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Dark Arts of Necromancy Written by, Original: Deoch 22 | Second Edition: Deoch 44 I’ve always held an interest in the dark arts of Necromancy. In early Deoch 22, due to the lack of resources on the topic, I compiled this work. In Deoch 44, in preparation for the long awaited return of submissions to the Loures Libary, I updated my original work to a Second Edition. This edition reflects changes, however little, in Necromancy over the past two and half decades and adds some other information in areas I decided to expand on. The original can still be found in my works collection. -Ramanayan Caesar Part 1: History Necromancy is the art of summoning the undead do to ones bidding. It may be for help in hunting, entertainment or some other purpose. A wizard living in Tagor very many deochs ago, during the Danaan dating times first discovered, or perhaps invented in its modern form, necromancy. This wizard was very fearful of dying and spent his life trying to cheat death. After many years of work he found a way - however he became a lich. The transformation twisted his mind as well as body. He believed that the living were always dying but that the undead lived forever. So he began killing the people of Tagor and turning them into undead monsters. After turning many into undead he sent them out to kill more people. It seemed no one could stop him. Then one day a strange bearded man entered Tagor from the Northern Woodlands. Carrying no weapons at all he entered the lich\'s/wizard\'s home - the House Macabre. Within a double moon all the undead had stopped entering Tagor. The bearded man, although sickened, had been able to contain the power to the House Macabre. Sometimes some monsters would escape from to time but they were very weak and caused little trouble. It seemed that Necromancy had been stopped. Tagor and the House Macabre shortly after this time become isolated from the rest of the world. Many years later in Doech 12 - King Bruce of Loures urged aislings with eighty or more insights to destroy the evil that lurked in the House Macab , that had just been opened to the rest of the world. It was also at that time that a strange book was re-discovered possibly written by the Wizard/Lich after discovering the dark powers. Part of it reads: In the depth something dark had been brewing for centuries. [further in the book] One of the Six. One of the Six. The wisest and most powerful, no? He has the empire of below. Quoteded from the centuries old, banned book, "The House Macabre" by an unknown person. According to the book the House Macabre contained much evil and darkness, and one of the six. One of six most likely means one of six elements: Sal, Srad, Athar, Creag, Deo and Dubh. Odds are it was probably dubh - or darkness the book is referring to. Perhaps the Lich/Wizard chose this place for his home because of the evil that lurked there and left over clerics from the Shadows War it would seem that perhaps aided him. After the House Macabre was open soon even more places were discovered. The Chthonic Remains were discovered hidden beneath the wizard/lich\'s study. It contained some fifty six floors and horrors beyond mention. The place became the primary hunting grounds for aisling over insight forty and has remained so to this day. Five Deochs later in Deoch 17, Summer Necromancy, long thought extinct, became known to the world as a mundane necromancer created a home behind the walls of the Sgath Pit. For you younger readers the Sgath Pit is where aislings convicted of murder and such are fed to and killed by a creature known as the Shadow Hunger - a perfect place for a Necromancer to set up near. As aislings attempted to enter his home only wizards were able to. The mundane Necromancer introduced himself as Gigean. He said he would teach Necromancy to wizards… As Necromancy was being taught and learned in Deoch 19, Summer the Druids appeared in a section of the Eastern Woodlands. They accused the Necromancers of being evil and dark. They said to many were losing their health to the mastery of the dead (explained later) and the balance was tipping away from the light. The Druids have done some things since that time, such as open the Chaos Realms, and helped out explaining the Light and Dark War. Despite all their banter about Necromancy - nonetheless they have never done anything about it. For more on the history of the period described above (Deochs 17-24) please read my award winning work Chaos Ascendant for expanded information and more. Part 2: Becoming a Necromancer So you wish to walk the dark path of Necromancy? It is not a easy path but the rewards can be great - Gigean, Mundane Necromancer Gigean’s lair is next to the Sgath Pit. To enter you should enter the Mileth Crypts and take second set of stairs which are closest to the back wall. Then once you are on the pit level walk along the left most wall of the Sgath Pit until you enter his lair. -Only Wizards or Summoners can become Necromancers It should also be noted that in recent deochs Gigean has opened his lair to non-wizards to enter. It seems he did not approve of the many sleep hunters who were using his grounds. Although non-wizards can enter only wizards can become Necromancers. Those who teach the dark arts of Necromancy hoped to go unnoticed. But too many creatures have been summoned and aislings are losing their health to the mastery of the dead - Druid After becoming a Necromancer and learning the spell Spion Torrah you are a fully fledged Necromancer! Spion Torrah roughly translates into “To Pluck Up” which is what the spell does. Necromancer is powered the body parts of the undead. Spion Torrah is known to work Ghast Skulls, Gargoyle Skulls, Gog’s Maws, Gargoyle Fiend Skulls, and Gremlin’s Ears. Each body part results in the appearance of a different kind of undead creature. However a certain amount of insight is needed to use each. Ghast Skull- 25 Gargoyle Skull- 50 Gog\'s Maw- 75 Gargoyle Fiend Skull- 80 Gremlin\'s Ear- 97 ((Some parts of this section are OOC for clarity)) Once you have obtained the necessary summoning item(s) you can summon the undead (hopefully) by doing the following: 1. Go to a region where spells can be cast With luck you should have some undead creatures at your service! It is possible the item destroyed itself in which case you will need to try again. Sometimes this happens but sooner or later you will get some type of undead creature to appear for you. Additionally if you have the power to cast Spion Torrah several times before you drop your item this can result in several undead creatures appearing to serve you. When you do get a undead creature to appear for you it can be controlled like any other type of summoned creature. It will follow you were you go ((but not in different map zones)) and attack anything that attacks you. Enjoy! It should also be noted at the time of this writing that necromantic powers are useless inside the walls of Dubhaim Castle. Although Spion Torrah will cast sucessfully no creatures show themselves nor are the items destroyed in the process. The reason for this is unknown. Finding the items for Necromancy might prove a bit hard. This chart showing what each item does and where it can be found should be of some assistance in your searches. Item Name Ghast Skull Gargoyle Skull Gog\'s Maw Gargoyle Fiend Skull Gremlin\'s Ear Each item summons a different type of undead creature as shown here. Item Name Ghast Skull Gargoyle Skull Gog\'s Maw Gargoyle Fiend Skull Gremlin\'s Ear These items are not exactly easy to get and several have other uses besides for Necromancy such as being needed to obtain some monk and warrior skills. The monster that drops these items do so rarely, but some more so then others. The most common and easy to find are the Ghast and Gargoyles skull. The Gog’s Maws and Gremlin’s Ears are somewhat difficult to find. The Gargoyle Fiend skull is highly sought after and rarely dropped. Buying these items on the market can cost a hideous amount of gold. Although due the rapid devaluation of gold in recent deochs they are actually cheaper then they were when I wrote the first edition. I will not entertain you with prices that always are changing but its best to ask several merchants and see what is going the price trend. Either way be prepared to spend considerable amount of gold, easily in the millions, to buy these items. If you cannot find these items nor can you afford to buy them there is a solution. The dark wizard of Soumi can make fakes which will work the same as the normal items. A fake skull, known as Eithich Skull which will summon a skeleton, requires a Kobold\'s Skull, two branches, and wolf\'s skin. Fake ears, known as Eithich Ears which summon Death Knights, require two spider\'s legs and a piece of zombie flesh. However you should be aware using fake items is not complelty safe. Each fake item has a 50% fail rate in which case the item will be destroyed and summon nothing. There is also a 2% chance you will be seriously injured ((lose one stat point)). This is what most Necromancers fear the most. 5. The Future In Doech 21, Spring Tagor opened to the rest of the world. The Druids babbled about coming Darkness because of this. Several seasons later Gigean began to talk about a new spell for Necromancers called "Pian". He said because the birthplace of necromancy had been open again the hatred and evil was once again growing. Gigean said that the this new spell Pian would be able to cause direct harm to someone. It would be weak at first but will grow in strength as the darkness grows. Sadly it was never taught and Gigean no longer mentions it. Thus overall Necromancy remains just about the same since it was first discovered in Deoch 17. 6. Reference Why won\'t this Flesh Golem Eye work! I had to pay good money to get this! - Ramanayan after seeing Flesh Golem Eyes are not part of Necromancy Necromancy Quick Reference Chart Summons Name Skeletal Warrior Powerful Skeletal Warrior Armored Skeletal Warrior Death Knight Greetings Aisling, I am Ramanayan, and I have always had an interest in the Dark Arts of Necromancy. While looking through the library at Loures I found nothing on the subject in any field (History, Lore, ect). So I have put together this scroll for information regarding necromancy. It includes Necromancy History, How to become one, Monsters, Items, and sketches ((screenshots)). I hope you find this useful. From, Ramanayan 1. History Part 1: History Necromancy is the art of summoning the undead do to ones bidding. It may be help in hunting, entertainment, or other sinister purposes. A Wizard living in Tagor many doechs ago, during the Danaan dating times first discovered necromancy. This wizard was very fearful of dying and spent his life trying to cheat death. After many years of work he found a way. He became a lich. The transformation twisted his mind. He believed that the living were always dying but the undead lived forever. So he began killing the people of Tagor and turning them into undead monsters. After turning people into undead he sent them out to kill more people. It seemed no one could stop him. Then one day a strange bearded man entered Tagor from the Northern Woodlands. Carrying no weapons at all he entered the lich\'s/wizards home, the House Macabre. Within a double moon all the undead had stopped entering Tagor. The bearded man, although sick, had been able to contain the Lich/Wizard\'s powers to his home, the House Macabre. Sometimes some monsters would escape but they were very weak and caused no trouble. It seemed that Necromancy had been stopped. Also Tagor and the House Macabre become isolated from the rest of the world. Many years later in Doech 12, Fall directed by King Bruce of Loures urged aislings with 80 or more insights to destroy the evil that lurked in the House Macabre, that had just been opened to the rest of the world. It was also at that time that a strange book was re-discovered possibly written by the Wizard/Lich after discovering the dark powers. Part of it reads: In the depth something dark had been brewing for centuries. [further in the book] One of the Six. One of the Six. The wisest and most powerful, no? He has the empire of below. According to the book the House Macabre contained much evil and darkness, and one of the six. One of Six most likely means one of 6th elements, Sal, Srad, Athar, Creag, Deo, or Darkness. Odds are it was probably darkness. Most likely the Lich/Wizard chose this place for his home because of the evil that lurked there and perhaps it gave him even more power. After the House Macarbre was open soon even more places were discovered. The Chthonic Remains were discovered hidden beneath the wizard/lich\'s study. It contained some 30 levels (until levels 31-56 were discovered in Doech 16) and horrors beyond mention. The place became the primary hunting grounds for aisling\'s 50-Master insights and still is to this day. 5 Doechs later in Doech 17 Summer Necromancy, long thought extinct, became known to the world as the mundane necromancer created a home behind the walls of the Sgath Pit. For you younger readers the Sgath Pit is where aislings convicted of murder and such are fed to and killed by a creature known as the Shadow Hunger. A perfect place for a Necromancer to set up near. As aislings attempted to enter his home only wizard were able to. The Mundane Necromancer introduced himself as Gigean. He said he would teach Necromancy to wizards… As Necromancy was being taught and learned in Doech 19, Summer the Druids appeared in a section of the Eastern Woodlands. They accused the Necromancers of being evil and dark. They said to many were losing their health to the mastery of the dead (explained later) and the balance was tipping away from the light. The Druids have done some things science, such as open the Chaos Realms, and helped out explaining the current Light and Dark war. However they say Necromancy is evil and never really do anything about it. For the most recent things of Necromancy read the future section. Part 2: How to become a Necromancer So you wish to walk the dark path of Necromancy? It is not a easy path but the rewards can be great - Gigean, Mundane Necromancer Becoming a Necromancer has several requirements. To start go visit Gigean. To get to his home go to the sgath pit and walk along the east most wall. You should appear in his home now. He will explain the path and such. The minimum requirements for becoming a Necromancer are: You must be insight 25 or higher and have 25 intelligence and 15 wisdom. Also you must not worship any gods except Fiosachd, Ceannladir, or Sgrios. Summoning the undead is not exactly popular with most gods. If you meet these requirements you must go to the House Macarbre and kill a zombie and bring Gigean its flesh. You must kill a zombie yourself you can have assistance but you must give the final blow. You also must present its flesh, however the flesh need not be fresh. After that speak to him about learning Spion Torrah. After speaking a bit Gigean will teach you the spell. You need no items, money, ect. Also your legend will get a new mark, "Walks the path of Necromancy since (date)". Now you are a Necromancer. Read on to learn to use your powers. Part 3: Summoning Those who teach the dark arts of Necromancy hoped to go unnoticed. But too many creatures have been summoned and aislings are losing their health to the mastery of the dead - Druid After becoming a Necromancer and learning the spell Spion Torrah you are a full-fledged Necromancer! Now for those who don\'t know fae yet Spion means, Summon. Torrah means Undead. So Spion Torrah means Summon Undead. To use Spion Torrah you must have one of the five necromancer items. They are the Ghast Skull, Gargoyle Skull, Gog\'s Maw, Gargoyle Fiend Skull, and Gremlin\'s Ear. Each item has a insight to use they are as follows- Ghast Skull- 25 After getting an item your insight can use go to an area where spells can be case. Drop the item under you. Cast Spion Torrah. The item is destroyed and a monster appears! You can use this monster like any other summons. Part 4: Item\'s and Monsters Yes it was so easy to find a maw it only took a 99 warrior and me several hours to find one. Now where just going to throw it away? -Heiler to Ramanayan after the finding of a gog\'s maw Items Finding the items for Necromancy might prove a bit hard. This should help here- Item Name Ghast Skull Gargoyle Skull Gog\'s Maw Gargoyle Fiend Skull Gremlin\'s Ear Each Item also summons a different undead monster. Refer to this chart here- Item Name Ghast Skull Gargoyle Skull Gog\'s Maw Gargoyle Fiend Skull Gremlin\'s Ear You might also have an idea what to do with your summons. Some younger Necromancers, insights 25-40, will sometimes have their summons help them hunt. Even for elder Necromancers sometimes when a horde of monsters is chasing you or your group summoning a monster to distract those chasing you can help. Necromancy summoning can be fun also (I doubt Gigean would approve). It might be entertaining to summon where a large group of people are gathering and have the monster follow you around. There are other necromancer monsters that live in Temuriar. The Green Skeleton is the most common. This monster looks like most necromancer skeletons but is green. This monster is friendly and will not attack you unless you attack it. It is very weak also, but has excellent Magic Resistance (most necromancy monsters do). They can be seen appearing Loures, Rucesion, and rarely Mileth for unknown reasons. Also the Dark Champion and his Disciples have been given the spell Spion Skel (Summon Skeleton). This spell will summon a green skeleton. Tagor also has skeleton\'s living nearby. They look like the green skeleton but are called Tagor Skeletons. They can be found in the lost Souls pass. Be warned they are aggressive and attack in numbers. They are not that powerful but can cause trouble for you if you are surrounded. Becoming a Tagor citizen involves killing 5 of these skeletons. Also all of these skeletons have never been seen casting any kind of magic so do not worry. However the other Necromancer creatures are not that weak. The 3 other Necromancer monsters are found in the Chaos realm. Craidhneach- This Necromancer Skeleton is first found on Chaos 3. It looks much like the Skeletons seen in Necromancer summons. Clogad Craidhneach- This is the armored version of the Craidhneach. It is first found on Chaos 4. Also for those seeking to make Light Belts this monster drops Talos Ore (that’s just a rumor now). Sgraidht- Does the Sgraidht look just like Gigean? Most likely he is one of this race. These monsters are not to be taken lightly. Nothing has even been known to be able to kill this. The Sgraidht can move while Suained, ao dall itself, and cast the water dragon spell. The spell does moderate damage to everyone in the area. Also if someone is skulled when it is cast that person will die instantly. He is first found on Chaos 7. Aog Ridir- This greatly resembles the Death Knights. It is currently known as the deepest and most powerful monster in the chaos realm. The Aog Ridir is found only on Chaos 12. 5. The Future… In Doech 21, Spring Tagor opened to the rest of the world. The Druids babbled about coming Darkness because of this. Several seasons later Gigean began to talk about a new spell for Necromancers called "Pian". He said because the birthplace of necromancy had been open again the hatred and evil was once again growing. Gigean said that the this new spell Pian would be able to cause direct harm to someone. It will be weak at first but will grow in strength as the darkness grows. Currently he still has yet to teach it. Also the Light vs Night battles have begun. The Night Champion and his disciples have gotten the spell Spion Skel as said before. The Light people have gotten a spell to banish them (that is like a waste as any light person could kill it in one hit). Also in Tagor the undead hordes are once again on the rise. They have yet to enter the village but can be found in the Lost Souls pass outside the village. Also the local Alchemist won\'t talk to anyone. He says "I don\'t have time for someone as in-experienced as you, I have to find a way to stop this evil!". 6. Reference Why won\'t this Flesh Golem Eye work! I had to pay good money to get this! - Ramanayan after seeing Flesh Golem Eyes are not part of Necromancy Necromancy Quick Reference Chart Summons Name Skeletal Warrior Powerful Skeletal Warrior Armored Skeletal Warrior Powerful Armored Skeletal Warrior Death Knight Related Monsters Name Green Skeleton Tagor Skeleton Craidhneach Clogad Craidhneach Sgraidht Aog Ridir |
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