Orcus from Anglo-Saxon, a word meaning demon, usually supposed to be derived from the Latin Orcus—Hell. But I doubt this, though the matter is too involved to set out here. From this use, countless other fantasy games and works of fiction have borrowed the concept of the orc. The name "Orcus" appears in the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game as Orcus, Prince of the Undead. Orcus appears as a character in Christopher Moore's "A Dirty Job". The Kuiper belt object 90482 Orcus is named after Orcus. This was because Orcus was sometimes considered to be another name for Pluto, and also
Wand of Orcus characters destroyed the "wand" or sent it away. According to the fourth edition "Monster Manual", some legends say that the skull atop the wand "once belonged to a god of virtue and chivalry who dared challenge Orcus in battle" while other legends identify it as the skull of a human hero, implying that it was magically enlarged to its current size; regardless, the goodness that once resided in this skull has been warped and perverted to monstrous evil. Wand of Orcus The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various "Dungeons & Dragons" media. Because of the