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	In in the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]], is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the deity of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>		In the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]] is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the [[deity]] of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

	Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.<ref>The Hand and Eye of Vecna, as well as the Sword of Kas, receive detailed [[2nd Edition]] entries in the [[Book of Artifacts]] but also appear in [[Die Vecna Die!]] and in many Dungeon Master's Guides for various editions of D&D.</ref>		Vecna was formerly the [[darklord]] of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.<ref>The Hand and Eye of Vecna, as well as the Sword of Kas, receive detailed [[2nd Edition]] entries in the [[Book of Artifacts]] but also appear in [[Die Vecna Die!]] and in many Dungeon Master's Guides for various editions of D&D.</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] likely unparalleled in power within his own time.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p. 35">[[Book of Artifacts]] p. 35</ref> His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. Although the exact extent may never be known, the havoc and tyranny wrought by Vecna and his forces extended to entire continents.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.112-113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.112-113</ref> To forestall death of old age, Vecna [[transformed]] himself not just into a lich but one of the most potent of all time. In [[undeath]], he continued to rule.		Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] likely unparalleled in power within his own time.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p. 35">[[Book of Artifacts]] p. 35</ref> His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. Although the exact extent may never be known, the havoc and tyranny wrought by Vecna and his forces extended to entire continents.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.112-113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.112-113</ref> To forestall death of old age, Vecna [[transformed]] himself not just into a [[lich]], but one of the most potent of all time. In [[undeath]], he continued to rule.

	===Vecna's Lieutenants===		===Vecna's Lieutenants===
	According to [[Menadora Zarovan]], Vecna's obsession with secrets came from a [[betrayal]] of one of his trusted underlings, the lich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters#Acererak ~~Acerak~~], the creator of ~~thee~~ Tomb of Horrors. Acererak wrested the secret to lichdom from Vecna and, after gathering power behind Vecna's back, broke away. Vecna became determined never to let those in his command steal away his secrets again.<ref name="History Check p. 2">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 2</ref>		According to [[Menadora Zarovan]], Vecna's obsession with secrets came from a [[betrayal]] of one of his trusted underlings, the lich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters#Acererak Acererak], the creator of the Tomb of Horrors. Acererak wrested the secret to lichdom from Vecna and, after gathering power behind Vecna's back, broke away. Vecna became determined never to let those in his command steal away his secrets again.<ref name="History Check p. 2">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 2</ref>

	Yet for all his power and paranoia, Vecna's reach eventually proved too far for him to reign unassisted. Another figure, a ruthless [[soldier]] by the name of Kas, rose to prominence among Vecna's followers, and Vecna rewarded the dread knight's service with the Sword of Kas, an artifact Vecna personally created.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> The blade equaled its creator's evil<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> for Vecna infused it with a sliver of his own mind and soul<ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Although an apparent gift to Kas, the Sword of Kas served a second, secret function: to alert Vecna of Kas' thoughts. Vecna would not suffer another [[betrayer]] like Acererak.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref>		Yet for all his power and paranoia, Vecna's reach eventually proved too far for him to reign unassisted. Another figure, a ruthless [[soldier]] by the name of Kas, rose to prominence among Vecna's followers, and Vecna rewarded the dread [[knight\|knight's]] service with the Sword of Kas, an artifact Vecna personally created.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> The blade equaled its creator's evil<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref>, for Vecna infused it with a sliver of his own mind and soul<ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Although an apparent gift to Kas, the Sword of Kas served a second, secret function: to alert Vecna of Kas' thoughts. Vecna would not suffer another [[betrayer]] like Acererak.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref>

	Vecna believed the Sword of Kas rendered Vecna immune to unseen betrayal by his right-hand man. However, Vecna may have outdone himself in placing his ambition into the blade, for it began to ~~sublely~~ place thoughts of [[betrayal]] and [[rebellion]] into Kas' mind while masking Kas' thoughts to Vecna.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Kas eventually acted on the Sword's manipulation, violently attacking Vecna<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> at the worst possible time: when Vecna was in the middle of arcane [[ritual]]s intended to render him a god.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> In the ensuing conflict, Kas cut out Vecna's [[eye]] and [[hand]], which were, along with the Sword, the only things seemingly spared in the ensuing cataclysm that claimed not only Kas and Vecna but also all of Vecna's tower.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>		Vecna believed the Sword of Kas rendered Vecna immune to unseen betrayal by his right-hand man. However, Vecna may have outdone himself in placing his ambition into the blade, for it began to subtlely place thoughts of [[betrayal]] and [[rebellion]] into Kas' mind while masking Kas' thoughts from Vecna.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Kas eventually acted on the Sword's manipulation, violently attacking Vecna<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> at the worst possible time: when Vecna was in the middle of arcane [[ritual]]s intended to render him a god.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> In the ensuing conflict, Kas cut out Vecna's [[eye]] and [[hand]], which were, along with the Sword, the only things seemingly spared in the ensuing cataclysm that claimed not only Kas and Vecna but also all of Vecna's tower.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>

	===Rise as a God===		===Rise as a God===
	It has been said alternatively that the blast killed Vecna<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref> or that it merely tossed him into a nebulous void outside of space and time.<ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref> Either way, the [[legend]] of Vecna did not follow him peacefully to the grave, but rather festered over hundreds of years, to ~~where~~ he ~~became~~ venerated and prayed to as a [[god]]. Vecna eventually received enough worship to come back as a true god.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref><ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref>		It has been said alternatively that the blast killed Vecna<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref> and that it "merely" tossed him into a nebulous void outside of space and time.<ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref> Either way, the [[legend]] of Vecna did not follow him peacefully to the grave, but rather festered over hundreds of years, to the point that he came to be venerated and prayed to as a [[god]]. Vecna eventually received enough worship to come back as a true god.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref><ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref>

	Yet Vecna's thirst for power stopped not at being a [[demigod]], ~~for he schemed~~ for he hatched a scheme to remake all of Oerth in his image. The attempt was foiled by the intervention of [[adventurer]]s and Vecna's old enemy [[Iuz the Old]]. In the ensuing struggle between Vecna and Iuz, both demigods were driven through a [[portal]] to places elsewhere<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecna_Lives! Vecna Lives!]]</ref>		Yet Vecna's thirst for power stopped not at being a [[demigod]], for he hatched a scheme to remake all of Oerth in his image. The attempt was foiled by the intervention of [[adventurer]]s and Vecna's old enemy [[Iuz the Old]]. In the ensuing struggle between Vecna and Iuz, both demigods were driven through a [[portal]] to places elsewhere<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecna_Lives! Vecna Lives!]]</ref>.

	===In Ravenloft===		===In Ravenloft===
	The manifestation of Vecna's [[avatar]] upon Oerth allowed the connection to the Material Plane [[the Dark Powers]] needed to capture Vecna and bind him to the [[domain]] of [[Cavitius]], with Kas trapped in the neighboring domain of [[Tovag]]. For a time, the two domains fought an endless [[war]] as proxies for the mutual hatred their [[darklord]]s shared. Although Vecna raged against his apparent captors for a time ignorant of ~~them~~<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>, he was quick to learn the secrets of the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. Fed secrets of the [[Three Words of Creation]] through his connection with [[the Serpent]], Vecna planned an escape attempt by being reborn into a new [[body] in [[Tovag]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.4">[[Vecna Reborn]] p.4</ref> [[Vocar the Obedient]], the leader of [[Cult of Vecna\|Vecna's cult]] in Tovag, was to perform the needed [[ritual]]s. However, the plan ultimately failed thanks again to the intervention of adventurers.<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module, [[Vecna Reborn]].</ref>		The manifestation of Vecna's [[avatar]] upon Oerth allowed the connection to the Material Plane [[the Dark Powers]] needed to capture Vecna and bind him to the [[domain]] of [[Cavitius]], with Kas trapped in the neighboring domain of [[Tovag]]. For a time, the two domains fought an endless [[war]] as proxies for the mutual hatred their [[darklord]]s shared. Although Vecna raged against his apparent captors for a time while ignorant of their true nature<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>, he was quick to learn the secrets of the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. Fed secrets of the [[Three Words of Creation]] through his connection with [[the Serpent]], Vecna planned an escape attempt by being reborn into a new [[body] in [[Tovag]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.4">[[Vecna Reborn]] p.4</ref> [[Vocar the Obedient]], the leader of [[Cult of Vecna\|Vecna's cult]] in Tovag, was to perform the needed [[ritual]]s. However, the plan ultimately failed thanks again to the intervention of adventurers.<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module, [[Vecna Reborn]].</ref>

	Despite his first failure, Vecna's dreams of escape were not to end, thanks to the coming of Iuz to Cavitius. In one of his plans to become a god during his time on Oerth, Vecna had imagined the sacrifice of an existing demipower. Vecna left behind a lure of a power-stealing ritual to bring such a being to him. While Vecna was in the Demiplane of Dread, Iuz came ~~about~~ the lure and, convinced he could use the ritual to steal Vecna's power, invaded Cavitius through a [[portal]] from Oerth. However, Vecna instead devoured Iuz and his power, becoming a fully divine being and breaking free of the Demiplane of Dread.<ref>[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 2-3</ref>		Despite his first failure, Vecna's dreams of escape were not to end, thanks to the coming of Iuz to Cavitius. In one of his plans to become a god during his time on Oerth, Vecna had imagined the sacrifice of an existing demipower. Vecna left behind the lure of a power-stealing ritual to bring such a being to him. While Vecna was in the Demiplane of Dread, Iuz came upon the lure and, convinced he could use the ritual to steal Vecna's power, invaded Cavitius through a [[portal]] from Oerth. However, Vecna instead devoured Iuz and his power, becoming a fully divine being and breaking free of the Demiplane of Dread.<ref>[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 2-3</ref>

	===Rewriting Reality===		===Rewriting Reality===
	Using his sudden upsurge in power and esoteric knowledge from the Serpent, Vecna not only unshackled himself from Ravenloft but also used its planar makeup to burrow into the heart of [[Sigil]], the City of Doors. ~~His~~ avatar ensconced there, Vecna prepared to reshape all of reality to his will using the dimensional hole he tore through the [[plane]]s. Vecna's plans came to an end when adventurers, wielding lesser body parts taken from his mortal frame, destroyed his avatar in Sigil.Following Vecna's defeat, he was ejected back onto the Material Plane, defeated though still with a great deal of divine power. Iuz, though absorbed ~~but~~ not obliterated, escaped his captivity.<ref>The events of Vecna's escape from Ravenloft and ensuing defeat in Sigil are played out in the 2nd Edition module [[Die Vecna Die!]]</ref>		Using his sudden upsurge in power and esoteric knowledge from the Serpent, Vecna not only unshackled himself from Ravenloft, but also used its planar makeup to burrow into the heart of [[Sigil]], the City of Doors. With his avatar ensconced there, Vecna prepared to reshape all of reality to his will using the dimensional hole he tore through the [[plane]]s. Vecna's plans came to an end when adventurers, wielding lesser body parts taken from his mortal frame, destroyed his avatar in Sigil. Following Vecna's defeat, he was ejected back onto the Material Plane, defeated though still with a great deal of divine power. Iuz, who though absorbed had not been obliterated, escaped his captivity.<ref>The events of Vecna's escape from Ravenloft and ensuing defeat in Sigil are played out in the 2nd Edition module [[Die Vecna Die!]]</ref>

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	==Holy Symbol==		==Holy Symbol==
	[[2nd Edition]] [[sources]] described Vecna's holy symbol as an [[eye]] held in the palm of an open skeletal [[hand]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.9">[[Vecna Reborn]] p. 9</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> [[3rd Edition]] sources, though not Ravenloft specific, visually show his holy symbol as a fully intact hand with [[flesh]] and all.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>		[[2nd Edition]] [[sources]] described Vecna's holy symbol as an [[eye]] held in the palm of an open skeletal [[hand]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.9">[[Vecna Reborn]] p. 9</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> [[3rd Edition]] sources, though not Ravenloft specific, visually show his holy symbol as a fully intact hand with [[flesh]] and all, with the eye in the palm as before<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

	==Favored Weapon==		==Favored Weapon==

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	[[2nd Edition]] [[sources]] described Vecna's holy symbol as an [[eye]] held in the palm of an open skeletal [[hand]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.9">[[Vecna Reborn]] p. 9</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> [[3rd Edition]] sources, though not Ravenloft specific, visually show his holy symbol as ~~having~~ a fully intact hand with [[flesh]] and all.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>		[[2nd Edition]] [[sources]] described Vecna's holy symbol as an [[eye]] held in the palm of an open skeletal [[hand]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.9">[[Vecna Reborn]] p. 9</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> [[3rd Edition]] sources, though not Ravenloft specific, visually show his holy symbol as a fully intact hand with [[flesh]] and all.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

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	==Holy Symbol==		==Holy Symbol==
			[[2nd Edition]] [[sources]] described Vecna's holy symbol as an [[eye]] held in the palm of an open skeletal [[hand]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.9">[[Vecna Reborn]] p. 9</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> [[3rd Edition]] sources, though not Ravenloft specific, visually show his holy symbol as having a fully intact hand with [[flesh]] and all.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

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	In in the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]], is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the deity of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.		In in the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]], is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the deity of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

	Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.<ref>The Hand and Eye of Vecna, as well as the Sword of Kas, receive detailed [[2nd Edition]] entries in the [[Book of Artifacts]] but also appear in [[Die Vecna Die!]] and in many Dungeon Master's Guides for various editions of D&D.</ref>		Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.<ref>The Hand and Eye of Vecna, as well as the Sword of Kas, receive detailed [[2nd Edition]] entries in the [[Book of Artifacts]] but also appear in [[Die Vecna Die!]] and in many Dungeon Master's Guides for various editions of D&D.</ref>

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	===Rewriting Reality===		===Rewriting Reality===
	Using his sudden upsurge in power and esoteric knowledge from the Serpent, Vecna not only unshackled himself from Ravenloft but also used its planar makeup to burrow into the heart of [[Sigil]], the City of Doors. His avatar ensconced there, Vecna prepared to reshape all of reality to his will using the dimensional hole he tore through the [[plane]]s. Vecna's plans came to an end when adventurers, wielding lesser body parts taken from his mortal frame, destroyed his avatar in Sigil.Following Vecna's defeat, he was ejected back onto the Material Plane, defeated though still with a great deal of divine power. Iuz, though absorbed but not obliterated, escaped his captivity.<ref>The events of Vecna's escape from Ravenloft and ensuing defeat in Sigil are played out in the 2nd Edition module [[Die Vecna Die!]]		Using his sudden upsurge in power and esoteric knowledge from the Serpent, Vecna not only unshackled himself from Ravenloft but also used its planar makeup to burrow into the heart of [[Sigil]], the City of Doors. His avatar ensconced there, Vecna prepared to reshape all of reality to his will using the dimensional hole he tore through the [[plane]]s. Vecna's plans came to an end when adventurers, wielding lesser body parts taken from his mortal frame, destroyed his avatar in Sigil.Following Vecna's defeat, he was ejected back onto the Material Plane, defeated though still with a great deal of divine power. Iuz, though absorbed but not obliterated, escaped his captivity.<ref>The events of Vecna's escape from Ravenloft and ensuing defeat in Sigil are played out in the 2nd Edition module [[Die Vecna Die!]]</ref>


	==[[Alignment]]==		==[[Alignment]]==

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	==History==		==History==
	Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] likely unparalleled in power within his own time.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p. 35">[[Book of Artifacts]] p. 35</ref> His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. Although the exact extent may never be known, the havoc and tyranny wrought by Vecna and his forces extended to entire continents.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 112-113</ref> To forestall death of old age, Vecna [[transformed]] himself not just into a lich but one of the most potent of all time. In [[undeath]], he continued to rule.		Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] likely unparalleled in power within his own time.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p. 35">[[Book of Artifacts]] p. 35</ref> His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. Although the exact extent may never be known, the havoc and tyranny wrought by Vecna and his forces extended to entire continents.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.112-113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.112-113</ref> To forestall death of old age, Vecna [[transformed]] himself not just into a lich but one of the most potent of all time. In [[undeath]], he continued to rule.

			===Vecna's Lieutenants===
	According to [[Menadora Zarovan]], Vecna's obsession with secrets came from a [[betrayal]] of one of his trusted underlings, the lich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters#Acererak Acerak], the creator of thee Tomb of Horrors. Acererak wrested the secret to lichdom from Vecna and, after gathering power behind Vecna's back, broke away. Vecna became determined never to let those in his command steal away his secrets again.<ref name="History Check p. 2">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 2</ref>		According to [[Menadora Zarovan]], Vecna's obsession with secrets came from a [[betrayal]] of one of his trusted underlings, the lich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters#Acererak Acerak], the creator of thee Tomb of Horrors. Acererak wrested the secret to lichdom from Vecna and, after gathering power behind Vecna's back, broke away. Vecna became determined never to let those in his command steal away his secrets again.<ref name="History Check p. 2">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 2</ref>

	Yet for all his power and paranoia, Vecna's reach eventually proved too far for him to reign unassisted. Another figure, a ruthless [[soldier]] by the name of Kas, rose to prominence among Vecna's followers, and Vecna rewarded the dread knight's service with the Sword of Kas, an artifact Vecna personally created.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> The blade equaled its creator's evil<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> for Vecna infused it with a sliver of his own mind and soul<ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Although an apparent gift to Kas, the Sword of Kas served a second, secret function: to alert Vecna of Kas' thoughts. Vecna would not suffer another [[betrayer]] like Acererak.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref>		Yet for all his power and paranoia, Vecna's reach eventually proved too far for him to reign unassisted. Another figure, a ruthless [[soldier]] by the name of Kas, rose to prominence among Vecna's followers, and Vecna rewarded the dread knight's service with the Sword of Kas, an artifact Vecna personally created.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> The blade equaled its creator's evil<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> for Vecna infused it with a sliver of his own mind and soul<ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Although an apparent gift to Kas, the Sword of Kas served a second, secret function: to alert Vecna of Kas' thoughts. Vecna would not suffer another [[betrayer]] like Acererak.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref>

	.Vecna believed the Sword of Kas rendered Vecna ~~immuned~~ to unseen betrayal by his right-hand man. However, Vecna may have outdone himself in placing his ambition into the blade, for it began to sublely place thoughts of [[betrayal]] and [[rebellion]] into Kas' mind while masking Kas' thoughts to Vecna.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Kas eventually acted on the Sword's manipulation, violently attacking Vecna<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> at the worst possible time: when Vecna was in the middle of arcane [[ritual]]s ~~inteded~~ to render him a god.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> In the ensuing conflict, Kas cut out Vecna's [[eye]] and [[hand]], which were, along with the Sword, the only things seemingly spared in the ensuing cataclysm that claimed not only Kas and Vecna but also all of Vecna's tower.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>		Vecna believed the Sword of Kas rendered Vecna immune to unseen betrayal by his right-hand man. However, Vecna may have outdone himself in placing his ambition into the blade, for it began to sublely place thoughts of [[betrayal]] and [[rebellion]] into Kas' mind while masking Kas' thoughts to Vecna.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Kas eventually acted on the Sword's manipulation, violently attacking Vecna<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> at the worst possible time: when Vecna was in the middle of arcane [[ritual]]s intended to render him a god.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> In the ensuing conflict, Kas cut out Vecna's [[eye]] and [[hand]], which were, along with the Sword, the only things seemingly spared in the ensuing cataclysm that claimed not only Kas and Vecna but also all of Vecna's tower.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>

	~~Yet~~ the [[legend]] of Vecna did not go peacefully to the grave, but rather festered over hundreds of years, to where he became venerated and prayed to as a [[god]]. Vecna eventually received enough worship to come back as a true god.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref><ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref>		===Rise as a God===
			It has been said alternatively that the blast killed Vecna<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref> or that it merely tossed him into a nebulous void outside of space and time.<ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref> Either way, the [[legend]] of Vecna did not follow him peacefully to the grave, but rather festered over hundreds of years, to where he became venerated and prayed to as a [[god]]. Vecna eventually received enough worship to come back as a true god.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref><ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref>

			Yet Vecna's thirst for power stopped not at being a [[demigod]], for he schemed for he hatched a scheme to remake all of Oerth in his image. The attempt was foiled by the intervention of [[adventurer]]s and Vecna's old enemy [[Iuz the Old]]. In the ensuing struggle between Vecna and Iuz, both demigods were driven through a [[portal]] to places elsewhere<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecna_Lives! Vecna Lives!]]</ref>

			===In Ravenloft===
			The manifestation of Vecna's [[avatar]] upon Oerth allowed the connection to the Material Plane [[the Dark Powers]] needed to capture Vecna and bind him to the [[domain]] of [[Cavitius]], with Kas trapped in the neighboring domain of [[Tovag]]. For a time, the two domains fought an endless [[war]] as proxies for the mutual hatred their [[darklord]]s shared. Although Vecna raged against his apparent captors for a time ignorant of them<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>, he was quick to learn the secrets of the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. Fed secrets of the [[Three Words of Creation]] through his connection with [[the Serpent]], Vecna planned an escape attempt by being reborn into a new [[body] in [[Tovag]].<ref name="Vecna Reborn p.4">[[Vecna Reborn]] p.4</ref> [[Vocar the Obedient]], the leader of [[Cult of Vecna\|Vecna's cult]] in Tovag, was to perform the needed [[ritual]]s. However, the plan ultimately failed thanks again to the intervention of adventurers.<ref>These events are played out in the 2nd Edition module, [[Vecna Reborn]].</ref>

			Despite his first failure, Vecna's dreams of escape were not to end, thanks to the coming of Iuz to Cavitius. In one of his plans to become a god during his time on Oerth, Vecna had imagined the sacrifice of an existing demipower. Vecna left behind a lure of a power-stealing ritual to bring such a being to him. While Vecna was in the Demiplane of Dread, Iuz came about the lure and, convinced he could use the ritual to steal Vecna's power, invaded Cavitius through a [[portal]] from Oerth. However, Vecna instead devoured Iuz and his power, becoming a fully divine being and breaking free of the Demiplane of Dread.<ref>[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 2-3</ref>

			===Rewriting Reality===
			Using his sudden upsurge in power and esoteric knowledge from the Serpent, Vecna not only unshackled himself from Ravenloft but also used its planar makeup to burrow into the heart of [[Sigil]], the City of Doors. His avatar ensconced there, Vecna prepared to reshape all of reality to his will using the dimensional hole he tore through the [[plane]]s. Vecna's plans came to an end when adventurers, wielding lesser body parts taken from his mortal frame, destroyed his avatar in Sigil.Following Vecna's defeat, he was ejected back onto the Material Plane, defeated though still with a great deal of divine power. Iuz, though absorbed but not obliterated, escaped his captivity.<ref>The events of Vecna's escape from Ravenloft and ensuing defeat in Sigil are played out in the 2nd Edition module [[Die Vecna Die!]]

	~~Yet Vecna's thirst for power stopped not at being a god, for he schemed for even more power.~~

	==[[Alignment]]==		==[[Alignment]]==

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	In in the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]], is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the deity of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.		In in the [[Dungeons and Dragons]] campaign settings of [[Ravenloft (Setting)\|Ravenloft]] and [[Greyhawk]], [[Vecna]], is a [[lich]] raised to godhood as the deity of [[secret]]s and [[magic]]. Vecna is also known variously as the Maimed Lord, the Chained God, the Whispered One, Master of the Spider Throne, the God of Secrets,<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> and the Master of All That is Secret and Hidden.

	Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.		Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.<ref>The Hand and Eye of Vecna, as well as the Sword of Kas, receive detailed [[2nd Edition]] entries in the [[Book of Artifacts]] but also appear in [[Die Vecna Die!]] and in many Dungeon Master's Guides for various editions of D&D.</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] unparalleled in power~~, at least~~ within his own time. His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. To forestall death of old age, Vecna ~~became~~ a lich ~~and~~ continued to rule.		Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] likely unparalleled in power within his own time.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p. 35">[[Book of Artifacts]] p. 35</ref> His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. Although the exact extent may never be known, the havoc and tyranny wrought by Vecna and his forces extended to entire continents.<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 112-113</ref> To forestall death of old age, Vecna [[transformed]] himself not just into a lich but one of the most potent of all time. In [[undeath]], he continued to rule.

			According to [[Menadora Zarovan]], Vecna's obsession with secrets came from a [[betrayal]] of one of his trusted underlings, the lich [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_characters#Acererak Acerak], the creator of thee Tomb of Horrors. Acererak wrested the secret to lichdom from Vecna and, after gathering power behind Vecna's back, broke away. Vecna became determined never to let those in his command steal away his secrets again.<ref name="History Check p. 2">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 2</ref>

			Yet for all his power and paranoia, Vecna's reach eventually proved too far for him to reign unassisted. Another figure, a ruthless [[soldier]] by the name of Kas, rose to prominence among Vecna's followers, and Vecna rewarded the dread knight's service with the Sword of Kas, an artifact Vecna personally created.<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> The blade equaled its creator's evil<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref> for Vecna infused it with a sliver of his own mind and soul<ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Although an apparent gift to Kas, the Sword of Kas served a second, secret function: to alert Vecna of Kas' thoughts. Vecna would not suffer another [[betrayer]] like Acererak.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref>

			.Vecna believed the Sword of Kas rendered Vecna immuned to unseen betrayal by his right-hand man. However, Vecna may have outdone himself in placing his ambition into the blade, for it began to sublely place thoughts of [[betrayal]] and [[rebellion]] into Kas' mind while masking Kas' thoughts to Vecna.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> Kas eventually acted on the Sword's manipulation, violently attacking Vecna<ref name="Book of Artifacts p.100">[[Book of Artifacts]] p.100</ref><ref name="Die Vecna Die p.160">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p.160</ref><ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> at the worst possible time: when Vecna was in the middle of arcane [[ritual]]s inteded to render him a god.<ref name="History Check p. 4">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 4</ref> In the ensuing conflict, Kas cut out Vecna's [[eye]] and [[hand]], which were, along with the Sword, the only things seemingly spared in the ensuing cataclysm that claimed not only Kas and Vecna but also all of Vecna's tower.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref>

			Yet the [[legend]] of Vecna did not go peacefully to the grave, but rather festered over hundreds of years, to where he became venerated and prayed to as a [[god]]. Vecna eventually received enough worship to come back as a true god.<ref name="Domains of Dread p.113">[[Domains of Dread]] p.113</ref><ref name="History Check p. 5">[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]] p. 5</ref>

			Yet Vecna's thirst for power stopped not at being a god, for he schemed for even more power.

	==[[Alignment]]==		==[[Alignment]]==

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	Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.		Vecna was formerly the darklord of [[Cavitius]], until his escape in [[Die Vecna Die]]. He was served by the [[The Church of Vecna]]. He is the eternal enemy of [[Kas]].<ref>[[History Check: Kas and Vecna]]</ref> and [[Iuz]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Since Vecna's failure to take over the multiverse through seizing [[Sigil]], Vecna is also an enemy of the [[Lady of Pain]].<ref name="Die Vecna Die p. 149">[[Die Vecna Die!]] p. 149</ref> Two powerful [[artifact]]s, the [[Hand of Vecna]] and the [[Eye of Vecna]], were [[body part]]s cut from his mortal body by Kas prior to his rise to godhood. He created the [[Sword of Kas]] for his former lieutenant Kas.

			==History==
			Born in the far [[ancient]] past of [[the Flaeness]] region of [[Oerth]], Vecna became a [[wizard]] unparalleled in power, at least within his own time. His [[evil]] was infinite too, for he mastered the vilest sorts of magical arts. He built a mighty [[empire]] and ruled with fear and oppression, purportedly laying waste to entire [[land]]s and breeding entire communities as stock for his magical research and [[necromancy]]. To forestall death of old age, Vecna became a lich and continued to rule.

	==[[Alignment]]==		==[[Alignment]]==

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	==Favored Weapon==		==Favored Weapon==
	*[[Dagger]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><~~ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>~~ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.109">[[Complete Divine]] p. 109</ref>		*[[Dagger]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.109">[[Complete Divine]] p. 109</ref>

	==[[Spell Domain]]s==		==[[Spell Domain]]s==
	*[[Evil Domain\|Evil]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Knowledge Domain\|Knowledge]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Madness Domain\|Madness]]<ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Magic Domain\|Magic]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>		*[[Evil Domain\|Evil]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Knowledge Domain\|Knowledge]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Madness Domain\|Madness]]<ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>, [[Magic Domain\|Magic]]<ref name="PHB 3.5 p. 89">[[Player's Handbook (3.5)]] p.89</ref><ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref><ref name="Complete Divine p.118">[[Complete Divine]] p. 118</ref>

			==NPC Game Statistics==
			*[[2nd Edition]] (trapped in Ravenloft): [[Demigod]] [[lich]]; Hit Dice 30<ref name="Domains of Dread p. 112-114">[[Domains of Dread]] p. 112-114</ref>
			*[[3rd Edition]]: deity divine rank 10, [[wizard]] 20/[[cleric]] 20<ref name="Deities and Demigods">[[Deities and Demigods (3.5)]] p.95</ref>

	==References==		==References==