Lich Physiology

Lich Physiology
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Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of Lich.

"My dear Chancellor, I didn’t murder my entire family and use their blood to turn myself into an undead abomination to be told I couldn’t do things."

― Dread Emperor Revenant, A Practical Guide To Evil

The power to use the abilities of a Lich. Variation of Undead Physiology.

Also Called

• Mystic Undead Physiology
• Undead Sorcerer/Magician Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into a Lich, often a result of a transformation, as a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind their intellect to their animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies desiccated or even completely skeletal. They are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants.

Some variations of lich are distinguished from other undead by their phylactery - an item of the Lich's choosing into which they imbue their soul, giving them immortality until the phylactery is destroyed.

Applications

• Magic
  • Dark Arts
  • Necromancy
    • Reanimation
    • Undead Manipulation
• Fear Inducement
• Possession
• Undead Physiology
  • Defunct Physiology
  • Semi-Immortality/Immortality

Variations

• Mystic Vampire Physiology
• Self-Puppetry
• Skeleton Physiology
• Transcendent Mage Physiology
• Transcendent Undead Physiology

Limitations

• May require a lengthy ritual and/or immense magical power/skill to achieve transformation.
• Destruction of the users phylactery may destroy their soul, effectively killing them.

Known Users

See Also: Our Liches Are Different.

• Abracadaver (Powerpuff Girls)
• Liches (AD&D)
  • Archliches
  • Demiliches
• The Lich (Adventure Time)
• The Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron)
• Baraggan Luisenbarn (Bleach); via released form
• Liches (Chronicles of Darkness)
  • Tremere liches
• Rasputin (Don Bluth’s Anastasia)
• Skullmaggeden (Double Dragon)
• Liches (Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury)
• Lich (The Elder Scrolls)
  • Mannimarco (The Elder Scrolls)
  • Dragon Priests (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Ossion the Dread (Heroes of Camelot)
• Wiz (Konosuba)
• Irelia, Will of Blades (League of Legends)
• Maleficent (Once Upon A Time)
• Ainz Ooal Gown/Momonga (Overlord)
• Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
• Azalin Rex, Darklord of Darkon (Ravenloft)
• Koschei the Deathless (Russian Mythology)
• Lich (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Liches (Warcraft)
  • Kel'Thuzad
  • The Lich King
• Nagash (Warhammer Fantasy)
• Lich (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
• Mannimarco (Elder Scrolls)
• Lubella Dim (Momodora)
• Occult Priests (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
• Valeena (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
• Lydia (The Adventure Zone)
• Edward (The Adventure Zone)
• Lup (The Adventure Zone)
• Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)

Gallery

The Witch of Decay, Lubella (Momodora), is a horned giantess who wants to take over the throne of Karst.

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Lich (Valkyrie Crusade)

The Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron)

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Lich (Monster Girl Encyclopedia) is depicted as a more stoic and experimental lover than most other monster girls.

The Diabolical, Lich (Adventure Time) is among the most frightening and unforgivable of Finn's enemies.

Ainz Ooal Gown/Momonga (Overlord) the guildmaster of Ainz Ooal Gown, Overlord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Mannimarco (Elder Scrolls)