Williams, a young woman who has developed the most advanced suit of armour since Iron Man's.
Links
Kevin Feige confirmed this show will directly tie to the MCU Feature Films.
Cast
- Dominique Thorne (Riri Williams/Ironheart)
Armor Wars - TBA
Plot
The show follows the fallout when the Iron Man technology falls into the wrong hands.
Links
The plot of this show was projected in
Iron Man 2, when Tony Stark fought against the government taking his weaponry and argued that the rest of the world was decades away from developing the technology.
War Machine was last seen in
Avengers: Endgame.
Cast
- Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/War Machine)
I Am Groot - TBA
Plot
The first series of MCU shorts features Baby Groot on adventures with new and unusual characters
Links
Baby Groot was a member of the team in
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, meaning this series is set between
Guardians of the Galaxy and the end credits of
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 Cast
Loki (Season 2) - TBA
Crew
- Director: Unknown
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Writer: Michael Waldron (Loki (Season 1), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)
Fantastic Four - TBA
Crew
- Director: Jon Watts (Spider-Man Trilogy)
- Cinematographer: Unknown
- Writer: Unknown
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Thanks to the TV series
Stranger Things (2016), everyone knows Demogorgon. But what about the other original demon lord, Orcus? Arguably the more famous of the two demon lords, Orcus has never been a creature that any hero in their right mind has gone looking for.
Originally a vile mortal whose dastardly deeds resulted in his death, his soul then manifested upon the Abyss as a larva, and the long trek to demon lord began. Slaving away throughout centuries under the cruel command of ancient, and now dead, demon lords, he eventually managed through sheer will to evolve from a larva, to a mane, rutterkin, nalfeshnee, and finally a balor. Unhappy with just that, Orcus conquered the 113th layer, becoming the great demon lord we know today.
Ruling from the Abyss, Orcus lived, died, and was reborn as an undead god. Not bad for an overweight demon that was banished from
Dungeons & Dragons in the 1980s. A being of immense power, not only is this creature virtually unstoppable, but he wields a wand bearing his name that can obliterate you with a touch. How has this magnificent lord of evil changed throughout the editions?
OD&D
Orcus’ beginnings start in
Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry (1976) and let’s start with the obvious; you don’t screw with a demon lord. Orcus was everything you pictured when you thought of a demon lord and then some. Incredibly obese, Orcus is over 15 feet tall with a goat faced head and ram horns. His body is covered in thick and tough goat hair, and from his back are two large bat wings with a long serpent-like tail with a poison-tipped spike on the end. While his arms were human in shape, Orcus’ legs were that of a goat, and if we had to guess, he probably smelled like a goat too.
Orcus is the prince of the undead and could summon many of these creatures at will. A prince among demons doesn’t get its hands dirty unless it really wants to, so Orcus could summon wights, wraiths, specters, and even vampires to do his bidding. Unfortunately for you, that probably entails killing you and your friends slowly while he watched with glee. If Orcus kills and decides he wants to torment you a bit more, he could mock you in death as he can cast
speak with the dead, which is just adding insult to injury.
If undead wasn’t enough, probably because you heard that he is the prince of the undead and brought along a cleric for good luck, he can also summon demons. While he only has an 80% chance of summoning a demon at the best of times, well, demons were no joke and even that feels a bit too dangerous for us. If he even just summoned a type III demon, they had a minimum of 8 hit dice, had armor classes ranging from 4 to -4, and a variety of abilities by type that included
darkness at will, immunity to nonmagical weapons, powerful fear spells, and the ability to polymorph, all on top of its normal attacks. There is no mention of a maximum number of times per day Orcus may use this ability, leading us to believe you could be fighting several different demons for as long as Orcus desires, or until you killed Orcus which is… well…
Now let’s say you somehow manage to take out all of the Demon Lord’s minions and get to fight the big guy himself. His natural defenses are incredibly formidable, as Orcus was highly resistant to magic and had an armor class of -6, which means you aren’t hitting him unless you had a +3 or greater weapon. If you think those items are rare in the 5th edition, they were nearly impossible to find in the earliest editions. As you were trying to figure out how to draw blood from Orcus, he was probably using one, if not more, of its special abilities. Those abilities include a ton of spells like
feeblemind,
polymorph,
lightning bolt,
wall of fire,
animate dead, and far more.
If you are still feeling confident by the end of your turn in a fight with him, well you won’t feel confident for much longer. Orcus wields a powerful obsidian wand with a skull on top, which is known as the Wand of Orcus. Unless you were a godling, a demon lord, or some other massively powerful creatures, which you never were in this edition, you should just give up now while you still have your soul. A single touch from this instrument of destruction renders the creature dead at the very least and annihilated into a small pile of ash at the worst. It had other powers in case you were worried, like allowing Orcus to heal himself or even to move at double his normal speed. Who needs a sword when you have an artifact of insane power that you named after yourself?
Now Orcus, like other demon lords, did have one weakness. Their souls were kept in small amulets that protected them from permanent death. Of course, this also makes them quite vulnerable, sort of. First one must find the amulet which was incredibly hard since it was often hidden in plain sight, could look like anything, and was non-magical. Orcus was known sometimes to wear his around his neck, but it was not required, as it was for the lesser princes. If you managed to possess the amulet, you had control over Orcus for a maximum of 24 hours, after which you lost all control over them and you better be quick in destroying it. If you destroyed the amulet, it would banish Orcus, or the demon prince it belonged to, to the Abyss for a whole year. Which doesn’t really seem like a long enough time for you to live out the short remainder of your life for demons are rarely the forgiving type. Regardless of how you used the amulet or if you destroyed it, Orcus would remember you and plot your demise. You could offer up an incredible bounty of riches and lavish Orcus with flattery of the highest praise and then, just maybe, Orcus may only kill you in 10 years or so.
Basic D&D
There is little mention of Orcus in this edition, but he does finally show up in the
BECMI Immortal Rules Box Set (1986). Orcus gains a huge number of names in this edition, like The Goat, Master of the Dead, Lord of Darkness, or the Black Prince, and even Masauwu, the Legendary Guardian of Death. He is a 4th level Eternal, putting him a step below Demogorgon, although many consider him to be Demogorgon’s equal. Along with Demogorgon, Orcus ruled the sphere of entropy. What is the sphere of entropy and what is a 4th level Eternal?
Four spheres govern almost all of existence, those sphere being: matter, energy, time, and thought. The fifth sphere is called entropy, and it serves as a balance for the other spheres. Entropy in the real world is the absence of order or predictability, leading to the gradual decline of everything into disorder. For our purposes, the sphere of entropy is the name for any changes leading to reducing the essence of the other spheres. Basically, everything eventually ends, and the whole process is the domain of the sphere of entropy. Our demon-filled sphere takes what the four Spheres give or create and breaks it down and destroys it. No wonder it is filled with demons.
A 4th level Eternal is just one of the rankings in this book and helps the reader understand who is more powerful between creatures. In this example, Orcus is only a 4th level Eternal, whereas Demogorgon is a High Eternal, or a 5th level Eternal. Only a few experience points above Orcus. There are other classifications, like Empyreal, Hierarchs, and more, just know that there are only six levels above Demogorgon, and seven above Orcus, until you hit max level in this ruleset.
Orcus remains the same in appearance, although looking at the picture of it in the text, we think he may have lost a little weight… and his wings. He stands 15 feet tall, remains a chunky goat-like humanoid, with two great curled ram's horns, human arms, and goat legs. While it no longer has giant bat wings on its back, the stats give him a fly speed, so maybe now he soars through the air like Superman. His tail is much deadlier as those who are stung by it, and fail their saving throw, lose 1 Hit Die forever and with that, every power, ability, hit points, etc. that comes with it, Orcus then gains that power if he is down any points.
Orcus continues to reign over all undead mortals and even has a few Immortals who follow him. Since he is a demon, he gains a long list of abilities, which doesn’t change from the previous edition and are about what you might suspect. Resistance to magic, speak any language, regeneration, moving between the different planes of existence, and more. Also, Orcus has all the standard abilities and immunities of other demons, but he’s also immune to poison, paralysis, turn to stone, and fear. Orcus can even polymorph into pretty much anything, like a goat. You’ll still need a +3 or better weapon even to scratch him, but you’ll probably have one by now if you're also an immortal and your DM has decided you have to fight this horrible creature. Finally, Orcus can choose to summon demons, undead, more undead, maybe a few of his immortal followers, and more. If you’re brave, or stupid enough, to search out the Lord of Darkness, be prepared for a long and arduous fight.
AD&D
Orcus appears in the
Monster Manual (1977), and his title is now Demon Lord and Prince of the Undead. He is shown the proper respect, recognized as the most powerful of all the Demon lords in existence, in your face Demogorgon. While there are very few changes, we are given a bit more detail, which is worth reviewing.
Orcus is so powerful that the text talks about how he can lazily slap people around, and still kill them in a blow or two. Or if someone, probably you, have annoyed him enough he can begin trying and just obliterate you with punches and might even use weapons if he gets bored with punching the wizard’s head off. Once he decides he wants to relax, he can just use his tail to inject you with poison, and unless you make your saving throw with a hefty penalty tacked on to it, you just die. Poison in 1st edition, for monsters, was a save or insta-death affair, so Orcus isn’t unique in his incredibly potent poison. To put some perspective on it, if a fighter is hit by the poison, they just need to roll a 7 or higher on a d20, clerics require a 6 or higher, while magic-users and thieves need a 12 or higher or they get to make a new character.
If you still feel pretty confident that you’ll survive messing with Orcus, probably because you are a fighter and have hundreds of soldiers under your command. Well, Orcus doesn’t care too much about your hoard of level 0 soldiers as he can summon undead minions like skeletons, zombies, shadows, and vampires. To top it all off, he can still bring in demons to help kill off everyone in case the undead decide to take the day off.
The wand of Orcus is shown off in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide (1979) where it is described as the ghastly weapon of Orcus. It allows him to travel the planes and so long as it is in his hands, he can boop people with it and immediately annihilate them… unless they are gods, demon lords, or other powerful beings.
In module
H4 - The Throne of Bloodstone (1988), Orcus is the focal point in the series’ culmination though his priests and temples have been a focus through the previous three modules in this series. This specific module is recommended for characters levels 18-100. Yes, level 100. You’ve pretty much ascended to godhood at that point, and it’s a good thing too since you'll be traveling to the Abyss, fighting hordes of demons, and taking on Orcus himself. Your primary goal is to steal his wand and return with it to the Seven Heavens of Mount Celestia. First, you must find a portal in the citadel of a creature known as the Witch King, then travel to the Abyss, find your way to Orcus’ castle on the 333rd level, and then you can finally meet up with Orcus. Along the way, you may run into just about any demon lord you can think of, from Jubilex to Graz’zt to Lolth. You can even meet up with Demogorgon, who might help you with your quest since he’s been locked in a war with The Goat for over 100 years. You’ll find out that Orcus has captured Baphomet, has a tarrasque for a neighbor, and lives in a stupidly big fortress made of bones. Orcus’ stat block is adjusted in its fortress, and let’s just say it’s not to the player’s benefit. It is a bit ridiculous that, even with all his enhanced abilities that the module states that Orcus won’t use his wand, since you know, a single touch kills you. But that’s ok since he still has a plethora of other ways to kill you, like slapping you to the ground and then stabbing you with his tail over and over.
In
Dragon Magazine #42 (October 1980), we are presented with Orcus’ favorite horse, Hacamuli. It is actually one of the many messengers of the Demon Lord and it appears as a pale, gaunt horse covered in flies and pestilence. Its eyes are black as night, and those that gaze are drained of three levels of life, we can only assume that these are the most intense puppy dog eyes.
2e
Things get weird in the 2nd edition. Demons and devils were banished from the textbooks in the wake of the Satanic Panic of the early 1980s. In response to this issue, the writers at TSR simply removed the creatures that could be associated with hell, satanic rituals, and demon worship. When demons and devils did make their return, they were called the tanar’ri and the baatezu, respectively. This doesn't mean that Orcus disappeared forever, as the excitement eventually died down and Orcus, along with other demons and devils, slowly crept their way back into the game.
Orcus makes his glorious return though it takes far longer than it should, especially since Demogorgon rises in 1992 in the
Monster Mythology book. The Lord of Darkness has a rough start and doesn’t show up until
Hellbound: The Blood War (1996), and it is announced that Orcus had been slain by Kiaransalee, a drow demi-goddess of undeath. Later, it is confirmed in
On Hallowed Ground (1996), that Orcus is dead and it covers the 113th layer of the Abyss, which is called Thanatos, the Belly of Death. The description of this layer mirrors that of the 333rd layer of the Abyss mentioned in the H4 module from the 1st edition, and so it has had a slight number change. Of course, Kiaransalee is still the undead drow goddess to blame as she dispatched the former Abyssal lord of the undead, casting him into the Astral Plane, and taken over his lands of Thanatos.
It’s not until
The Great Modron March (1997) that Orcus begins his epic comeback, but that is all hushed up in the background, with even the DM being left partially in the dark until the next adventure is released. In
Dead Gods (1997), we get the entire story of his death and resurrection, and it is a lengthy saga of revenge and trickery.
Orcus was for sure killed by Kiaransalee, who proceeds to take over Thanatos, kill his followers, and hides the Wand of Orcus in a place where she thinks it will never be found, the bottom layer of Pandemonium in a bunch of unreachable stone. Orcus doesn’t remain dead and comes back as an undead godling, taking up the name Tenebrous. Tenebrous plots and schemes to take back Thanatos, but must first begin plotting as he is now incredibly weakened by his brush with death. Eventually, he discovers the Last Word, a declaration that has the power to destroy gods who hear it. The one final item Orcus needed to complete his comeback was his wand. In the process of hunting for the wand, he kills the supreme modron, Primus, and unbeknownst to the other modrons, takes up his position as ruler. He then forces the events that lead up to an early modron march detailed in
The Great Modron March adventure anthology, and during this march, the modrons discover the two drow who hid Orcus’ wand. The character’s role in this adventure is simple, find and destroy the wand before Tenebrous catches up to you and kills you. Seriously, Orcus isn’t given a stat block, the DM is just told that if Orcus finds the party before they destroy the wand, he kills them, end the adventure there, there is no fighting Orcus even when he is so weak that a demi-god is stronger than him, that even weakened, he can kill any mortal that would face him.
3e/3.5e
Orcus first appears in the 3rd edition of the
Manual of the Planes (2001), and the return of Orcus, or should we say Tenebrous, is expanded upon a little further. When under the moniker Tenebrous, Orcus killed rival gods using the all-powerful Last Word. Orcus found and restored his wand, which allowed the demon to begin a resurrection spell with the help of a faithful servant, the half-ogre Quah-Namog. As adventurers do, they found out about the ritual, swooped in at the last second, and stopped the ritual from being completed. While Orcus did not return at full strength, the ritual was enough to bring him back to life. Besides, the drow deity that originally evicted Orcus from Thanatos is now missing, with many presuming she is dead. Some believe Orcus has now returned to Thanatos and rules it yet again, though very few people are willing to travel the Abyss to find out, and far fewer would ever return from such a trip.
In the text
Book of Vile Darkness (2002), Orcus continues his glorious return and the book confirms that he has retaken Thanatos and rules in the city of Naratyr. Of course, there is no rest for the Lord of Darkness and he is immediately back at war against Demogorgon and Graz’zt, attempting to take over their realms and destroy them with his massive army of undead and demons.
While some may know him as the Prince of the Undead, Orcus hates the title, mostly because he hates the undead and sees them only as tools. It probably doesn’t help that many view him as undead-adjacent and he doesn’t like to remember how that one time he got so lazy that someone was actually able to kill him. Intelligent undead, like liches or vampires, won’t worship or venerate Orcus due to his hatred, but that doesn’t bother him in the least. Compared to the other demon lords, Orcus gets the most worship out of all of them, normally from cultists also looking to use undead for their ends and to get some of his power for themselves.
Sometimes, Orcus will relinquish his wand, referred to as a rod, to the world, allowing his cultists to wreak havoc across the world. After a year or two of this, the wand probably switching hands several times, Orcus will call back his wand, and probably the soul of whoever was holding it last so that he has something to play with back in the Abyss. Of course, if you do get this wand, it is quite powerful so we can understand why some people might look at it and think that that was their key to ultimate power and not a way to get Orcus interested in your soul.
The wand of Orcus acts as a powerful mace when wielded in battle, when it touches mortals or weak creatures from the Outer Planes, then it has the chance to immediately kill them. Even the wielder of the wand is in danger as Orcus can just decide that anyone touching his wand right now should die, their soul ripped away and handed to the demon prince who hates to share his toys. Also, the wand can be used to cast a few spells all focused on pain and death, like
abyssal might,
clutch of Orcus, and other strange spells.
Orcus has legions of followers, priests, and cultists that worship it. Two of the most powerful are the priest Quah-Nomag the Skull King and Orcus’s primary enforcer, the vampire Kauvra. You may recognize Quah-Nomag as the individual that resurrected Orcus, and we aren’t sure whether to thank him or curse his name. Now, if you are captivated by the power of Orcus, you can become a worshipper and gain access to the prestige class Thrall of Orcus. The Demon Lord grants these followers special powers like carrion stench, demon wings, death touch, and the ability to summon greater undead. Is it worth giving up your mortality to Orcus? Probably not, but you’ll never know until you try.
Orcus gets a little bit more information in
Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (2004), and some of it is even a bit surprising. Orcus gets a lot of worship, especially from demons and necromancers, sometimes even undead that he hasn’t yet subjugated, and is thought to be far closer to ascending to true godhood than any other demon. While Orcus isn’t the most powerful of the demon princes, with Demogorgon thought to be more powerful, that hasn’t stopped Orcus from amassing followers and we’d be shocked if Orcus didn’t send passive-aggressive notes to Demogorgon talking about how he feels so divine and god-like, or maybe Orcus isn’t as petty as us.
In addition, we also find out that while Orcus hates the undead, he also despises the living equally. He views most creatures with revulsion and loathing, only seeking to spread misery and destruction to others all to ensure his increase in power. Despite his utter disgust at creatures, he still pulls in that worship and has temples that span the multiverse. Strongholds of the undead, warring nobles, and even entire tribes of orcs pledge their allegiance to him, which probably means we just need to get to know Orcus, that he isn’t that bad when you get to know him.
Our final book,
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (2006) updates Orcus to 3.5 edition, though much of the demon lord’s abilities remain the same. Orcus’ constant battles against Demogorgon and Graz’zt are given a bit more detail, only detailing the fury that Orcus feels for them. While his primary enemy is Demogorgon, who we are constantly reminded is a bit more powerful than the Prince of the Undead, Orcus really covets the vast empire that Graz’zt controls. This leads Orcus to drive his undead forces deep into the dark prince’s realm while using more subtle means of subterfuge and assassination when battling Demogorgon. Orcus may seem like the least powerful of the three, but his vast empire of loyal followers on the Material Plane dwarfs that of the other two. He uses them to help grow his power and influence, supplying him with a constant supply of undead creatures and sacrifices.
We are also provided with a detailed description of Orcus’ realm, Thanatos. It’s not a vacation spot, as the sun never appears, and the land is covered in gray clouds in a black sky. It is cold and desolate, with moss and fungi as the only plant life. Countless undead minions occupy the plane, traveling in packs on their eternal quest for flesh. You can travel to such wonderful places as the City of Straight Curves, Everlost, The Final Hills, The Frozen Sea, Orcusgate, and many others, but none of these places are bright and shiny places. Of all these places, it is the sprawling city of Orcusgate that attracts the most creatures. Demons comprise most of the population, as they are drawn there by the gate of fire connecting Thanatos to the Pits of Pazunia on the first layer of the Abyss. They are the top demons of Orcus’ cult, holding sway over access to the gate and using it themselves to travel throughout the Abyss to do Orcus’ bidding. Mortals often arrive here but quickly depart for Lash Embrar, a city ruled over by the Skull King Quah-Nomag which is quite far from Orcusgate since Orcus is tired of how self-important Quah-Nomag is getting, it is also much more hospitable to living creatures. All of this, along with the fact that the official name used on the travel brochure is Thanatos, the Belly of Death, makes it a place you don’t want to go unless you truly have to.
4e
Found first in the
Monster Manual (2008), Orcus rises in prominence and even graces the cover of the book. You don’t get that privilege if you aren’t the mightiest of the demon lords, and in fact, Demogorgon had to wait until the next
Monster Manual. This fat-bellied goat demon gets a cool new title, The Blood Lord, along with the Demon Lord of Undeath and the Demon Prince of the Undead. It’s a strange combination of titles, but we’ll try to explain if we can. If you’re alive, you enrage the Blood Lord because of your very existence and it brings Orcus nothing but suffering and agony for you to be alive. If you are undead, this also causes Orcus a great amount of agony and can only be pacified when he destroys and drinks the blood of his victims. He’s a complicated demon lord, but that’s why you just have to love him.
Looking at his powerful wand, the skull that graces the top of it is now pulled into question. There are two stories behind the possible victim whose skull adorns the top of the obsidian shaft, the first being that the skull belongs to a dead god of virtue and chivalry. The god didn’t die of natural causes, but by the hand of Orcus, who probably lopped off its head, flayed the skin from it, and set it atop the wand. The second story is that the skull is that of a mere human hero, but that must have been one big-headed human since the skull is giant size. No matter the truth, The Blood Lord took the good power from the skull and twisted it into an evil that can kill any creature it touches.
In addition to the information on Orcus, we also get to look at his minions and servants. The Aspect of Orcus allows Orcus to summon a minor version of himself and to send to his followers to help in their endeavors. As for servants, Orcus has several mortal followers that are willing to serve him like the Deathpriest Hierophant, Deathpriest of Orcus, and Crimson Acolyte. The Hierophant is the most powerful of all Orcus’ priests, who can project a vision of death into the mind of its target and invoke the name of Orcus to hurt you while healing any undead around. Deathpriests have mastery over necrotic energies, while the Acolytes wield bloodstained scythes and aspire to the ranks of the Deathpriests. All these servants are members of the various cults of Orcus on the Material Plane, congregating in graveyards, tombs, and other scary and haunted areas. There are several cults, each with their own symbols and icons, although robes of black and crimson are one thing they all have in common. That, and the blood sacrifices they perform in the name of their lord, Orcus.
If you’ve ever wanted to visit Orcus, for some reason, and wish to journey to Thanatos, the
Manual of the Planes (2008) provides plenty of information on what you can expect. Ash-gray clouds, blackened skies, hordes of undead thralls, and lots of demons are hallmarks of these lands and little changes from what is revealed in the previous edition. Though Orcus has abandoned his Orcusgate city for a more remote location called Oblivion’s End where his fortress, Everlost, towers over a large desert of powdered bones. This land is rather inhospitable, much to our surprise, and unless you are hoping to curry Orcus’ favor, there isn’t much here beyond Orcus and his elite soldiers.
Orcus’ obsession with the destruction of Demogorgon and Graz’zt is reduced to a dull simmer as Orcus has now set his sights on bigger targets, like the destruction of the Raven Queen and her control over death. This hatred comes to the forefront in almost all of the adventures in this edition. The adventure series is broken into 9 modules starting with characters at level 1 and eventually culminating to 30th level, all the while the party is facing off against the forces of evil, which often, but not always, involves the cult of Orcus who are trying to help him ascend to godhood and kill the Raven Queen. This series involves the heroes jumping across the multiverse, journeying into the Abyss, the Shadowfell and the Feywild, fighting dragons, undead, and more. The main focus of the later adventure, in the E series modules which contain
E1 - Death’s Reach (2009),
E2 - Kingdom of the Ghouls (2009), and
E3 - Prince of Undeath (2009), has the party attempting to foil Orcus’ plans. They must first break the siege against Letherna, where the Raven Queen resides, fighting against Orcus’ elite demons. Eventually, they attract the wrath of Orcus and must deal with his powerful exarch, Doresain the Ghoul King. After that, they continue messing with Orcus’ plans before they finally stop him from destroying the Raven Queen and stealing her godhood.
In
The Shadowfell - Gloomwrought & Beyond (2008), Orcus’ relationship with the Raven Queen is further defined and it is revealed that Orcus is constantly trying to send spies and secret cultists to the Raven Queen’s realm to undermine her. Orcus controls huge swaths of the Shadowfell, and the shadar-kai are a constant enemy as they are loyal to the Raven Queen and see anyone who worships the demon prince as only worthy of death. To help his plans move forward, Orcus offers large rewards to any who can kill the shadar-kai and raven knights, and even greater rewards to those who bring them back alive so that Orcus can torture them.
5e
Orcus is first mentioned in the
Monster Manual (2014), but no stat block is provided and we only get a few paragraphs, much like all the other demon lords. Described as the Blood Lord and the Demon Prince of Undeath, his hatred of undead creatures seems to have lessened considerably as only living creatures not bound or controlled by him are anathema to his existence. It’s nice that he has finally gotten over hating everything, and now just hates most things. Sadly, little else is revealed about him beyond ghouls and wights seem to like him.
The next drip of information comes in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014) which shows off his home in the Abyss, Thanatos. Still described as a horrible place, much of what is written is from 4th edition and is covered in tombs, mausoleums, and more across its landscapes, and that Orcus’ lair is still in Everlost in the wasteland known as Oblivion’s End. This book also contains the Wand of Orcus, a powerful artifact that has a magically enlarged skull, cause we guess there were no giant skulls available when Orcus was working on his art project, and it is actually rather lame. Sure you can cast a bunch of spells from it, like
blight or
finger of death, but its power has been shrunken considerably. It can no longer kill with a single touch, though if you pick it up and attune to it, it has the potential to kill you outright. You can summon undead with it, and for the first time, it has sentience and wishes to help Orcus’ goals, though it only acts like it likes the wielder, feigning devotion to whoever wields it. There is also some information on the skull Orcus uses on top of the wand, that it is the skull of an ancient hero and that his soul has been imprisoned by Orcus somewhere.
Orcus finally makes his true appearance in the
Out of the Abyss (2015) adventure, but as a minor character only, and is immediately killed in a cut scene by Demogorgon. His only purpose in this adventure is to fight Demogorgon at the end, wounding it so that the adventurers have an easier time to kill the demon lord, and is crushed beneath the tentacles of Prince of Demons. It’s a horrific tragedy for Orcus, but at least he gets a stat block at the back of the book that is quite respectable for such a powerful and well-known being. While there is some lore written in there about him, much of it is similar to what we already found out but we do learn that he actually makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, found on Thanatos, and it is surrounded by a moat fed by the River Styx. Seems like, in 1 year, Orcus decided to move from Everlost and Oblivion’s End and head back to his old stomping grounds of Naratyr, this time with a large moat.
In
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (2018), Orcus finally gets a bit more juicy information, and we can finally start getting his perspective on stuff. We learn that Orcus isn’t hell-bent on the destruction of the world because he hates everything in life, but because he hates all life. To him, life is noisy and messy, that it scratches at his finer sensibilities like a rat scratching through his mind. He just wants the quiet that accompanies death, and we think deep down inside each of us, we can understand that. Aren’t we all just looking for some peace and quiet?
We also get a bit more information on his cultists and those who understand what it is like to live in a cruel, living world. Orcus is revered by individuals who see the gods as the problem, that they can take away the life from loved ones and do nothing to stop death. Orcus is an attractive option, one that can offer them a respite from dealing with the pain of death through undeath. He offers to bring back those who die to undeath, and while it might be a mockery of life, it is far better than the gods who do nothing but sit there and force people to pay hundreds of gold to return the dead to life.
Those who are especially vulnerable include grieving parents, siblings, and others who have recently suffered a great loss. Those who spread his name are rewarded and are granted portions of his power. Those who just spread his name are rewarded with being transformed into ghouls or zombies who serve in his legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and necromancers who murder the living and then manipulate the dead, emulating their dread master. While it might seem a bit greedy that the Blood Lord already has countless ghouls and skeletons under his command, that the only reward he offers is to be turned into more of his mindless legions, for some, undeath is just the peace and quiet they were always looking for.
Orcus might have been misunderstood since the beginning. He is a powerful demon prince of undeath, but not only because he hates all living creatures. It’s because they are noisy and unclean, that their lives cause him physical pain. He only hopes to turn all life into undeath so that he can finally live in a multiverse of peace. The destruction of suns and stars, the destruction of light in the darkness, all these things will eventually end, and then, and only then, will Orcus finally have the rest he so rightfully deserves.
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