Inferno (Dante) with his sons and grandsons in the Torre dei Gualandi. In March 1289, the Archbishop condemned the prisoners to death by starvation in the tower. Canto XXXIV In the very centre of Hell, condemned for committing the ultimate sin (personal treachery against God), is the Devil, referred to by Virgil as Dis (the Roman god of the underworld; the name "Dis" was often used for Pluto in antiquity, such as in Virgil's "Aeneid"). The arch-traitor, Lucifer was once held by God to be fairest of the angels before his pride led him to rebel against God, resulting in his expulsion
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