Greetings,
My name is Sr NeKro Dead’Singer. My sole objective is to pass the word of Necromancy on door to door.
In this post, I intend to give you my idea of Necromancer on my point of view WITH my knowledge of ESO lore.
It’s a difficult and delicate matter, as in this universe, even the god of Death despise Necromancers, but help me out by leaving the hatred out, and only constructed argument in? Mkay? Let’s keep it politically correct.
Definition:
What is Necromancy?
Well, if all games taught me something, is resurrection of the undead. In this case, is a branch of the school of Conjuration. Now, conjuration has tons of branches, to summon daedra to daedric weapons and armor. Necromancy is one of many branches this school has. It is the path that separates Necromancer to other mages.
Now, Necromancy has a lot of loose ends. They can bring back the souls from the Soul Cairn or they can call upon daedric spirits to inhabit fallen corpses. Or summon them directly from oblivion.
What is a Necromancer?
A Necromancer, is a master of Necromancy. But that’s not all. To achieve the rank of a Master, a Necromancer need to use other schools of magic as well, in order to protect themselves and making them, allies and their minions even stronger. Therefore, they use Restoration, Alteration, Illusion and Mysticism.
With Restoration and Alteration, not just Necromancers can reinforce their skin (and their allies) with protective buffs, but they can use it to tear the defenses of their enemies down. “Physically” decaying and dismantling their strengths and buffs. With the help of illusion and Mysticism, Necromancers can do a “magic” approach too. Giving all sort of “mental sickness” and illness to their foes, even causing them to fear in terror.
Plus, Restoration, Alteration and Mysticism together, can be a great help to “maintain”, “construct” and “evolve” new friends. And by friends, I mean Flesh Atronachs and more flesh abominations, besides the risen Skeletons, Spirits and Zombies.
Also, Restoration is important to a Necromancer as munch Necromancy. Since Restoration physically cures diseases and illness, a Necromancer can use it to inflict them. And for knowing how they work, with the help of Restoration, he can provide resistance to them.
Alignment:
Now, yes, I am against Necromancy when it’s used towards civilians and more innocent people. I wouldn’t want that to some of my friends and family. But, unfortunately, as you know, the world isn’t filled with honest and good people. If that was true, we wouldn’t need Necromancy at all, the light would suffice.
The world (both on Tamriel and principally on ours) is filled with… “bad” people. Idiocy has taken the best of them, making normal people on to murders, torturers and worse. Thus, the world is filled with sin. And they are too many, only the Light can not judge them all by itself. Plus, we got corruption. Light is not as pure as it once was. Light can close its eyes in time to time, letting bad people getting away.
And there, is when Darkness arrives, Necromancy. Why use Necromancy towards civilians, when we can use it on criminals? Also, their bodies will have their muscle reflexes, which will make them very good risen undead soldiers. And you did the good deed of the week. Because there is a lot of bad people who deserve a fate worse than Death.
Let’s look at Tamriel and pretend it is a real world. I can not believe that there would be a world where there wouldn’t be some good on evil and some evil on good. There must be a balance, and a Necromancer is that. A balance. They are neither a Hero nor a Villain. They are more like anti-heroes. Like Dead Pool.
Now, yes, we see a lot of Necromancers bad guys out there on ESO. But we also see Archers, Warriors, Dragon Knights, Sorcerers, Shamans, Nightblade and so on. We see every class as the bad guys, why Necromancer must be the black sheep? All the bad guys have the same “profession” as the good guys. They just preferred to use it on a “different” way. Why come Necromancer has to be the only class designated only for evil?!
It’s not the Necromancy that makes people evil. Is people who make themselves evil. Is the use of power that will deter if someone is evil, not the power itself. Like guns. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Mannimarco.
He is the ultimate villain, but let’s think for a second. They knew he was a Necromancer right? I am not a lore expert, but before he betrayed them, he was on the Five Companions. Maybe no one liked him, but they at least tolerate him, and the Emperor believed on him, until that happen. So, I am sorry to say this, but saying that all Necromancers are evil is racist. Just because, the lore and Arkay says that they are evil and everything, it’s not all of them. I am sure that there might be one or two that understands the power they are wielding and respect the dead and only uses Necromancy to aid the dead.
Usefulness:
And, why would someone want that?!
Necromancy can be very handy used in the right way. Calling down the fallen spirits to tell you the truth about history, as you know, history is only written by the winners… So, how would be the “losing side” point of view?.
Necromancy can turn the tide of the battle in mere seconds, as it turns the “casualties” on “fresh” reinforcement. Imagine yourself on a war zone. You look around and all you see is your friends and allies are getting horrible killed by the enemies. The enemy has some casualties as well. Wouldn’t Necromancy be handy? Turn the casualties of the enemy in to reinforcement to your side AND give a second chance to your fallen comrades to rise once more to defend your land/ideals, and more importantly, to avenge themselves? This sounds very noble to me. More noble than you avenged them. Because, by raising them, you are giving them the very chance to satiate their revenge on first hand.
As I said, and still pretending that Tamriel is a real world where progress and evolution exists, there may be already a Necropolis, a sacred city/order to the Necromancers, where they can study Necromancy at peace, already on the lore and they may be hidden, like Volkihar Clan of Skyrim on “Dawnguard” DLC.
Or-my favorite theory so far- why not “create” a Necropolis, now? Just because there isn’t one so far (if it there is really none), what stops us to create one now? Besides this blind hate towards Necromancers.
Soul gems.
Of course. We already can revive with soul gems. Yes we can. The difference is like everything else, quality. If you do the same thing over and over again, you increase your performance of doing something. For example, of course a Priest would do a better job at healing over a Mage. A Mage can cast a healing spell in time to time, but a Priest is always healing, therefore, of course a Priest would be more “professional” and better at healing than a Mage.
Besides, soul gems would be a reagent to some spells of Necromancy. Like, building Flesh Atronachs. Since the dead would be either risen the bodies with the help of Soul Cairn or summoning them from Oblivion like on the 4th Elder Scrolls.
In conclusion, even on The Elder Scrolls Lore, Necromancy is nothing in specific (yet or might never be). And since Tamriel and The Elder Scrolls are on constantly open developing, I can only hope that one day, Necromancers have the attention they deserve. Since they are a unique class. One that can provide benefits on both gameplay and lore.
Check my post about my point of views towards the Necromancer on ESO Mechanics.
SHORTER VERSION
My name is Sr NeKro Dead’Singer. My sole objective is to pass the word of Necromancy on door to door.
In this post, I intend to give you my idea of Necromancer on my point of view WITH my knowledge of ESO lore.
It’s a difficult and delicate matter, as in this universe, even the god of Death despise Necromancers, but help me out by leaving the hatred out, and only constructed argument in? Mkay? Let’s keep it politically correct.
Definition:
What is Necromancy?
Well, if all games taught me something, is resurrection of the undead. In this case, is a branch of the school of Conjuration. Now, conjuration has tons of branches, to summon daedra to daedric weapons and armor. Necromancy is one of many branches this school has. It is the path that separates Necromancer to other mages.
Now, Necromancy has a lot of loose ends. They can bring back the souls from the Soul Cairn or they can call upon daedric spirits to inhabit fallen corpses. Or summon them directly from oblivion.
What is a Necromancer?
A Necromancer, is a master of Necromancy. But that’s not all. To achieve the rank of a Master, a Necromancer need to use other schools of magic as well, in order to protect themselves and making them, allies and their minions even stronger. Therefore, they use Restoration, Alteration, Illusion and Mysticism.
With Restoration and Alteration, not just Necromancers can reinforce their skin (and their allies) with protective buffs, but they can use it to tear the defenses of their enemies down. “Physically” decaying and dismantling their strengths and buffs. With the help of illusion and Mysticism, Necromancers can do a “magic” approach too. Giving all sort of “mental sickness” and illness to their foes, even causing them to fear in terror.
Plus, Restoration, Alteration and Mysticism together, can be a great help to “maintain”, “construct” and “evolve” new friends. And by friends, I mean Flesh Atronachs and more flesh abominations, besides the risen Skeletons, Spirits and Zombies.
Also, Restoration is important to a Necromancer as munch Necromancy. Since Restoration physically cures diseases and illness, a Necromancer can use it to inflict them. And for knowing how they work, with the help of Restoration, he can provide resistance to them.
Alignment:
Now, yes, I am against Necromancy when it’s used towards civilians and more innocent people. I wouldn’t want that to some of my friends and family. But, unfortunately, as you know, the world isn’t filled with honest and good people. If that was true, we wouldn’t need Necromancy at all, the light would suffice.
The world (both on Tamriel and principally on ours) is filled with… “bad” people. Idiocy has taken the best of them, making normal people on to murders, torturers and worse. Thus, the world is filled with sin. And they are too many, only the Light can not judge them all by itself. Plus, we got corruption. Light is not as pure as it once was. Light can close its eyes in time to time, letting bad people getting away.
And there, is when Darkness arrives, Necromancy. Why use Necromancy towards civilians, when we can use it on criminals? Also, their bodies will have their muscle reflexes, which will make them very good risen undead soldiers. And you did the good deed of the week. Because there is a lot of bad people who deserve a fate worse than Death.
Let’s look at Tamriel and pretend it is a real world. I can not believe that there would be a world where there wouldn’t be some good on evil and some evil on good. There must be a balance, and a Necromancer is that. A balance. They are neither a Hero nor a Villain. They are more like anti-heroes. Like Dead Pool.
Now, yes, we see a lot of Necromancers bad guys out there on ESO. But we also see Archers, Warriors, Dragon Knights, Sorcerers, Shamans, Nightblade and so on. We see every class as the bad guys, why Necromancer must be the black sheep? All the bad guys have the same “profession” as the good guys. They just preferred to use it on a “different” way. Why come Necromancer has to be the only class designated only for evil?!
It’s not the Necromancy that makes people evil. Is people who make themselves evil. Is the use of power that will deter if someone is evil, not the power itself. Like guns. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Mannimarco.
He is the ultimate villain, but let’s think for a second. They knew he was a Necromancer right? I am not a lore expert, but before he betrayed them, he was on the Five Companions. Maybe no one liked him, but they at least tolerate him, and the Emperor believed on him, until that happen. So, I am sorry to say this, but saying that all Necromancers are evil is racist. Just because, the lore and Arkay says that they are evil and everything, it’s not all of them. I am sure that there might be one or two that understands the power they are wielding and respect the dead and only uses Necromancy to aid the dead.
Usefulness:
And, why would someone want that?!
Necromancy can be very handy used in the right way. Calling down the fallen spirits to tell you the truth about history, as you know, history is only written by the winners… So, how would be the “losing side” point of view?.
Necromancy can turn the tide of the battle in mere seconds, as it turns the “casualties” on “fresh” reinforcement. Imagine yourself on a war zone. You look around and all you see is your friends and allies are getting horrible killed by the enemies. The enemy has some casualties as well. Wouldn’t Necromancy be handy? Turn the casualties of the enemy in to reinforcement to your side AND give a second chance to your fallen comrades to rise once more to defend your land/ideals, and more importantly, to avenge themselves? This sounds very noble to me. More noble than you avenged them. Because, by raising them, you are giving them the very chance to satiate their revenge on first hand.
As I said, and still pretending that Tamriel is a real world where progress and evolution exists, there may be already a Necropolis, a sacred city/order to the Necromancers, where they can study Necromancy at peace, already on the lore and they may be hidden, like Volkihar Clan of Skyrim on “Dawnguard” DLC.
Or-my favorite theory so far- why not “create” a Necropolis, now? Just because there isn’t one so far (if it there is really none), what stops us to create one now? Besides this blind hate towards Necromancers.
Soul gems.
Of course. We already can revive with soul gems. Yes we can. The difference is like everything else, quality. If you do the same thing over and over again, you increase your performance of doing something. For example, of course a Priest would do a better job at healing over a Mage. A Mage can cast a healing spell in time to time, but a Priest is always healing, therefore, of course a Priest would be more “professional” and better at healing than a Mage.
Besides, soul gems would be a reagent to some spells of Necromancy. Like, building Flesh Atronachs. Since the dead would be either risen the bodies with the help of Soul Cairn or summoning them from Oblivion like on the 4th Elder Scrolls.
In conclusion, even on The Elder Scrolls Lore, Necromancy is nothing in specific (yet or might never be). And since Tamriel and The Elder Scrolls are on constantly open developing, I can only hope that one day, Necromancers have the attention they deserve. Since they are a unique class. One that can provide benefits on both gameplay and lore.
Check my post about my point of views towards the Necromancer on ESO Mechanics.
SHORTER VERSION
