<div class="top-nav"> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/Home">Home</a> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/Character Main Page">Characters</a> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/Factions Index">Factions</a> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/Locations Index">Locations</a> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/World Lore">Lore</a> <a href="/mydndgame/publish/pages/Map">Map</a> </div> A powerful cult dedicated to the worship of [[Orcus]]. [[Osirus Kanath]] was a notorious Skull Lord of the Cult. # [[Legend Lore]] The [[Cult of Evernight]] has a significant following among human necromancers. They keep his temples hidden, forming secret societies in otherwise normal communities, although some temples are strongholds full of undead. [[Orcus]] demands living sacrifice, and blood and skulls are important imagery used in his worship. Intelligent undead do not willingly serve him, although vampires, liches, and others have been forced into his service. Priests and influential followers are called Skulls, while high priests are called Skull Lords; a Skull Lord who gains enough power and influence among the followers of [[Orcus]] adopts the mantle of Skull King or Skull Queen. Followers of [[Orcus]] commonly carry black, skull-topped scepters to represent their lord's dread might, and wear skull masks and black robes with hoods, or goat-horned headdresses and silver robes. Members of the cult seek to follow in the blasphemous footsteps of [[Orcus]], moving up through the ranks of demons to become demon lords as well. [[Orcus]] urges his mortal followers to wreak subterfuge and destruction upon the Material Plane. Skull Lords often command numerous undead and servitor demons, as well as cultists from all walks of society. When a Skull Lord achieves sufficient influence on his home world, [[Orcus]] sends him an omen to beckon the champion to [[Thanatos]] to take control of undead to use as an invasion force on a Material Plane world or the home of one of the foes of [[Orcus]]. Those successful in such an invasion take the title of Skull King, returning to their world with the dark blessings of [[Orcus]]. When a mortal Skull King dies, his soul returns to [[Thanatos]] as a powerful type of tanar'ri. # Session Reference - [[Session 49]] - [[Session 54 Legend Lore]]