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* ''Series/TheMayfairWitches'': Cousin Dotty Jean Mayfair describes Julien Mayfair as having practiced necromancy.
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* ''Series/TheMayfairWitches'': ''Series/MayfairWitches'': Cousin Dotty Jean Mayfair describes Julien Mayfair as having practiced necromancy.
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** As It happens, quite a few mainstream {{Roguelikes}} feature Necromancer as a class, notable among those being VideoGame/SlashEM and ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl''.
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** As It happens, quite a few mainstream {{Roguelikes}} {{Roguelike}}s feature Necromancer as a class, notable among those being VideoGame/SlashEM and ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl''.
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* ''VideoGame/NobodySavesTheWorld'': The Necromancer form is a towering, skeletal figure clad in dark spiky armor and robes. It specializes in using the corpses of enemies or familiars to summon undead skeletal demons to attack foes. Certain not-so-secret occultists hanging north of Damptonia will hold the Necromancer in very high regard using terms of respect like "dark lord" and "my dark liege", though the protagonist remains just as heroic in this form as in any other.
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** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms. Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them and uses this to try to solve murders. The [[DontFearTheReaper Black God]] favors her for this. Farmer Cape, the mage she meets in the third book, has a spell that can let him listen in on Beka's conversations and another spell that allows him to speak to the dead who've passed entirely out of the mortal world, though he does note that they forget things quickly and so it's not always as useful as one might think.
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** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" "DeadPersonConversation" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms. Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them and uses this to try to solve murders. The [[DontFearTheReaper Black God]] favors her for this. Farmer Cape, the mage she meets in the third book, has a spell that can let him listen in on Beka's conversations and another spell that allows him to speak to the dead who've passed entirely out of the mortal world, though he does note that they forget things quickly and so it's not always as useful as one might think.
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** At the end of the second book of ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' Alanna finally kills her archenemy Duke Roger and leaves court. [[spoiler: Her mage brother Thom stays behind and is swayed by Roger's followers, who alternately flatter him and put him down until he brings Roger back to life. Purportedly he was NotQuiteDead but in a "sorceror's sleep" that had him BuriedAlive for the eight months it took before Thom raised him - regardless, he CameBackWrong, having gone from
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** At the end of the second book of ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' Alanna finally kills her archenemy Duke Roger and leaves court. [[spoiler: Her mage brother Thom stays behind and is swayed by Roger's followers, who alternately flatter him and put him down until he brings Roger back to life. Purportedly he was NotQuiteDead but in a "sorceror's sleep" that had him BuriedAlive for the eight months it took before Thom raised him - regardless, he CameBackWrong, having gone from wanting the throne to wanting to throw a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. He was also able to draw on Thom's strength and magic, though he claimed to have left his own magic in the grave.]]
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* Not ''common'' in the Literature/TortallUniverse but it comes up several times.
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* Not ''common'' Various forms of necromancy come up in Literature/TortallUniverse. Usually if it's not the Literature/TortallUniverse purview of the gods, the gods hate it.
** At the end of the second book of ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' Alanna finally kills her archenemy Duke Roger and leaves court. [[spoiler: Her mage brother Thom stays behind and is swayed by Roger's followers, who alternately flatter him and put him down until he brings Roger back to life. Purportedly he was NotQuiteDead but in a "sorceror's sleep" that had him BuriedAlive for the eight months itcomes up several times.took before Thom raised him - regardless, he CameBackWrong, having gone from
** At the end of the second book of ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' Alanna finally kills her archenemy Duke Roger and leaves court. [[spoiler: Her mage brother Thom stays behind and is swayed by Roger's followers, who alternately flatter him and put him down until he brings Roger back to life. Purportedly he was NotQuiteDead but in a "sorceror's sleep" that had him BuriedAlive for the eight months it
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** ''The Immortals'' doesn't use the ''word'' "necromancer", but it does come up once in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' referring to a mage named Blayce. He's built steel-and-bone constructs only known as "killing devices", which are PoweredByAForsakenChild (literally; he kills children to use their souls to power the devices, and the uneasy heroes note that there's no reason why his victims have to ''be'' children, it's simply that he likes that) is hated by a powerful spirit or god for doing so. Blayce claims this is simply where his talents lie.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms, and Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms, and Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them.
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** ''The Immortals'' doesn't use the ''word'' "necromancer", but it does come up once in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' referring to a mage named Blayce. He's built steel-and-bone constructs only known as "killing devices", which are PoweredByAForsakenChild (literally; he kills children to use their souls to power the devices, and the uneasy heroes note that there's no reason why his victims have to ''be'' children, it's simply that he likes that) is hated by a powerful spirit or god for doing so. that). Blayce claims this is simply where his talents lie.
lie and he can't help being a necromancer. The Chamber of the Ordeal despises him as much as it can despise anyone and sends Kel to stop him.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the PeacefulRealms, and Realms. Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them.them and uses this to try to solve murders. The [[DontFearTheReaper Black God]] favors her for this. Farmer Cape, the mage she meets in the third book, has a spell that can let him listen in on Beka's conversations and another spell that allows him to speak to the dead who've passed entirely out of the mortal world, though he does note that they forget things quickly and so it's not always as useful as one might think.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful
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* Not ''common'' in the Literature/TortallUniverse but it comes up several times.
** The goddess known as the Graveyard Hag can briefly grant the ability to raise the dead to her [[CosmicPlaything pawns]], one of whom roused a graveyard's worth of humans at some unknown point in the past. The power works by touch but doesn't work for free - waking ''one'' corpse can leave the 'necromancer' lightheaded and dizzy but fine, waking several in succession will kill them, and they have to make their own arrangements for the power required to raise an army. The dead feel no pain or distress and seem to default to mildly following their necromancer's orders. Daine, finding herself favored by the Hag in the third book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'', resists the idea of waking humans and accidentally rouses several preserved dead animals (such as a tiger skin rug) until her RageBreakingPoint at the climax of the book, which has her touching a whole lot of dinosaur bones.
** ''The Immortals'' doesn't use the ''word'' "necromancer", but it does come up once in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' referring to a mage named Blayce. He's built steel-and-bone constructs only known as "killing devices", which are PoweredByAForsakenChild (literally; he kills children to use their souls to power the devices, and the uneasy heroes note that there's no reason why his victims have to ''be'' children, it's simply that he likes that) is hated by a powerful spirit or god for doing so. Blayce claims this is simply where his talents lie.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms, and Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them.
** The goddess known as the Graveyard Hag can briefly grant the ability to raise the dead to her [[CosmicPlaything pawns]], one of whom roused a graveyard's worth of humans at some unknown point in the past. The power works by touch but doesn't work for free - waking ''one'' corpse can leave the 'necromancer' lightheaded and dizzy but fine, waking several in succession will kill them, and they have to make their own arrangements for the power required to raise an army. The dead feel no pain or distress and seem to default to mildly following their necromancer's orders. Daine, finding herself favored by the Hag in the third book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'', resists the idea of waking humans and accidentally rouses several preserved dead animals (such as a tiger skin rug) until her RageBreakingPoint at the climax of the book, which has her touching a whole lot of dinosaur bones.
** ''The Immortals'' doesn't use the ''word'' "necromancer", but it does come up once in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' referring to a mage named Blayce. He's built steel-and-bone constructs only known as "killing devices", which are PoweredByAForsakenChild (literally; he kills children to use their souls to power the devices, and the uneasy heroes note that there's no reason why his victims have to ''be'' children, it's simply that he likes that) is hated by a powerful spirit or god for doing so. Blayce claims this is simply where his talents lie.
** Finally, in the "speaking with the dead" sense, the titular ''Literature/BekaCooper'' has a minor magical affinity for spirits. Pigeons are (mostly) unwitting psychopomps that carry the dead until they slip into the Peaceful Realms, and Beka can hear their passengers and later communicate with them.
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* ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' had PosthumousCharacter Literature/DarthPlagueis, [[BigBad Darth Sidious]]' master. In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' it's shown that he had a pathological fear of death, and like most Sith became an ImmortalitySeeker as a result. He created an advanced DarkSide variant of HealingHands so potent it could raise the dead, and Sidious uses this fact in the present day to manipulate the {{necromantic}} [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Anakin]] while leaving out the fact that [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder he himself ensured the technique was lost to time]].
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* There are three in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''--[[spoiler:Orochimaru, the Second Hokage, and Kabuto.]] All use the Impure World Resurrection technique, which involves using a HumanSacrifice to resurrect somebody else in an indestructible golem-like body. To control the resulting zombie, it's necessary to implant a talisman into their head. This can ether give the summoner direct control of the zombie or merely force the zombie to obey orders. The former is only practical when controlling a small number of zombies and might not work well if [[HowDoIShotWeb the summoner doesn't know how the zombie's best techniques work]]. The latter makes it practical to create a whole army of zombies, but is risky because a hostile zombie can use LoopholeAbuse to technically obey its orders but still work against the summoner. For example, [[spoiler:during the Fourth Shinobi World War when Kabuto sends out a large army of zombies against the heroes, some of them deliberately use poor tactics when attacking, and the Second Mizukage was even giving his enemies advice on how to defeat him.]] Originally this technique also had the downside that the zombies would be weaker than they were during life, but [[spoiler:Kabuto]] perfected it so that with a few exceptions[[note]]It's impossible for a zombie to be the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast]], and some [[MagicalEye Rinnegan]] techniques only work with a living body.[[/note]] they're just as strong as they were in the prime of their lives. Since Impure World Resurrection doesn't use any chakra (the HumanSacrifice provides all the power for it) and can create an army of the most powerful dead shinobi (the only limits are having a sample of their DNA and their soul being in the afterlife), [[spoiler:Kabuto]] deems the perfected version the most powerful technique ever created. He boasts to his [[BigBadDuumvirate partner]] [[spoiler:Tobi]] that it's the perfect technique with no weaknesses, but thinks to himself that it still has a big one: [[spoiler:a zombie who manages to free itself from the talisman's control]].
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* There are three in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''--[[spoiler:Orochimaru, the Second Hokage, and Kabuto.]] All use the Impure World Resurrection technique, which involves using a HumanSacrifice to resurrect somebody else in an indestructible golem-like body. To control the resulting zombie, it's necessary to implant a talisman into their head. This can ether either give the summoner direct control of the zombie or merely force the zombie to obey orders. The former is only practical when controlling a small number of zombies and might not work well if [[HowDoIShotWeb the summoner doesn't know how the zombie's best techniques work]]. The latter makes it practical to create a whole army of zombies, but is risky because a hostile zombie can use LoopholeAbuse to technically obey its orders but still work against the summoner. For example, [[spoiler:during the Fourth Shinobi World War when Kabuto sends out a large army of zombies against the heroes, some of them deliberately use poor tactics when attacking, and the Second Mizukage was even giving his enemies advice on how to defeat him.]] Originally this technique also had the downside that the zombies would be weaker than they were during life, but [[spoiler:Kabuto]] perfected it so that with a few exceptions[[note]]It's impossible for a zombie to be the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast]], and some [[MagicalEye Rinnegan]] techniques only work with a living body.[[/note]] they're just as strong as they were in the prime of their lives. Since Impure World Resurrection doesn't use any chakra (the HumanSacrifice provides all the power for it) and can create an army of the most powerful dead shinobi (the only limits are having a sample of their DNA and their soul being in the afterlife), [[spoiler:Kabuto]] deems the perfected version the most powerful technique ever created. He boasts to his [[BigBadDuumvirate partner]] [[spoiler:Tobi]] that it's the perfect technique with no weaknesses, but thinks to himself that it still has a big one: [[spoiler:a zombie who manages to free itself from the talisman's control]].
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* Music/{{Rush}}'s [[Music/CaressOfSteel "The Necromancer"]], which is based on the character of the same name from ''The Hobbit'' (who turned out to be Sauron).
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* Music/{{Rush}}'s Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s [[Music/CaressOfSteel "The Necromancer"]], which is based on the character of the same name from ''The Hobbit'' (who turned out to be Sauron).
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* There are three in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''--[[spoiler:Orochimaru, the Second Hokage, and Kabuto.]] All use the Impure World Resurrection technique, which involves using a HumanSacrifice to resurrect somebody else in an indestructible golem-like body.
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* There are three in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''--[[spoiler:Orochimaru, the Second Hokage, and Kabuto.]] All use the Impure World Resurrection technique, which involves using a HumanSacrifice to resurrect somebody else in an indestructible golem-like body. To control the resulting zombie, it's necessary to implant a talisman into their head. This can ether give the summoner direct control of the zombie or merely force the zombie to obey orders. The former is only practical when controlling a small number of zombies and might not work well if [[HowDoIShotWeb the summoner doesn't know how the zombie's best techniques work]]. The latter makes it practical to create a whole army of zombies, but is risky because a hostile zombie can use LoopholeAbuse to technically obey its orders but still work against the summoner. For example, [[spoiler:during the Fourth Shinobi World War when Kabuto sends out a large army of zombies against the heroes, some of them deliberately use poor tactics when attacking, and the Second Mizukage was even giving his enemies advice on how to defeat him.]] Originally this technique also had the downside that the zombies would be weaker than they were during life, but [[spoiler:Kabuto]] perfected it so that with a few exceptions[[note]]It's impossible for a zombie to be the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast]], and some [[MagicalEye Rinnegan]] techniques only work with a living body.[[/note]] they're just as strong as they were in the prime of their lives. Since Impure World Resurrection doesn't use any chakra (the HumanSacrifice provides all the power for it) and can create an army of the most powerful dead shinobi (the only limits are having a sample of their DNA and their soul being in the afterlife), [[spoiler:Kabuto]] deems the perfected version the most powerful technique ever created. He boasts to his [[BigBadDuumvirate partner]] [[spoiler:Tobi]] that it's the perfect technique with no weaknesses, but thinks to himself that it still has a big one: [[spoiler:a zombie who manages to free itself from the talisman's control]].
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* ''WebOriginal/{{Necromancer}}'': The titular necromancer is the main character, and in the true path [[spoiler:he wipes out all life on his planet and becomes a death god.]] He's not the only necromancer either. Other notable examples of necromancers in the story include [[OurLichesAreDifferent The Great Lich Lord]] who was defeated years before, Trelik, and Catalina. In ''Death Song'', the necromancer is the antagonist.
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* ''WebOriginal/{{Necromancer}}'': ''Literature/NecromancerEndMaster'': The titular necromancer is the main character, and in the true path [[spoiler:he wipes out all life on his planet and becomes a death god.]] He's not the only necromancer either. Other notable examples of necromancers in the story include [[OurLichesAreDifferent The Great Lich Lord]] who was defeated years before, Trelik, and Catalina. In ''Death Song'', the necromancer is the antagonist.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''
** Orin is more of a [[CatGirl neko-romancer]], but she does have a lot of trappings of a necromancer, too: ordering spirits around and fighting with a troupe of "zombie" fairies (Touhou fairies are immortal, and these ones are just dressing up).
** The series' real necromancer is Kaku Seiga who raised Miyako Yoshika as a JiangShi subordinate. Aside from that, Seiga also has a Spell Card titled "Evil Sign: Yang Xiaogui", which is a sorcery involving the resurrection of dead fetuses by having dead spirits possess the corpses. In the backstory she also taught Miko the secret of becoming a Shikaisen, a Hermit who's achived immortality by discarding their body and imbuing an object with their soul. In other words: OurLichesAreDifferent.
** Orin is more of a [[CatGirl neko-romancer]], but she does have a lot of trappings of a necromancer, too: ordering spirits around and fighting with a troupe of "zombie" fairies (Touhou fairies are immortal, and these ones are just dressing up).
** The series' real necromancer is Kaku Seiga who raised Miyako Yoshika as a JiangShi subordinate. Aside from that, Seiga also has a Spell Card titled "Evil Sign: Yang Xiaogui", which is a sorcery involving the resurrection of dead fetuses by having dead spirits possess the corpses. In the backstory she also taught Miko the secret of becoming a Shikaisen, a Hermit who's achived immortality by discarding their body and imbuing an object with their soul. In other words: OurLichesAreDifferent.
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** Orin is more of a [[CatGirl neko-romancer]], but she does have a lot of trappings of a necromancer, too: ordering spirits around and fighting with a troupe of "zombie" fairies(Touhou (''Touhou'' fairies are immortal, and these ones are just dressing up).
** The series' real necromancer is Kaku Seiga who raised Miyako Yoshika as aJiangShi [[ChineseVampire Jiang-Shi]] subordinate. Aside from that, Seiga also has a Spell Card titled "Evil Sign: Yang Xiaogui", which is a sorcery involving the resurrection of dead fetuses by having dead spirits possess the corpses. In the backstory she also taught Miko the secret of becoming a Shikaisen, a Hermit who's achived immortality by discarding their body and imbuing an object with their soul. In other words: OurLichesAreDifferent.
** Orin is more of a [[CatGirl neko-romancer]], but she does have a lot of trappings of a necromancer, too: ordering spirits around and fighting with a troupe of "zombie" fairies
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* Necromancy figures heavily into ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', including a ''World of Warcraft'' playable race composed entirely of undead. The, well, Necromancer is the Undead faction's main caster unit in III.
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* Necromancy figures heavily into ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', including a ''World of Warcraft'' ''[=WoW=]'' playable race composed entirely of undead. The, well, Necromancer is the Undead faction's main caster unit in III.''Warcraft III''.
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** Kel'thuzad is depicted as THE Necromancer of the setting. He was originally just an extremely powerful mage, but mastered all normal forms of magic so decided to push the boundaries and delve into necromancy. This led to him forming the Cult of the Damned, seeking immortality, and eventually gaining it as a lich. Since we didn't destroy his SoulJar, he's STILL ALIVE, at least according to WordOfGod.
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** Kel'thuzad is depicted as THE ''the'' Necromancer of the setting. He was originally just an extremely powerful mage, but mastered all normal forms of magic so decided to push the boundaries and delve into necromancy. This led to him forming the Cult of the Damned, seeking immortality, and eventually gaining it as a lich. Since we didn't destroy his SoulJar, he's STILL ALIVE, ''still alive'', at least according to WordOfGod.
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In typical (older) media they're the epitome of the EvilSorcerer, showing none of the respect in DueToTheDead, using TheDarkArts to create an [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army]] of [[DemBones skeletons]], [[VoodooZombie zombies]], [[RaisingTheSteaks undead animals]] and [[NonHumanUndead undead monsters]] (or any kind of [[TheUndead Undead]] being) to ravage the countryside or enslave souls of the damned for their own evil and twisted purposes. Any villain that practices necromancy is virtually guaranteed to fall hard onto [[TheDarkSide the far side]] of the evil scale, and any hero who dares to dabble in it is likely to be seen as having [[MoralEventHorizon fallen into evil]] by others.
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In typical (older) media they're the epitome of the EvilSorcerer, showing none of the respect in DueToTheDead, using TheDarkArts to create an [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army]] of [[DemBones skeletons]], [[VoodooZombie zombies]], [[RaisingTheSteaks undead animals]] and [[NonHumanUndead undead monsters]] (or any kind of [[TheUndead Undead]] being) to ravage the countryside or enslave souls of the damned for their own evil and twisted purposes.purposes, with the most ambitious examples being a horrifying combination of EvilOverlord and OmnicidalManiac. Any villain that practices necromancy is virtually guaranteed to fall hard onto [[TheDarkSide the far side]] of the evil scale, and any hero who dares to dabble in it is likely to be seen as having [[MoralEventHorizon fallen into evil]] by others.
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* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': [[BigBad Sofina]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain her master]] Szass Tam are two Red Wizards of Thay, notorious {{evil sorcerer}}s. Tam is a lith (a type of {{the undead}} who uses a SoulJar for living beyond their physical death-it's also implied Sofina is too). [[spoiler:Their plan is to turn many people into undead soldiers who Tam can use in conquering lands beyond Thay as well using a powerful spell, which he'd already used in their country.]] Also, a spell is used by the heroes to [[InterrogatingTheDead question dead barbarians]] in seeking a powerful magical artifact, something encompassed by the original meaning of "necromancy".
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* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': [[BigBad Sofina]] and [[GreaterScopeVillain her master]] Szass Tam are two Red Wizards of Thay, notorious {{evil sorcerer}}s. Tam is a lith [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] (a type of {{the undead}} who uses a SoulJar for living beyond their physical death-it's also implied Sofina is too). [[spoiler:Their plan is to turn many people into undead soldiers who Tam can use in conquering lands beyond Thay as well using a powerful spell, which he'd already used in their country.]] Also, a spell is used by the heroes to [[InterrogatingTheDead question dead barbarians]] in seeking a powerful magical artifact, something encompassed by the original meaning of "necromancy".
