His servants constantly battled with the Raven Queen's shadar-kai followers. One of his goals was to overthrow the Queen and rule the entire Shadowfell from her Fortress of Memories. The Whispered One was a sworn enemy of the Raven Queen, whom he envied for her unique abilities to tap into the flow of souls and to harvest knowledge. Vecna was obsessed with taking revenge on his vampire lieutenant Kas for the legendary betrayal he committed against his master on Oerth. He had two known exarchs: Falazure the Night Dragon, and allegedly, Vocar the Disobedient, the latter of whom was rumored to possess a powerful secret regarding Vecna himself. Ironically, Asmodeus' servant Fierna stole a valuable secret from Vecna: that of how to directly travel between the Prime Material plane and the Nine Hells. Vecna had something of a working relationship with Asmodeus, the powerful archdevil having offered the archlich use of his devil minions. It was her cruelty that helped shape the man he was in life and undeath. Relationships Īccording to Vecna's own accounts, his mortal mother was a wholly evil woman who sacrificed animals and consorted with monstrous beings. Įven items Vecna wore as a mortal, such as a set of his robes absorbed tremendous magical power from the undead lord and bestowed a fraction of it upon future wearers. Over the years Vecna's hand came into the possession of Arkhan the Cruel, lieutenant of Tiamat, while his eye was rumored to belong to Emirikol the planewalker, both of whom spent significant time on Avernus. For those who sought these artifacts, accessing their power required vicious acts of self-mutilation, either by gouging out one's own eye or forcibly removing one's left hand. While not among his possessions per se, there existed two powerful artifacts in the multiverse that drew their power from his undead body: his eye and his left hand. In fact he sculpted his lich form, so it fits within his rib cage. He also carries the Book of Vile Darkness at all times. Vecna carried with him a +5 unholy dagger named Afterthought and protected himself with bracers of armor and a powerful cloak of resistance. The Eye and the Hand of Vecna, his only physical remains for a time. Īt any time Vecna could craft any variety of magic, so long as it was valued at 30,000 gp or less. He could also feel whenever someone uncovered, disclosed, or otherwise wrote down any secret that contained information that could affect the lives of five hundred people or more. His sensory perception extended far beyond that of mortal beings, up to a range of 10 miles (16 kilometers), and could similarly perceive anything within the same range as any of his worshipers. He was immune to disease, disintegration, mind-controlling powers, and a variety of other debilitating effects. Vecna possessed a number of tremendous powers, including the ability to paralyze others with his touch, inherently cast a variety of powerful spells, and alter reality at will. He also kept a hidden "black tower" within the plane of Pandemonium. Later, it became his prison as it was drawn into the Domains of Dread by the Dark Powers. The Citadel was used by Vecna as his fortress, which he visited regularly, to gloat on the despair of his defeated enemies. He maintained the Citadel of Cavitius, originally on the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Ash near the border to the Negative Energy plane, which he had wrested away from the Doomguard long before. Divine Realm Īs a deity, Vecna did not claim a domain, but instead wandered the entire multiverse. Uncovering that secret and exploiting its truth were the key to gaining dominion over others. Vecna believed that every being in existence held a single secret that could be manipulated to bring about its destruction. He was precise and calculating in his actions, but was at times prone to bouts of intense rage. Personality Īccording to some, Vecna had an obsession with acquiring and maintaining secrets, believing them to be the source of true power. As a deity, Vecna appeared as a decrepit lich missing his left hand and left eye.
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