- "He isn't even alive, he's a magically animated...thing. He does not have our best interests at heart, because he doesn't HAVE a heart. I should know, I'm the one who cut the slippery little bugger out of him."
- ― Redcloak to Jirix on Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
- "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. Archetype of Necromancer.
Also Called[]
- Magic/Magical Undead Physiology
- Undead Mage/Magician Mimicry/Physiology
- Undead Sorcerer/Sorceress Mimicry/Physiology
- Undead Warlock/Wizard/Witch Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities[]
The user either is or can transform into a lich, an undead being resulting of a powerful being such as archemage, hierophant, priest-king, etc., striving for eternal life undergoes an arcane transformation to assure eternal life, binding their intellect to their animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of immortality. Liches are usually 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[]
- Dark Power
- Fear Aura
- Magic (varies in power)
- Undead Physiology
Techniques[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Anti-Magic
- May require a lengthy ritual and/or immense magical power/skill to achieve transformation.
- Destruction of the user's phylactery may destroy their soul, effectively killing them.
Known Users[]
See also: Our Liches Are Different
- Lord Fear (Ace Lightning)
- Liches (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
- Archliches
- Demiliches
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Lydia (The Adventure Zone)
- Edward (The Adventure Zone)
- Lup (The Adventure Zone)
- Barry Bluejeans (The Adventure Zone)
- Ayam Aghoul (Aladdin: The Series)
- Baraggan Luisenbarn (Bleach); via released form
- Liches (Chronicles of Darkness)
- Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron)
- Kordax (DC Extended Universe)
- Mikoto (Dead Rock)
- Rasputin (Don Bluth's Anastasia 1997)
- Skullmaggeden (Double Dragon)
- Liches (Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury)
- Fork Maidens (New Blood Interactive's Dusk)
- Lich (The Elder Scrolls)
- Pious Augustus (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
- Night King (Game of Thrones)
- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
- Ossion the Dread (Heroes of Camelot)
- Lord Hades (High School DxD)
- Terold Croword (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
- Liches (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!)
- Lubella Dim (Momodora)
- Lich (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Maleficent (Once Upon A Time)
- Ainz Ooal Gown/Momonga (Overlord)
- Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
- Abracadaver (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Azalin Rex, Darklord of Darkon (Ravenloft)
- Occult Priests (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
- Koschei the Deathless (Russian Mythology)
- Valeena (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!)
- Shiki (Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy)
- Lich (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Liches (Warcraft)
- Kel'Thuzad
- The Lich King
- Nagash (Warhammer)
- Eldlich the Golden Lord (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Gallery[]
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The Witch of Decay, Lubella (Momodora), is a horned giantess who wants to take over the throne of Karst.
The Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron)
The diabolical Lich (Adventure Time) is among the most frightening and unforgivable of Finn's enemies.
Ainz Ooal Gown/Momonga (Overlord), the Guild Master of Ainz Ooal Gown and Overlord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick.
Xykon (The Order of the Stick)
Due to supernatural but eldritch forces, the physically deceased women had been reanimated into Fork Maidens (New Blood Interactive's Dusk), magical zombies that brandish Dark Magic on their person, therefore also allowing them to project magic bolts. In addition to being reanimated, the Fork Maidens all have altered appearances, giving them hollow eyes and sharp teeth, earning them a horrific presence coupled with their disturbing remarks when confronting an adversary.
Mannimarco (The Elder Scrolls)
The Night King (Game of Thrones) is an undead user of magic, using necromancy to raise undead armies and can interact and mark greenseers to know where they are.
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Rasputin (Don Bluth's Anastasia) sold his soul to the otherworldly forces of darkness in exchange for an unholy amulet, which in the process he became a lich. This is a type of undead creature with magical powers.
Ossion the Dread (Heroes of Camelot)
Wiz (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!)
Nagash (Warhammer) Great Necromancer, the Great Betrayer, the Usurper, the Undying King, the Supreme Lord of Undeath, or simply He Who Shall Not Be Named.
Abracadaver (Powerpuff Girls) is a Zombie of mystical power.
Pious Augustus (Eternal Darkness) was a Roman centurion who was transformed into a lich by the artifact of the Ancient he chose, granting him tremendous power and the ability to cast the eldritch magic of the Ancient he serves, as well as Mantorok's.
Lich Delluke (Bug Player)
Ayam Aghoul (Aladdin: The Series)
Videos[]
D&D 5E Animate Dead-2
Overlord Ainz Ooal Gown vs Clementine Fight EP 9
World of Warcraft- Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic Trailer
Fall - The Lich's Speech - Adventure Time-2
The Lich Returns 1080p - Adventure Time Distant Lands-2
Why Death Magic is Evil-2