90482 Orcus (originally known by the provisional designation 2004 DW) is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) that was discovered by Michael Brown of Caltech, Chad Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory, and David Rabinowitz of Yale University.
Since it shares a similar size and orbit to that of Pluto, it too must be named after a deity of the underworld.
Orcus is both another name for the Greek deity Hades and a separate god of the dead in Roman mythology.
In Roman mythology, Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths, more equivalent to Pluto than to the Greek Hades, and later identified with Dis Pater.
Orcus was a name used by Roman writers to identify a Gaulish god of the underworld.
The so-called "Tomb of the Orcus", an Etruscan site at Tarquinia, is a misnomer, resulting from its first discoverers mistaking as Orcus a hairy, bearded giant that was actually a figure of a Cyclops.
Orcus: Lord of the Undead(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Orcus is the Lord of the Undead and a powerful Tanar'ri Lord.
Orcus was well on his way to establishing himself as a power in the Realms, but suffered a major setback when a group of heroes disrupted a ceremony that would open a gateway for him to enter the Prime Material Plane, where he would have created a massive army and conquered the surrounding lands.
The Knights of Bloodstone, being unable to stop the witch king's army, entered Orcus' palace in the Abyss and stole the Wand of Orcus.
The research objective of this paper is to determine whether Orcus Patera is a volcanic caldera, impact crater, or a hybrid of both.
The southern cavity-wall slope is the steepest at 9.6 °.
Orcus Patera is an irregular, large elliptical feature with limited evidence of an ejecta blanket or U-shaped basin that would favor an origin as an impact crater.
: Orcus uses this power when she is separated from her sister senshi, or when the enemy she faces is not a renegade soul.
Orcus points at the target and says her power.
Keishou's job as Sailor Orcus is to keep the corrupt souls of the dead safely locked in the Prison of the Dead, which is surrounded on all sides by the River Acheron.
Those who devote their lives to the Hellenic GodHades or Orcus, are called to help people in mourning and console them, offering support to those who claim they don't need it.
Hades (Orcus) is one of the important deities of the Hellenic pantheon if your life is coming to an end.
Lynnwood, WA - March 4, 2004: The elite residents of the city of Cosmopolis are using the most advanced civilian computer system in the world to run Fable Towers, a haven of wealth and power.
Orcus ex Machina marks the first time Lucifer Fawkes, the popular web-based hero created by Brian Meredith, will appear in print.
Lucifer Fawkes: Orcus ex Machina is currently Spotlighted in Diamond's March Previews and hits stands May 2004, courtesy of Rorschach Entertainment, the same publishers who brought two-fisted detective-out-of-time Sprecken to stands across the nation.
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Orcus is known as the Prince of the Undead, for it is said in secret that he alone invented the first undead that walked the worlds.Orcus appears as a grossly fat demon some 15 feet tall.
Spells: Orcus casts arcane spells as a 20th-level sorcerer (save DC 23 + spell level) and divine spells as a 20th-level cleric (save DC 22 + spell level).
Orcus can suppress this power, and has been known to do so, when he lets the Wand pass into the Material Plane into the hands of one of his followers.
Now the first one-shot, Lucifer Fawkes: Orcus Ex Machina hits the stands: A Techno-Horror-Pulp thriller that puts the mysterious nocturnal warrior Lucifer Fawkes through the wringer as he tries to beat the clock in a battle against technology, madness and a demonic force that threatens to tear down the very walls of reality.
And while ORCUS EX MACHINA is Fawkes' print debut, those unfamiliar with the web comics won't need any background knowledge to enjoy the story.
ORCUS EX MACHINA is a slick, professional little book, with an ambitious story and very, very good art.
Orcus(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The main villain in my friend Mike's long-running ADandD Birthright campaign was eventually revealed as Orcus, who had already destroyed Greyhawk (known to us as the 'Shadow World' :^(, before turning his eyes on our plane.
Fortunately the pc's learned of his plans and eventually (with the help of the world's gods) defeated him.
Orcus Design(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I know that it takes alot of time to make a website, if it is done properly, but I don't think that it would cost £3,000 to pay for a whole team of web designers to do the job.
I started Orcus Design one year in the school holidays.
I had been making websites for myself for 2 years prior but I needed to make some money and I was too young to get a job.
Tribe Of Orcus(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It looks like he was a one man team and still did a lot of ass stomping.
For those of you who don't know, Johnny Utah is Mighty Kahn from the Clan of Orcus.
Within the hour, an aircraft crashed on a helicopter landing pad near the Pentagon, and the West Wing of the White House and other major government buildings were evacuated amid threats of terrorism.
I got the package notification for these guys yesterday, but didn't get to pick them up until earlier today.
Unlike in NXE, it seems clear that Orcus is something of a monster in NGE, probably becoming another Angel.
He's got three entry plugs (normal, partly infected, fully infected) two necks (one straight up and one normal) and two heads (one stoic, one grinning).
Please oh please put orcus in DDO, then I would play even if there is no pvp!
Hmm so is there any plans to impliment the coolest evil character who spans across planes and games (Forgotten realms, plane scape, ghost walk, the abyss, the blood war.) that ever lived Oh jeez please say yes!!!
Using Orcus would give the game a definite 18+ rating due to the practice of necrophelia by his clergy.
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