Vecna
God of Evil Secrets
(a.k.a. The Arch-Lich)
To spit in the face of death and forfeit all that makes life worth living, that is the path of the Lich. It is a path of lonely power and a constant fear that all you have built may be stripped from you in an instant. I would not wish it on my worst enemy.
Divine Domains
Death, Knowledge, Arcana
Artifacts
None yet discovered
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Hand With An Eye In Palm
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Vecna is unique amongst the gods insofar as he was once a mortal. Though there are questions around what form the Raven Queen , Torog , and Sehanine took before their ascendance, Vecna was demonstrably an Elf, born early in the Age of Gods.
As a mortal, Vecna coveted that which the gods had, for them the struggle was over, The Treaty of Mortals had ensured that. For him to live in a world where struggle and strife were commonplace, and the threat of death hung daily in the air, was unacceptable. Through centuries of research, and no doubt unscrupulous actions, Vecna made himself a Lich, and from there he found his way to Hades . Once in Hades he had access to resources unthinkable to even the most ambitious necromancer, a constant flow of souls and magical energy that saw him eventually ascend in power to a place on the pantheon.
As a mortal, Vecna coveted that which the gods had, for them the struggle was over, The Treaty of Mortals had ensured that. For him to live in a world where struggle and strife were commonplace, and the threat of death hung daily in the air, was unacceptable. Through centuries of research, and no doubt unscrupulous actions, Vecna made himself a Lich, and from there he found his way to Hades . Once in Hades he had access to resources unthinkable to even the most ambitious necromancer, a constant flow of souls and magical energy that saw him eventually ascend in power to a place on the pantheon.