- "I'll show you the true powers of a Necromancer. ARISE."
- ― Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of the Necromancer. Opposite of Animancer. Variation of Dark Magician and Evil Sorcerer.
Also Called[]
- Black Sorcerer/Sorceress/Witch/Wizard
- Black Sorcery/Witchcraft/Wizardry
- Master/Mistress of Death
- Master/Mistress of the Dark Forbidden Arts and the Dead
- Sorcerer/Sorceress of the Dead
Capabilities[]
As an archetype, the necromancer is a powerful sorcerer or sorceress, witch, warlock and wizard, or even a supernatural being that represents or has studied the dark arts and death magics. These magics and studies of the dark arts are considered the forbidden arts in magical circles and a defilement of Nature. Mostly these types of sorcerers are always considered evil, however on rare occasions this is not always the case.
Necromancers has been present throughout various mythologies and continues in modern times in dark covens.
Applications[]
- Cemetery/Death Empowerment
- Dark Power
- Forbidden Knowledge (Varies)
- Magic (Varies)
- Ghost Companionship
- Magical Energy Manipulation
- Necromancy (Main magic; will vary on versatility)
- Spell Casting
- Magic Power
- Mythical Power
- Spiritualist
Associations[]
- Archmage (Advanced version)
- Lich Physiology (Often seen as the original necromancers.)
- Magician
- Transcendent Mage (Absolute version)
Limitations[]
- Users of Animancy and similar life-based Magic can counter the user.
- Robots and Mechanical Beings are immune to necromancy as they have no souls or life force.
- May have no effect on those who found eternal rest.
- User can bring back others, but probably not their powers with them.
- White Arts
Known Users[]
Also See: The Necromancer.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou)
- Rades Spirito (Black Clover)
- Jack (Buster Keel)
- Necromancers (Dead Mount Death Play)
- Corpse God/Rizdilusia Redrazalf
- Easlies Swordfrail
- Eucliwood Hellscythe (Is this a Zombie!?)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Incognito (Hellsing 2003)
- Dwight Harvelt (The Executed Sage Is Reincarnated As A Lich And Starts An All-Out War)
- Seongwu (The Lone Necromancer)
- Users of Impure World Reincarnation (Naruto)
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Orochimaru
- Dark (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
- Pooh Upooh (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
- Karna (Rise of the Unemployed Wiseman)
- Faust VIII (Shaman King)
- Ashborn (Solo Leveling)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Sung Suho (Solo Leveling)
- Nea (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic)
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
Cartoons[]
- Devil Forgemasters (Castlevania animated series)
- Hector
- Isaac
- King Vangelis/Skull Sorcerer (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Dr. Orpheus (The Venture Bros.)
Comics[]
- Anita Blake (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)
- Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Ares (DC Comics)
- Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
- Hades (DC Comics)
- Maya (DC Comics)
- Nekron (DC Comics)
- Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
- Evil Ernie (Eternity Comics)
- Brother Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
- Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
- Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Hela (Marvel Comics)
- Shuri (Marvel Comics)
- Raven Hex (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose)
- Abigail Van Alstine/Necromancer (Tops Cow Comics)
- Jack Boniface/Shadowman (Valiant Comics)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Necromancers (Folklore)
- Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Liches (Slavic Folklore)
Literature[]
- Arawn Death-Lord (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Sauron (Tolkienverse)
- Erichtho (Roman Literature)
- Randall Flagg (Stephen King's The Dark Tower)
Television/Movies[]
- Necromancers (Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Eyghon the Sleepwalker
- Amy Madison
- Magnus Hainsley
- Sculptor
- Ash Williams (Evil Dead series); technically.
- The Dark Ones (Evil Dead series)
- Ruby Knowby
- White Walkers (Game of Thrones)
- Night King, the first white walker.
- Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter franchise)
- The Necromancer (Legacies - VD)
- Sauron (Lord of the Rings Series)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Necromancer Minosaur (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger)/Reaghoul (Power Rangers Dino Fury)
Video/Tabletop Games[]
- Matereani (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Xbox game)
- Zobek, Dark Lord of Necromancers (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- Devil Forgemasters (Castlevania series)
- Necromancer (Castle Crashers)
- Pinwheel (Dark Souls)
- Necromancers (Dark Souls)
- The Ancestor (Darkest Dungeon)
- The Necromancer (Darkest Dungeon)
- The Necromancer (Diablo 2)
- Count Strahd von Zarovich (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Lich (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Vecna (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Necromancers (Elder Scrolls series)
- Mannimarco
Mortanius the Necromancer (Legacy of Kain series)
- Liliana Vess (Magic the Gathering)
- Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of War); via Isildur's Ring of Power
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Milgram (Tokyo Necro)
- Necromancers (Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar)
- Arkhan the Black, the Liche Lord.
- Frederick van Hal
- Har-ak-Iman
- Heinrich Kemmler, the Lichemaster.
- Kadon
- Louis Cypher
- Mannfred von Carstein, ruler of all Sylvania.
- Melkhior the Ancient
- Myldeon
- Nagash, first and greatest of the Necromancers.
- Obald the Bonefather
- Pitre Fonce, the Madman of Mousillon.
- Vlad von Carstein
- W'soran, first of the Necrarchs.
- Zacharias the Everliving
- The Dread King
- Helman Ghorst, chief Necromancer of Mannfred von Carstein.
- Sylvanas Windrunner (Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos)
- Liches (World of Warcraft)
- Arthas Menethil - The Lich King (World of Warcraft)
Web Comic[]
- Jacob Deegan (Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire)
- Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
- Redcloak (The Order of the Stick)
- Vampire Durkon (The Order of the Stick)
- Malack (The Order of the Stick)
- Tsukiko (The Order of the Stick)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Alucard (Hellsing)
The Edo Tensei Jutsu/Impure World Resurrection (Naruto) is a forbidden based necromancy Jutsu which summons Souls from the afterlife and bound them to a live sacrifice to serve as their vessels, depending on the user the souls can retain their own minds or be subjugated by the users' will...
The Shadow Monarch, Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling) is the most powerful necromancer in his universe as he reigns over trillions of undead Shadow Soldiers and Beast that serve him faithfully.
Sung Suho (Solo Leveling)
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Faust VIII (Shaman King)
Dwight Harvelt (The Executed Sage Is Reincarnated As A Lich And Starts An All-Out War)
Eucliwood-Hellscythe (Is this a Zombie!?) is a powerful necromancer who is able to resurrect the dead and alter reality just by speaking.
Karna the Necromancer (Rise of the Unemployed Wiseman) is a powerful boneyard sorcerer who has backing from ancient spiritual entities worshiped as deities from thousands of years ago.
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Nea (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic) inherited her necromancy abilities from her mother.
Bonzo/Comics[]
Lady Death (Chaos! Comics)
Anita Blake (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)
Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Comics)
Abigail Van Alstine/Necromancer (Tops Cow Comics)
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Raven Hex (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose) is a witch that follows a dark-path, and in doing so she was known for using forbidden and dark magic including necromancy to use as she sees fit.
Jack Boniface/Shadowman (Valiant Comics) is a powerful necromancer.
Evil Erine (Chaos! Comics)
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Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
Brother Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
As King of the Dead, T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics) became a necromancer with the ability to take command of the dead themselves.
Nekron (DC Comics)
Folklore/Mythology[]
Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology); is the Titan-Goddess of magick, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, fertility, the moon, ghosts, the crossroads and the underworld
Movies/Television[]
Ruby Knowby (Ash vs. The Evil Dead), a Dark One and a powerful Necromancer.
Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Necromancer Minosaur (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger)/Reaghoul (Power Rangers Dino Fury)
Video Games[]
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Milgram (Tokyo Necro) is the deadliest necromancer in 2199 and can easily resurrect, control and manipulate any amount of living dead by his Lemures.
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Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Web Comic[]
Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
Tsukiko (The Order of the Stick)
Videos[]
World of Warcraft- Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Trailer
Sauron VS Lich King (Lord of the Rings VS World of Warcraft) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
Ganondorf VS Dracula (Zelda VS Castlevania) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
DIO VS Alucard (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure VS Hellsing) - DEATH BATTLE!
Shao Kahn VS M. Bison (Mortal Kombat VS Street Fighter) - DEATH BATTLE!
Analysis & Discussions[]
Why Death Magic is Evil-2
Sauron in the First Age - Tolkien Explained-2
Sauron the Shapeshifter - Tolkien Explained-2
The Nine Rings of Power for Men (Ringwraiths) - Tolkien Explained-2
D&D 5E Animate Dead-2
Music[]
Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video)