Orcus because Pluto and 90482 Orcus are both plutinos. Orcus Orcus () was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Italic and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. In the later tradition, he was conflated with Dis Pater. Orcus was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. A temple to Orcus may have existed on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is likely that he was transliterated from the Greek daemon Horkos, the personification of Oaths and a son of Eris. The origins
Wand of Orcus Wand of Orcus The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various "Dungeons & Dragons" media. Because of the popularity of Orcus as a villain within the "Dungeons & Dragons" universe, many different authors have written materials describing artifacts created by or associated with the character. The Wand of Orcus is consistently the most important and most described of these artifacts. The "Wand of Orcus" is first presented in the "Eldritch Wizardry" supplement in 1976, by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume, for the original (white box) "Dungeons & Dragons" game. There, it is also called "the wand