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The skeletons in my closet have all unionized against me

Did You Know: According to the teachings of Frandar Hunding, there are "thirty-eight grips, seven hundred and fifty offensive and eighteen hundred defensive positions, and nearly nine thousand moves essential to sword mastery"?

nerecar

Sounds to me as if he was an excellent swordsman and a miserable mathematician.

#that can't be right.#I'm sure he miscounted #or multiplied at the wrong point

uesp

"Your choice is to either accept the death that is so close or to become a god with us. But a god is not an easy nor pleasant thing to be. As the god of death and birth you will spend eternity making sure that deaths and births stay in proper balance in the physical world. And, in spite of what you believe you understand, you will always agonize over whether your decisions are truly correct. How do you decide?"

--Mara, offering Ark'ay the choice to die or become a god.

nerecar

So when Ark'ay defies death and ascends to godhood everyone is okay with it.

But if father does it its a vile deed, unnatural and a unholy plan to unbalance creation.

I see how it is.

cator99

scratchygoddess

nerecar

Interesting Thesis.

Do necromancers know how to restore rotten or removed flesh? - a curious man

The answer of the run of the mill necromancer would be "yes" and include several unsatisfying and unsavory practices that leave a living subject more harmed than before.

The answer of a necromancer worth their salt would be that rotten meat has decomposed in a way that cannot be reversed. Rot can be slowed to a crawl. Completely stopped even if you know the right methods. But never be undone.

What can be done is various froms of... quasi living prosthetics. Or more ethical - prosthetics made from the subjects own body materials. It crosses heavily into various other schools of magic. And it takes quite the toll on the body. But it allows for quite some feats a more traditional prosthetic would not have.

And it doesn't cause anyone to give up limb and life for your new hand. Which is a concern for quite a few people. Though these usually don't ask necromamcers for help.

#necromancy #prosthetics aided by magic

uesp

Did You Know: Handling a black soul gem is dangerous, and parts of your soul may leak into it when touched if it was not perfectly sized for the captured soul?

nerecar

I'll say it again. Handle with care. And with gloves.

#OSHA for necromancers 101 #If your mentor forgot to tell you they intend you as the next practice subject.

caliblorn

redirects my current atla brainrot back to TES

honored-worm-king

Interesting. Quite interesting. You certainly make an excellent case regarding connections to the Psijic Order.

Based on what information I have of this particular fictional reality, however… might I humbly suggest the idea of swapping our elemental abilities? Vanus is quite fond of — and quite adept at — the use of lightning, with the strong personality to match. I, meanwhile, have always been highly skilled in Restoration. And this “blood bending” I have seen sounds ever so fascinating…

Regardless, your art is excellent. Bravo yet again.

caliblorn

In all honesty, I had the same thought when choosing their...your! Elements. Vanus would be fit for lightning bending, and blood bending is indeed your cup of tea. Plus, the whole affinity with the moon that water bending is bound to have... it fits very very well.

I think in the end I decided to go for a more symbolic approach to the elements. "Fire is the element of power. The people of the fire nation have desire and will, and the energy and drive to achieve what they want." "Water is the element of change. The people of the water tribe are capable of adapting to many things. They have a deep sense of community and love that holds them together through anything". And quite frankly, I also wanted to keep the original color schemes for the characters to be immediately recognizable.

But now that I've perked your interest...I might try a little swap <3

nerecar

You did more than perk his interest. He has spend several hours discussing this set of pictures with anyone that would listen. And a few that wouldn't. But you know how it is. Father can be rather... determined.

To say he is very excited about the prospect of both more art and more discussion of this hypotetical universe would be an understatement.

I suspect the only reason he is not vibrating off his seat is because of centuries of training.

#you should see him #its adorable.#Don't tell him I said that.

thatoneconfusedcitrus

decay sounds more gentle than rot. when something decays, it is gently taken apart in it's comfortable eternal slumber. when something rots, it's violently taken apart with agony. in this essay i will

thefreewillagency

Decay sounds passive, just a thing that happens. Rot sounds like there's Something Doing This To You

nerecar

Decay is the soft nibble of time.

Rot is everything else tearing at what is left of your husk.

Do you put the romance in necromancer?

I did try to. Once. It was not that well received. Apparently gifts of flowers and pastries remain better gestures of affection and appreciation than bringing someone a hypoallergenic greeting in form of skeletal doves carrying paper hearts.

#back to the basics I guess #good thing I cook and bake as well as I am at necromancy