Necromancy

The power to utilize magic involving the dead, life-force and/or souls. Practitioners of this trade are known as Necromancers. A form of Magic and Dark Arts.

Also Called

Necrokinesis
Undeath Magic

Capabilities

The user's magical abilities revolve around manipulating the dead, death, the life-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
Death Empowerment
Death Inducement
Death Sense
Divination
Ectoplasm Manipulation
Immortality
Life-Force Absorption
Mediumship
Mold Manipulation (dead matter)
Motor-Skill Manipulation (dead/undead beings)
Pain Inducement
Pain Suppression
Reanimation
Resurrection
Soul Manipulation
- Soul Absorption
Summoning (deceased souls and/or corpses)
Undead Manipulation

Associations

Known Users

Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
Keith (Fairy Tail)
Eucliwood Hellscythe (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?)
Anubis (Eyptian Mythology)
Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
Hades/Pluto (Greek/Roman Mythology)
Hecate/Trivia (Greek/Roman Mythology)
Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Bryce Lawrence (Heroes of Olympus)
Kratos (God of War); via Army of Hades, Claws of Hades and Soul of Hades
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
Arawn Death-Lord (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Anita Blake (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)
all known Necromancers (The Elder Scroll)
Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
Effron the Sorcerer (DC Comics)
Nora Fries (DC Comics)
Walt Stone (Kane Chronicles)
Julius Kane (Kane Chronicles)
Gorice XII (The Worm Ouroboros)
Horned King (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Magnus Hainsley (Angel)
Matereani (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Xbox game)
Maya (DC Comics)
Merlin (DC Comics/Arthurian legends)
Mozenrath (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
Arthas Menethil (World of Warcraft)
Mz. Ruby (Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus)
Tobirama (Naruto); via Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation
Orochimaru (Naruto); via Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation
Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto); via Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation
Reiko Himezono (Reiko the Zombie Shop)
Sabriel (The Old Kingdom Trilogy)
Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
Suma-Ket (Marvel Comics)
Calypso (Marvel Comics)
Vecna (Dungeons & Dragons)
Velsharoon (Dungeons & Dragons)
Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
Zarok (MediEvil)
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)
The Necromancer (Charmed)
Alchemists (Charmed)
The Lich (Adventure Time)
Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
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
Wizards from Death School (Wizard101)
Hel (Norse Mythology)
Welveria the Swamp Witch (Queen's Blade)´
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)
Shadow Man (TF2 Freak)
Kairi Sisigou (TYPE-MOON)
Sayoko (UQ Holder)