Necromancer Philosophies: "Jotul, your introspection is of course an intriguing take. You see, to give some context, I used to be a part of the Ravenfolk civilization back in the Old World and as well as I mentioned the Reaper, it’s essentially a Creed that this soul follows. You see this… flock of other humanoid mortals like me, the Ravenfolks, were always closely associated with death but then rebirth, they almost acted as cemetery custodians for other mortal races. They were very monastic and communal, often living in the outskirts from other mortals.
These creatures served a god or some sort of god-like entity they referred to as the Arbiter of Souls and of course there was Animism in the mix as well. This Arbiter or at least the doctrine of the monastery where I flocked from, viewed that all things must be put to a rest and that undead were a perversion of some sort of “natural order” they viewed. I as a magical prodigy saw through even when I as a fledgeling, that the Reaper, or which I call a creed that follows that offers freedom from the fickle constraint of things having an End, the flesh weakens and things decay. I am Immortal, and I will make the world and all of its inhabitants… Immortal. In a way, we see eye to eye.” Nevermore nod its Raven skull with the flesh bits, sensing a form of agreement with Jotul
Jotul's Lair: ”Yes indeed, what I am seeing here is almost an advanced magical technique that I refer to as Cloning, a manipulation of transmutation magic to create the body, and with the help of necromancy you can transfer the soul or your consciousness from one creature to a next. You could even steal a soul, maybe there is an echo of the countless souls in the astral that you can steal and forcibly put into the body. This would transfer the creature from a second chance to a servant, however. You could make this clone even have a condition where if you were to ever have your... soul disconnected from your current body (something that won't happen I am sure of!) that it would transfer to this one.
“Secondly, I wonder with the countless years you have to spend in the New World, not to gloat that I may have lived longer than you as my soul came from the Old World, I wonder how powerful is the hoard you contain. From pointless gold to powerful magic artifacts, is there anything you have in your arsenal that could be used against Giants or Rascals?, does the Dragon King know what sort of powerful trinkets you have? Just trying to gather a feel of your power, to say for instance a trade of magical artifacts I create for one of yours.
“Lastly, before I take my leave, my plan is to travel to the Dragon King and make him show that I am a powerful ally for the kingdom and become an honorary dragon. Then my next move is to make skirmishes or scouting missions, which to me seems like the closest region is this Gurmong area. Any recommendations for my next action is always desired”
In the Bonekeep:
Mission: Nevermore was in a way inspired by the Cloning that Jotul has done, and while it would still use necromancy for its next trick; it will combine the knowledge of transmutation and conjuration magic to create a new creature. Nevermore has had his prototype, of a squad of powerful undead dragons, but what it desired next was a research assistant that could also serve as an assistant and even a mount. This creature would have wings and also somewhat resemble a dragon just a bit more avian. This creature is a separate project from the prototype undead dragons
Nevermore traveled with its Lesser Dragons Husks to gather the remaining bones that were around the Bone Keep and utilize magic to piece the bones together to form the shape of a Raven or Crow. However, Nevermore wanted this to be a gargantuan Crow, the size of an adult dragon at least to even something the size around Jotul (The size of the Dragon King and even Kaiju-sized would have to wait) therefore the necromancy was utilized to raise the bones, transmutations to mold the bones to form the skeletal structure of a massive Crow, as well as conjuration to summon new bones and even fleshy bits and black feathers around the creature to make it more zombie-like and frankenstein monster-like. Husks can be used for physical labor as needed.
Nevermore’s final step was to use necromancy again, and to snatch like a crow snatches something shiny the soul from the Astral, the soul of a butler or leader of servants, to forcibly put it into this giant Raven Zombie and to make this creature have its own consciousness, a sort of free-will and capable of independent thought, except that it has follow the orders of Nevermore to the letter. The lich was finally done with outlining its time in the Bone Keep for this month, however it thought that it was tired of calling this Raven just a creature so that it deserved a name. Corvus came to mind, but it would serve as a brute for Nevermore, so then Brutus. In a way, Nevermore always fancied word play.
The desired servant really is a massive Crow zombie butler, it has the physical strength of an adult dragon, can be utilized as a willing flying mount for travel and combat, smart enough to serve as an assistant and be able to hold a conversation (talking in a stoic voice, also having mimicry like a Raven so it can copy and replicate voices), that's about it currently. Oh yeah also be indepentent when commanded, it could scout out a nearby region and then relay this knowledge back to Nevermore.
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Topic: Rise of the Monstrous Kingdoms (Read 9989 times)