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TK-421 at 21:18, 19 November 2020

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	'''Editor's Notes:'''		'''Editor's Notes:'''
	# Necromancer lore has evolved over the years. The posts represented below are listed without dates and times, and may not necessarily reflect the current canon of the guild.		# Necromancer lore has evolved over the years. The posts represented below are listed without dates and times, and may not necessarily reflect the current canon of the guild.
	# All in-game sources for necromancer lore are unreliable narrators. Every NPC statement, every in-game book, is colored by an agenda.		# All in-game sources for necromancer lore are from unreliable narrators. Every NPC statement, every in-game book, is colored by an agenda and/or bias.

	==Thematic==		==Thematic==

TK-421 at 21:15, 19 November 2020

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			'''Editor's Notes:'''
			# Necromancer lore has evolved over the years. The posts represented below are listed without dates and times, and may not necessarily reflect the current canon of the guild.
			# All in-game sources for necromancer lore are unreliable narrators. Every NPC statement, every in-game book, is colored by an agenda.

	==Thematic==		==Thematic==

TK-421: /* The Perverse */

2019-12-13T23:20:13Z

The Perverse

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	==The Perverse==		==The Perverse==
			===Definitions===
			Perversity has nothing to do with Divine Outrage. Only Social Outrage.

			As far as the Necromancer NPCs are concerned, lore-wonkery perspective, a Perverse is somebody who sees Necromancy as the pursuit of power, which is typically displayed by their brazen displays of it when there was no need for them. A Philosopher is somebody who sees Necromancy as the pursuit of the Great Work and the associated transcendence of their human (or S'Kra or whatever) potential.

			Zamidren Book and Xerasyth, both aligned to varying degrees with the Philosophers of the Knife, would have immensely high Divine Outrage as Necrolords who threaten the Temple's way of life.

			-Z

	===Politics and Terminology===		===Politics and Terminology===

TK-421 at 02:15, 29 August 2019

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	-Armifer		-Armifer

			{{Cat\|Necromancers}}

TK-421: /* Empaths */

2019-06-07T01:16:35Z

Empaths

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	==Empaths==		==Empaths==
			===The Same Well===
			While [[Thanatology]] and [[Empathy]] embody different practices and different body of lores, the supernatural talent behind it -- the Transference Link -- is the same thing.
			If you use an Empathy buff on a Necromancer, his Thanatological power increases. If an Empath somehow gets a Thanatology buff without shocking herself, it boosts her Empathy. They both draw from the same well.

			-Armifer

	===Empath Limitations===		===Empath Limitations===
	>>Well, there have to be some limitations to what Empaths can do. Otherwise no one would die.		>>Well, there have to be some limitations to what Empaths can do. Otherwise no one would die.
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	-Armifer		-Armifer


	==Moon Mages==		==Moon Mages==

TK-421: removing dupe

2019-05-27T00:59:11Z

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	===Demonic Necromancy===
	To clear things up -- According to the Philosophy of the Knife, demonic necromancy is something to be avoided as much as dealing with the gods. That's the realm of perversion, the backwards and ignorant ways practiced by necromancers of old, and inevitably leads to a situation such as what happened with Lyras.

	Science and the careful study of death, not contracts with nether entities, is the forte and the key to the Great Work. Now, if a Necromancer wants to go and learn such practices from an entity outside the philosophers, it may be a possibility, but the official guild won't support it and you could get in really big trouble with them for going that route.

	All this will be somewhat clearer when we manage to get the library finished.

	-GM Abasha

TK-421: Moving random lore from main Necro page

2019-05-27T00:48:10Z

Moving random lore from main Necro page

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TK-421: /* Politics and Terminology */

2019-05-26T19:51:22Z

Politics and Terminology

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	>>I be curious to hear what the individual Perverse cults think about Jeihrem.		>>I'd be curious to hear what the individual Perverse cults think about Jeihrem.

	There is no love lost among the many cults of the Perverse, and most would chafe at the moniker (which, again, originates from Philosopher moralizing). To emphasize something you've already caught on to, there's no Legion of Doom-esque quality to the Perverse. Jeihrem's lot wouldn't be welcomed at a Bone Elf party, Sidhlot doesn't exchange polite letters with Lasarhhtha, and nobody knows what the heck is up with the [[Kir_(2)\|False Kir]] and even if the Bone Dancers (*) are actually Necromancers or not.		There is no love lost among the many cults of the Perverse, and most would chafe at the moniker (which, again, originates from Philosopher moralizing). To emphasize something you've already caught on to, there's no Legion of Doom-esque quality to the Perverse. Jeihrem's lot wouldn't be welcomed at a Bone Elf party, [[Sidhlot]] doesn't exchange polite letters with [[Lasarhhtha]], and nobody knows what the heck is up with the [[Kir_(2)\|False Kir]] and even if the Bone Dancers (*) are actually Necromancers or not.

	Also bear in mind that the Philosophy is still very new in terms of, say, near-immortal undead monstrosities. [[Kigot]] died less than 200 years ago and the Philosopher movement didn't catch on until after his death. This is somewhat petty of an intellectual heritage for a living Elf, let alone someone like [[Sidhlot]]. So what does the well established cults think of a self-proclaimed lord among "the Perverse?" At best they'd see him as a politicking schemer.		Also bear in mind that the Philosophy is still very new in terms of, say, near-immortal undead monstrosities. [[Kigot]] died less than 200 years ago and the Philosopher movement didn't catch on until after his death. This is somewhat petty of an intellectual heritage for a living Elf, let alone someone like Sidhlot. So what does the well established cults think of a self-proclaimed lord among "the Perverse?" At best they'd see him as a politicking schemer.

	(* The Bone Dancers are a cult based on the [[Nomads of the Arid Steppe\|Arid Steppe]]. They may be performing necromantic rites, or just a particularly grissly form of Lunar divinations. Either way they tend to murder people dead.)		(* The Bone Dancers are a cult based on the [[Nomads of the Arid Steppe\|Arid Steppe]]. They may be performing necromantic rites, or just a particularly grissly form of Lunar divinations. Either way they tend to murder people dead.)

TK-421: /* Politics and Terminology */

2019-05-26T18:14:36Z

Politics and Terminology

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	>>I be curious to hear what the individual Perverse cults think about Jeihrem.		>>I be curious to hear what the individual Perverse cults think about Jeihrem.

	There is no love lost among the many cults of the Perverse, and most would chafe at the moniker (which, again, originates from Philosopher moralizing). To emphasize something you've already caught on to, there's no Legion of Doom-esque quality to the Perverse. Jeihrem's lot wouldn't be welcomed at a Bone Elf party, Sidhlot doesn't exchange polite letters with Lasarhhtha, and nobody knows what the heck is up with the False Kir and even if the Bone Dancers (*) are actually Necromancers or not.		There is no love lost among the many cults of the Perverse, and most would chafe at the moniker (which, again, originates from Philosopher moralizing). To emphasize something you've already caught on to, there's no Legion of Doom-esque quality to the Perverse. Jeihrem's lot wouldn't be welcomed at a Bone Elf party, Sidhlot doesn't exchange polite letters with Lasarhhtha, and nobody knows what the heck is up with the [[Kir_(2)\|False Kir]] and even if the Bone Dancers (*) are actually Necromancers or not.

	Also bear in mind that the Philosophy is still very new in terms of, say, near-immortal undead monstrosities. Kigot died less than 200 years ago and the Philosopher movement didn't catch on until after his death. This is somewhat petty of an intellectual heritage for a living Elf, let alone someone like Sidhlot. So what does the well established cults think of a self-proclaimed lord among "the Perverse?" At best they'd see him as a politicking schemer.		Also bear in mind that the Philosophy is still very new in terms of, say, near-immortal undead monstrosities. [[Kigot]] died less than 200 years ago and the Philosopher movement didn't catch on until after his death. This is somewhat petty of an intellectual heritage for a living Elf, let alone someone like [[Sidhlot]]. So what does the well established cults think of a self-proclaimed lord among "the Perverse?" At best they'd see him as a politicking schemer.

	(* The Bone Dancers are a cult based on the [[Nomads of the Arid Steppe\|Arid Steppe]]. They may be performing necromantic rites, or just a particularly grissly form of Lunar divinations. Either way they tend to murder people dead.)		(* The Bone Dancers are a cult based on the [[Nomads of the Arid Steppe\|Arid Steppe]]. They may be performing necromantic rites, or just a particularly grissly form of Lunar divinations. Either way they tend to murder people dead.)

	-Armifer		-Armifer


	===Bonedancers and Bone Elves===		===Bonedancers and Bone Elves===

TK-421: /* The Perverse */

2019-05-26T18:12:37Z

The Perverse

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	===Bonedancers and Bone Elves===		===Bonedancers and Bone Elves===