- "Though some might say there is not much point to turning the earth into one gigantic graveyard, these people are fools and will never understand anyway."
- ― Neil Zawacki, How to be a Villain
- "The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, never surrender, and don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off."
- ― Nevinyrral, "Necromancer's Handbook", Magic: The Gathering
The power to utilize magic involving the dead, life-force and/or souls. Form of Magic. Opposite to Animancy. Practitioners of this trade are known as Necromancers.
Also Called
- Black/Dark Animancy
- Necrokinesis
- Necro Magic
- Undeath Magic
Capabilities
The user's magical abilities revolve around manipulating the dead, death, the death-force and/or souls for good (i.e., resurrecting the dead), evil (in various ways) or neither. Users can also use communicate with the deceased – either by summoning their spirit as an apparition or raising them bodily – for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge.
Many practitioners find a way to cheat death one way or another, whether by becoming some form of undead creature or by bypassing their own ability to die.
Applications
- Aura Absorption
- Conjuration - deceased souls and/or corpses
- Death Inducement
- Death Magic
- Death Sense
- Divination - by contacting dead/undead beings
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Immortality
- Life-Force Absorption
- Mediumship
- Mold Manipulation - dead matter
- Motor-Skill Manipulation - dead/undead beings
- Pain Inducement
- Pain Suppression
- Reanimation
- Resurrection
- Spell Casting
- Spirit Magic
- Undead Manipulation
Techniques
Associations
- Curse Inducement
- Dark Arts
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
- Death Transcendence
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Lich Physiology
- Necroplasmic Conversion
- Nether Magic
- Nether Manipulation
- Rot Inducement
- Spirit Physiology
- Spiritualism
- Undead Physiology
- Voodoo
- Vodou Deity Physiology
Limitations
- Magic Negation/Magic Destruction
- May be Weak against Animancy and other Life-Based powers.
- Filth Manipulation may be used against this power.
Known Users
See Also: Necromancer.
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
- Keith (Fairy Tail)
- Eucliwood Hellscythe (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?)
- Tom (Star vs the Forces of Evil)
- Anubis (Eyptian Mythology)
- Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hades/Pluto (Greek/Roman Mythology)
- Hecate/Trivia (Greek/Roman Mythology)
- Hel/Hela (Norse Mythology)
- Hades (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
- Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
- Turiel (The Book of Deacon)
- Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Bryce Lawrence (Heroes of Olympus)
- Raven Hex (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose)
- Kratos (God of War); via Army of Hades, Claws of Hades and Soul of Hades
- Hades (God of War)
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Grogar (My Little Pony And Friends)
- Hex (Skylanders)
- Undead Spell Punks (Skylanders)
- Wolfgang (Skylanders: Imaginators)
- Dr. Orpheus (The Venture Bros.)
- Arawn Death-Lord (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Anita Blake (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)
- all known Necromancers (The Elder Scroll)
- Necromancer (Castle Crashers)
- Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
- Effron the Sorcerer (DC Comics)
- Nora Fries (DC Comics)
- Maya (DC Comics)
- Nekron (DC Comics)
- Merlin (DC Comics/Arthurian legends)
- Suma-Ket (Marvel Comics)
- Calypso (Marvel Comics)
- Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
- Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Walt Stone (Kane Chronicles)
- Julius Kane (Kane Chronicles)
- Gorice XII (The Worm Ouroboros)
- Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Magnus Hainsley (Angel)
- Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Matereani (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Xbox game)
- Mozenrath (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Arthas Menethil (World of Warcraft)
- Necromancers (Warhammer)
- Mz. Ruby (Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus)
- Reiko Himezono (Reiko the Zombie Shop)
- Sabriel (The Old Kingdom Trilogy)
- Vecna (AD&D)
- Velsharoon (AD&D)
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
- Zarok (MediEvil)
- Rabbit (Juuni Taisen)
- Swan (Lollipop Chainsaw)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Count Dracula (Dracula)
- Pastmaster (Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron)
- Marie Laveau (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Mortanius (Legacy of Kain)
- Marnie (True Blood)
- Antonia (True Blood)
- Johann George Faust VIII (Shaman King)
- Necromancers (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Lord Vile/Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Melancholia St. Clair/ The Death Bringer
- Valkryie Cain/ Darquesse
- Solomon Wreath
- Auron Tenebrae
- Vandameer Craven
- The Necromancer (Charmed)
- Alchemists (Charmed)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
- Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
- Witches (Salem)
- Dark Anubis (Ningutsu)
- Ash Williams (Evil Dead)
- Evil Ash (Evil Dead)
- Doyle (Dark Oracle)
- Omen (Dark Oracle)
- Vern (Dark Oracle)
- Death (Darksiders 2); via Necromancer Tree
- Necromancers (Wizard 101)
- Welveria the Swamp Witch (Queen's Blade)
- Morgana (Merlin)
- Nimueh (Merlin)
- Morgause (Merlin)
- Necromancer (Island of Lost Souls)
- Twyla Valentine (The Caster Chronicles)
- Dr. John Dee (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel )
- Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)
- Michael Jackson/The Maestro (Michael Jackson's Ghosts)
- Necromanncer (TF2 Freak)
- Kairi Sisigou (TYPE-MOON)
- Sayoko (UQ Holder)
- Sartana of the Dead (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
- Kurome (Akame ga Kill!); via Imperial Arms Yatsufasa
- Inquisitors with the 'Necromancer' specialization (Dragon Age)
- Dorian Pavus (Dragon Age)
- Sidony (Dragon Age)
- Necromancer (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Mathias (Fading of the Cries)
- Necromancer class (RPGs)
- Necromancers (Diablo)
- Xul
- Randall Flagg (Stephen King)
- Marek (Mythica)
- Sania (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Melascula (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Malcolm Fade (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Liliana Vess (Magic: the Gathering)
- Incognito (Hellsing)
- The Night King (Game of Thrones)
- White Walkers (Game of Thrones)
- Zombie Master (Yu-Gi-Oh)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- Tom Lucitor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Yorick (League of Legends)
- Mordekaiser (League of Legends)
- The Other King (Unsong)
- Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
- Baphomet/Nergal (The Wicked + The Divine)
- Ahmanet (Dark Universe)
- Nekros (Warframe)
- Mara Beznik (Freeks)
- The Necromancer (Small World: Necromancer Island)
- Doll (½ Prince)
- Thriller (Michael Jackson's Thriller)
Known Objects
- Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead)
- So'unga (Inuyasha)
- Book of Shadows (Corpse Party: Book Of Shadows)
- Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
- Imperial Arms Yatsufasa (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Black Volume of the Dead (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Isildur's ring of power (Shadow of War)
Gallery
Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat) is a powerful necromancer.
Hex (Skylanders)
A Necromancer manipulating the souls of the dead.
A Necromancer (Ultima Online)
A Necromancer (Warcraft 3)
Necromancer (Guild Wars)
Mozenrath (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
Spawn (Image Comics)
Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
Eucliwood Hellscythe (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?)
Sidony (Dragon Age)
As the Chief Mystic of the Fiendish Five, Mz. Ruby's powers allow her to break both the laws of man and nature at the same time.
Keith (Fairy Tail) is revealed to be a Necromancer.
Necromancers (Wizard 101) are wizards and witches from the School of Death, their specialties versed around death magic.
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead), the Book of the Dead.
Xul The Necromancer (Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction)
Necromancer (Valkyrie Crusade)
Sania (Valkyrie Crusade) the goddess of the dead.
Merascylla (Nanatsu no Taizai) can raise the dead with their rage and spite powering them.
Malcolm Fade (Shadowhunter Chronicles) attempted to use necromancy to resurrect his lost lover.
Tom (Star vs. the Forces of Evil) was able to bring long-dead martial arts expert Mackie Hand back from the dead on a whim.
Raiden (Mortal Kombat) using the necromancy techniques of the Houan cult to reanimate Liu Kang.
Baphomet (The Wicked + The Divine) is able to summon the spirits of the dead.
Through a pact she made with Set, Ahmanet (Dark Universe) gained tremendous power over necromancy, able to reanimate herself as an undead, mummify people and even reanimate dead corpses that abide by her will.
So'unga (Inuyasha) is a demon sword with tremendous necromantic powers, allowing the reanimation of hundreds of dead souls and open a massive portal to the netherworld that can absorb the entire world.
Raven Hex (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose) is a witch that follows a dark-path, and in doing so she was know for using forbidden and dark magic including necromancy to use as she see fit.