- "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, death-force and/or souls. Form of Magic and Dark Arts. Utilized by Necromancers. Magical variation of Death-Force Manipulation. Opposite to Animancy. Not to be confused with Death-Force Arts.
Also Called[]
- Black-Animacy/Dark-Animacy
- Death/Death-Related Commands/Spells
- Necro/Undeath Magic
Capabilities[]
The users either have magical abilities or have powers that 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. They can also 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. This is most frequently depicted as being able to resurrect the dead to varying to degrees, from shambling corpses to conscious zombies to even complete Resurrection. More powerful users and directly convert the living into the undead, allowing them to bypass conventional durability by turning an opponent into a mindless zombie at the user's control.
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[]
- Blood Manipulation
- Carcass Manipulation
- Bone Manipulation
- Mold Manipulation - dead matter
- Motor-Skill Manipulation - dead/undead beings
- Preservation Manipulation
- Remote Possession
- Restoration Augmentation
- Damage Inducement/Unhealing/Anti-Regeneration (As it Harms The Living, it could Heal/Regenerate the undead.)
- Death Inducement
- Death Sense
- Divination - by contacting dead/undead beings
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Apparition Materialization
- Phantasm Manipulation
- Spiritual Force Manipulation - Varies for more powerful necromancers.
- Soul Manipulation
- Energy Manifestation
- Experience Manipulation - utilizing the tactics, skills and learning of the departed.
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Mediumship
- Necrosis Inducement
- Pain Inducement
- Power Sharing/Borrowing - with undead beings
- Reanimation
- Resurrection
- Undead Manipulation
Techniques[]
- Cemetery Empowerment
- Conjuration - deceased souls and/or corpses
- Curse Inducement
- Blood Magic
- Death Empowerment
- Death-Force Empowerment
- Death Magic
- Immortality
- Necroplasmic Conversion
- Reanimation Empowerment
- Spell Casting
- Spirit Magic
- Undead Conversion
- Undead Magic
- Voodoo
Associations[]
- Necromancer
- Dark Arts
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
- Death Transcendence
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Hand of Glory Proficiency
- Lich Physiology
- Mystical Conversion
- Nether Magic
- Nether Manipulation
- Rot Inducement
- Spirit Physiology
- Spiritualism
- Spiritualist
- Undead Physiology
- Vodou Deity Physiology
Limitations[]
- Anti-Magic/Magic Destruction/Magic Negation/Magic Sealing/Magical Energy Absorption
- May be Weak against Animancy and other Life-Based powers.
- Filth Manipulation may be used against this power.
- 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.
Known Users[]
See Also: Necromancer.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou)
- Rades Spirito (Black Clover)
- Jack (Buster Keel)
- Mikoto (Dead Rock)
- Sakuyamon X (Digimon)
- Keyes (Fairy Tail)
- Ritsu (Fire Force); via Necro pyro
- Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Incognito (Hellsing 2003)
- Rabbit (Juuni Taisen)
- Eucliwood Hellscythe (Is This a Zombie?)
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
- Welveria the Swamp Witch (Queen's Blade)
- Reiko Himezono (Reiko the Zombie Shop)
- Chihiro Furuya (Sankarea)
- Melascula (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Johann George Faust VIII (Shaman King)
- Rita (Shingeki no Bahamut)
- Yuka Sasaki (Talentless Nana)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Sung Suho (Solo Leveling)
- Kim Woo-Jin (Kill The Hero)
- Esther Rosenthal (Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator)
- Sayoko (UQ Holder)
- Zombie Master (Yu-Gi-Oh)
- Dark (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
- Pooh Upooh (Hardcore Leveling Warrior)
- Users of Impure World Reincarnation (Naruto)
- Kabuto Yakushi
- Orochimaru
- Choi Lee Kyung (Necromancer Survival)
- Karna Necromos (Rise of the Unemployed Wiseman)
- Necromancers (Dead Mount Death Play)
- Corpse God/Rizdilusia Redrazalf
- Easlies Swordfrail
- Phanora Kristoffel (The Witch and the Beast)
- Nea (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic)
• Sungwoo Yu (Lone Necromancer)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Magical Scarab Beetle (American Dragon: Jake Long); via a spell
- The Huntsman (American Dragon: Jake Long); temporarily
- Councilor Chang (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Hope/Charmcaster (Ben 10 Series)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Mozenrath (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Horned King (The Black Cauldron)
- Lady Death (Chaos! Comics)
- Evil Erine (Chaos! Comics)
- Devil Forgemasters (Castlevania animated series)
- Hector
- Isaac
- Jack Boniface/Shadowman (Valiant Comics)
- Pariah Dark (Danny Phantom)
- Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
- Effron the Sorcerer (DC Comics)
- Nora Fries (DC Comics)
- Maya (DC Comics)
- Neron (DC Comics)
- Merlin (DC Comics)
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Sartana of the Dead (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
- Chernabog (Fantasia)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- King Vangelis/Skull Sorcerer (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Skull of Hazza D'ur
- Suma-Ket (Marvel Comics)
- Brother Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
- Calypso Ezili (Marvel Comics)
- Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
- Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Shuri (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Discord (My Little Pony series)
- Umbra (Necroblivion)
- Delilah Briarwood (Amazon Prime's The Legend of Vox Machina)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- Demongo (Samurai Jack)
- Tom Lucitor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Pastmaster (Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron)
- The Neutrals (Tails Gets Trolled)
- Morgana (Tales of Arcadia)
- High Queen Mother Morgana (Winx Club)
- Raven Hex (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose)
- Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
- Tengu Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: Lost Episodes)
- Blood Red Queen of Hearts (Vampirella)
- Dr. Orpheus (The Venture Bros.)
- Baphomet/Nergal (The Wicked + The Divine)
- Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Merlin (Arthurian Legends)
- Witch Of Endor (Christianity)
- Anubis (Egyptian Mythology)
- Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Hel/Hela (Norse Mythology)
- The Devil (Christianity/Islam)
Literature[]
- Anita Blake (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)
- Turiel (The Book of Deacon)
- Twyla Valentine (The Caster Chronicles)
- Arawn Death-Lord (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Randall Flagg (The Dark Tower)
- Necromancers (The Dresden Files)
- Alexander Page
- Capiorcorpus/The Corpsetaker
- Cowl
- Drakul
- Grevane
- Harry Dresden
- Heinrich Kemmler
- Kumori
- Lyctors (The Locked Tomb)
- Necromancers (The Locked Tomb)
- Count Dracula (Dracula)
- Mara Beznik (Freeks)
- Bryce Lawrence (Riordanverse)
- Walt Stone (Kane Chronicles)
- Julius (Kane Chronicles)
- Vera Casnine (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
- Hades (Riordanverse)
- Nico di Angelo (Riordanverse)
- Bianca di Angelo (Riordanverse)
- Thanatos (Riordanverse)
- Melinoe (Riordanverse)
- Hecate (Riordanverse)
- Sabriel (The Old Kingdom Trilogy)
- Dr. John Dee (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
- Malcolm Fade (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Nina Zenik (Grishaverse)
- The Other King (Unsong)
- Gorice XII (The Worm Ouroboros)
- Peider (King's Dark Tidings)
- Necromancer's (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Solomon Wreath
- Lord Vile
- Melancholia St Clair
- Auron Tenebrae
- Vandameer Craven
- Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant) (as a last resort)
- Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant) (formerly)
- Damian Banach/Walker (The Murder of Crows)
- Crows (The Murder of Crows)
- Sauron (Tolkienverse)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Marie Laveau (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Magnus Hainsley (Angel)
- Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
- Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Necromancer (Charmed)
- Alchemists (Charmed)
- Doyle (Dark Oracle)
- Omen (Dark Oracle)
- Vern (Dark Oracle)
- Ahmanet (Dark Universe: The Mummy 2017)
- Set (Dark Universe: The Mummy 2017)
- Ash Williams (The Evil Dead)
- Evil Ash (The Evil Dead)
- Mathias (Fading of the Cries)
- The Night King (Game of Thrones)
- White Walkers (Game of Thrones)
- Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Hela (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Morgana (Merlin)
- Nimueh (Merlin)
- Morgause (Merlin)
- Michael Jackson/The Maestro (Michael Jackson's Ghosts)
- Marek (Mythica)
- Renée Marand (The Order)
- Renée's sister (The Order)
- Witches (Salem)
- Kreon (Spookies)
- Old Daka (Star Wars)
- Marnie (True Blood)
- Antonia (True Blood)
- Necromancers (Wizard 101)
- Wei Ying/Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- The Necromancer (Legacies)
- Shadow (Fate: The Winx Saga)
- Freddy Krueger (Nightmares on elm street)
Tabletop Games[]
- Vecna (AD&D)
- Velsharoon (AD&D)
- Liliana Vess (Magic: The Gathering)
- Necromancer class (RPGs)
- The Necromancer (Small World: Necromancer Island)
- Sin-Eaters (Geist: The Sin-Eaters)
- Moros path (Mage: The Awakening)
Video Games[]
- Matereani (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Xbox game)
- Devil Forgemasters (Castlevania series)
- Necromancer (Castle Crashers)
- Pinwheel (Dark Souls)
- Necromancers (Dark Souls)
- The Ancestor (Darkest Dungeon)
- The Necromancer (Darkest Dungeon)
- Death (Darksiders 2); via Necromancer Tree
- Nokris, Herald of Xol (Destiny)
- Savathûn, The Witch Queen (Destiny)
- Necromancers (Diablo)
- Xul
- Inquisitors with the 'Necromancer' specialization (Dragon Age)
- Dorian Pavus (Dragon Age)
- Sidony (Dragon Age)
- Necromancers (The Elder Scrolls)
- Mistychain (Epic Seven)
- Necromancer (Island of Lost Souls)
- Kratos (God of War); via Army of Hades, Claws of Hades and Soul of Hades
- Hades (God of War)
- Necromancer (Guild Wars 2)
- Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Strong Spirits in Shadow Isles (League of Legends)
- Hecarim
- Karthus
- Kalista
- Mordekaiser
- Thresh
- Yorick
- Mortanius (Legacy of Kain)
- Kain as Scion of Balance (Legacy of Kain)
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Swan (Lollipop Chainsaw)
- Zarok (MediEvil)
- Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of War); via Isildur's Ring of Power
- Isildur (Middle-earth: Shadow of War)
- Zog The Eternal (Middle-earth: Shadow of War)
- Undead of the Barren Lands (Mobile Legends:Bang Bang)
- Framis
- Leomord
- Vexana
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Luna (Shadowverse)
- Cornelius (Shadowverse)
- Hex (Skylanders)
- Undead Spell Punks (Skylanders)
- Wolfgang (Skylanders: Imaginators)
- Mz. Ruby (Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus)
- Tama (Sword of the Necromancer)
- Kairi Sisigou (TYPE-MOON)
- Necromancer Nadia (Valkyrie Connect)
- Necromancer (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Sania (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Nekros (Warframe)
- Arthas Menethil (World of Warcraft)
- Necromancer (Wizard101)
- Merrin (Star Wars Jedi Survivor/Fallen Order)
- Duo Lon (The King of Fighters)
- Ao Oni (Ao Oni)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX);via the Dark Summoner Staff, and Skeleton Scythe
Web Comic[]
- Jacob Deegan (Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire)
- The Oracle (The Order of the Stick)
- Various Characters (The Order of the Stick)
Other[]
- Thriller (Michael Jackson's Thriller)
- Snow White (Neverafter)
- Adam El Ansem (SCP Foundation); via Ontokinesis
- SCP-049 - The Plague Doctor (SCP Foundation)
- Necromancers (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Lord Vile/Skulduggery Pleasant
- Melancholia St. Clair/ The Death Bringer
- Valkryie Cain/ Darquesse
- Solomon Wreath
- Auron Tenebrae
- Vandameer Craven
- Dark Anubis (Summoners War)
- Trollge (Creepypasta)
Known Objects[]
- Alpha Rune (Ben 10 Series)
- Scottish Book of the Dead (Catscratch)
- Book of Shadows (Corpse Party: Book Of Shadows)
- Lazarus Pit (DC Comics)
- Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (Evil Dead)
- Claws of Hades (God of War)
- So'unga (Inuyasha)
- Isildur's Ring of Power (Middle-earth: Shadow of War)
- Black Volume of the Dead (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Sword of the Necromancer (Sword of the Necromancer)
- Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
- The Black Cauldron (The Black Cauldron)
- Yatsufusa (Akame ga kill)