Necromancy: The Dark Art of Summoning The Dead - (Exploring Magic Ep.1)

[@dani-uf1eo]

Speaking of necromancy while having a skyrim song in the background is very fitting. Loved it.

[@jamescollins2068]

The king of worms.

[@feralchangeling97]

Easy as flicking one's wrist in that game.

[@Nickmanic69]

So happy others noticed

[@aidanpenney7150]

I agree💯

[@iangreenearthwizard8560]

Secunda🌙

[@berner]

Necromancy, it's a great way to raise a family.

[@hex4569]

Dont you mean raze?

[@shereehi5539]

Took me awhile to catch on and all I got to say is LOL screw you

[@kody6518]

Haha I’m DEAD 👀😂

[@annaceciliafuglestad1120]

😂🤣😆😅

[@eliasstenbraten6342]

@@kody6518 not for long😈

[@zandroamador4491]

In the Diablo series, the Necromancer is portrayed as an agent of balance. His methods and powers are dark, but he doesn't allow himself to be corrupted by it. He uses necromancy as a means to maintain balance between order and chaos.

[@PrinceVega]

Exactly! The Necromancers from the Diablo universe are my favorite because of that reason.

[@johngo3715]

Iirc the Necromancers in Diablo were taught by a god(?) Something like a bone dragon that's been around since or before the Sin Wars

[@One_Eyed_Man_]

I believe you're thinking of the Nephilim, "Rathma".

[@R.E.LeBeau]

Yes, this is why they are not “Necromancers” but rather the Priests of Rathma, only called Necromancer to outsiders

[@AuraofMana]

The bone dragon is Trang'Oul.

[@guilhermemachado2905]

A necromancer is just a really late healer

[@segment9007]

It should be called necronom though, necromancer makes no sense.... Mancers are not a thing

[@segment9007]

It should be called necronom though, necromancer makes no sense.... Mancers are not a thing

[@johnevergreen8019]

segment pyromancer cryomancer geomancer...

[@kaydenstiles6743]

Pretty much

[@13woolley]

Just

[@aleqn177]

Necromancy is my favorite type of magic. The idea of being able to summon the dead and create your own army and getting stronger as the battle goes on because you absorb the dead of others is amazing. I wish more games would use necromancy and allow you to play as a necromancer

[@viveksinghgulia8739]

Diablo series

[@aleqn177]

vivek kumar Diablo does have it, but I’m more looking into the whole mmorpg type thing and diablo isn’t as much

[@PrinceVega]

@@aleqn177 , Necromancers will come to ESO in the next big update and they will be amazing. ESO is great when it comes to diversity and creating your own fantasy.

[@OmegagamingDK]

there is necromancers in Guild wars 2 and World of warcraft, in wow they are just called death knights instead

[@quimblyjones9767]

DnD ... Every F***kn time.

[@purgeazrael8290]

Necromancy will always be my favorite school of magic

[@heyarnold7256]

Go read Solo Leveling then. You'll love Sung Jin-Woo.

[@masterofthedragoons]

@@heyarnold7256 Fuck the hell yes! All of the yes but also kinda spoilers. Ps. Can I point out just how amazing the foreshadowing for Sung's class was. Sung:" Hypothetically say I could continue to grow stronger over time." "How strong do you think I can become?" Assassin dude: "As strong as your SHADOW runs deep."

[@TuesdayMoon901]

Me too !

[@zouzhul9607]

same

[@sadness8945]

masterofthedragoons Beautiful.

[@donnad4240]

Forget about necromancy. Your voice is enough to awake the dead. So gooooood your voice is. Dear Lord.

[@unregisteredassaultbutterk1185]

M&F is definitely among the pantheon of youtubers that have supernaturally soothing voices

[@Aristocratic13]

Gay

[@Aristocratic13]

Nvm you're a woman, I'm an idiot

[@Kami-s4l]

Ladies Love the Moon Knight 💀💀💀💀 I’m done

[@Aristocratic13]

• ɪɪᏩʟɪᴢᴢʏTHAᏩᎾᎠɪɪ • Wait is that a pun for this vid?

[@Amadeus8484]

Necromancer: "I can raise the dead!" Lich: "That's cute."

[@necasperaterent29386]

Necromancer: I also still have a working junk and can get with ladies while you're basically a mummified nerd. Lich: Nani!?!?!

[@rafaelugrin584]

@Фаик Тагиев well, liches are "born" from necromancy but they don't need to be a necromancer in life to become a lich

[@rayanderson5797]

@@necasperaterent29386 The idea of a necromancer getting any action is laughable... or gross, depending on how you think said 'action' occurs...

[@necasperaterent29386]

@@rayanderson5797 Why can't there be sexy necromancers? :D The job doesn't dictate a person's look in most cases. Frankenstein got some in the novel, even though yes, he was not a magic user but a scientist. To-MAY-to, to-MAH-to. ^^"

[@Kn1ghtborne]

@@necasperaterent29386 I'm making a sexy necromancer but I'm having alot of fun working out her kinks Or lack thereof

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

It's probably about how culture perceives life after death. In Greek mythology, if someone was dedicated enough, they could walk out of Hades. Christianity on the other hand see it as a reward or punishment for how person lived. Then necromancy is going to be evil, as the dead can escape Hell, or a soul can be brought back down to earth from heaven even if for short pierod of time it's going to be an act against will of the God.

[@anna.owo.]

In greek mythology also have something like haven and hell.. Elisia pedia is like paradise and tartar a is hell..

[@TragedysHalo]

Christianity is based on faith in Christ, not a persons actions, that result in being granted entrance into heaven (gods presence) or thown into hell (cast out of gods presence). Just a correction. Can you really just walk out of hades according to greek mythology? That's interesting!

[@noraye2500]

@@TragedysHalo It's near impossible to walk out of the Underworld, but people can walk into the Underworld. The most famous story of this is the musician Orpheus who went to the Underworld to save his wife Eurydice, who died young. Orpheus went before Hades and Persephone and played his music for them, and it was so beautiful that Hades was brought to tears. So, Hades allowed Orpheus to leave the Underworld with his wife, on the condition that he must walk in front of her and never look back at her until both of them were back to the world of the living. Well, fear and anxiety got the better of him, and the closer they got to the surface, more the fear grew that his wife may not really be behind him at all during their trip. When Orpheus reached the surface world, he was so overjoyed that he immediately looked back to his wife, forgetting that they both had to reach the surface before he could look back at her; she was still far enough back to still be in the Underworld. The deal broken, she was pulled back to the Underworld and Orpheus was left alone.

[@Aristocratic13]

Aaron Sikes You can also walk out the underworld if you give Hades some good weed. Bruh I was just in the Underworld last night. Me and my boy Hades was on that Reggie Kush. I even hooked up Persephone with some good hash. Bruh if I didn't leave the underworld how am I talking to you now?

[@davidsun3511]

If we were going to include Christianity and Lord into the argument, an ill example of necromancy would be King Saul raising the spirit of the judge Samuel in a desperate attempt to find the word of God. Because of that, Saul had brought misfortune and doomed his family line in the Kingdom of Isreal.

[@FengLengshun]

I remember that one guy doing a 1-on-1 tabletop session as a necromancer. He was doing great as a necromancer until the heroes came. It turns that he'd been playing as the villain to another campaign of the GM, and he did great as he used necromancy as a way to alleviate the need for workforce and to work the farms, giving freedom to the people who had lived on subsistence farming. The heroes were just blindly following the words of the people who preferred the status quo and just doomed the people he freed back to the hands of the ones who would kept them powerless. The GM praised him for how beautifully he used his necromancy to create a compelling villain and how it actually left a strong impression on the other side of the campaign.

[@sebastianrook5478]

Black Panther was also a necromancer, known also as The king of the dead. capable of communicating with all the past Black Panthers.

[@LuffyBlack]

This was the comment I was looking for

[@deadlyninja112]

Would that mean the Avatars are necromancers?

[@timesupea]

​@@deadlyninja112yes. Jesus Christ is also a necromancer lich king

[@vipercrb5622]

I've said this before, that I've romanticized Skyrim and its music, the combination of the somber, ambient sound and your smooth, soothing voice has aroused me.

[@yeetusfetusdeletus7992]

Viper CRB odd flex but alright

[@BTsMusicChannel]

Please, keep it in your pants.

[@wcapewell3089]

One of my favourite necromancers in fiction is nico di angelo from the percy jackson franchise. At one point in the 4th book he summoned the dead the same way as Odysseus, though instead of sheep blood he used a happy meal and a six pack of coke.

[@sirchtnecnivsanti7273]

But nobody told us nico was the gay son of hades!?! Necromancy was next to breathing to him tbh..

[@BeyondtheRecord]

not gonna lie, I would probably raise from the dead if someone offered me a happy meal for free

[@hakianabenioni9666]

I love Nico's character. He's my favourite

[@randomperson2348]

Nico is such a good character. I wish his sister survived, though

[@TheArtisanTarotTBMoon]

Lol I remember reading that in the books thinking that wasn’t going to work and then it did and I was like seriously our hero of Troy will accept a happy meal 😂

[@KiwiEmperor]

Necromancers are always one of my go to classes I pick when playing fantasy RPGs. I truly enjoyed how you fleshed out the mythology behind it and how you explained from many aspects that it's not just another dark art. Would love to see a video on the mythology of liches!

[@jacopoarmini7889]

In my opinion, the difference between the "good" necromancy and the "bad" is simple, in the first case you are politely asking for the dead to answer, in the second case you wrench them from their resting place and force them to do your bidding. In a more fantasy-ish way, communing with the dead is good, using them as tools is wrong. This of course supposes that in the case of raising the dead, they have a soul, otherwise moving an empty dead body is not really "evil" in my opinion. On the church thing, abrahamic religions see the cycle of life and death as especially sacred, and in medieval theology "good" souls have no interest in leaving Heaven, so, the only souls that would answer are those of Hell, or devils themselves. Thus necromancy, in a judeo-christian perspective, is basically calling forth an evil presence.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

I played a good nercomancer like that. He used only souls willing to return. Considering there's a lot of heroes and adventurers wanting a second chance.

[@luismorales4617]

At least , a good and logic opinion .

[@sayingthethingstheywont2619]

Thats pretty much what the video said lol

[@humanity600]

@@luismorales4617 I agree. I almost wrote the same thing myself.

[@humanity600]

@@sayingthethingstheywont2619 No it didn't. It just described the different type in franchises.

[@thedarkestnightmare616]

Personally, Necromancy I feel is one of those magics that has the POTENTIAL to be used for good. Like just communicating with the deceased seems fine enough. It CAN be used for good, but most times its used for evil purposes.

[@Hugh-Man0006]

If only it was real.

[@Dana-pv2is]

Not trying to be rude but the deceased are called that for a reason. No one comes back from the dead. Those people summons DEMONS. They have absolutely no access to human souls but they lie to their bones to put a nice façade to such horrendous practice.

[@christbenitez8797]

All kinds of magic can be used both good and evil. Necromancy can be taken out of context or misunderstood if you see it first hand.

[@LustyLichKing]

To be fair, if you forced my soul to reoccupy a very decayed, nasty ass corpse body instead of giving me an actual fresh host to control, I would consider you to be very evil too. It's about manners and respect.

[@maggiemoonpie2168]

@@christbenitez8797 I respectfully disagree my friend. Whether it's used for good or bad is irrelevant, or should I say, the problem. Even if used for good, you're controlling people and situations to suit your desires, which is incredibly controlling and narcissistic. It's like the ruler of North Korea, Kim Jung, he is quite literally a psychopathic control freak and he thinks he's fooling everyone, and everyone is going along with his pathetic charade, smiling and nodding maniacally. He replaced his name with the name Jesus in all the bibles and tells them he's the reincarnation of their savior, yet they drop dead like flies because they are starving. Any money to save them is being used to manufacture the charade. The wizard of oz. Only those without control of their own lives seek to control others. Only by relinquishing control to God can we then be in control. White magic is this, in a nutshell, as is black. It's playing God, pretending to know better than He. It always backfires because a relationship with God is a symbiotic one, we are nothing without Him and everything with Him. That's because He is within us, otherwise we will never be whole and always be incomplete. You cannot be truly happy and at peace without Him. Moreover it's literally impossible to be depressed and suicidal when we relinquish ourselves to Jesus, mind, body and soul- it all ties in. And even situations deemed tragic are necessary, we should not go against the natural order. Pain and adversity are gifts. When we reflect and process it all properly, using our experience to help others and having learned our lessons, we become better human beings and evolve the soul exponentially. Therefore it is not only arrogant to think we know better than God but we may be depriving ourselves of the life experience and deprive other people of our wisdom and sage advice borne of life experience. They would benefit from our compassion, empathy and an overall innate understanding we wouldn't have otherwise given. Life changing experience we and they, are richer for. We pay for the sins of out mothers and fathers, that's why we're continuously living out cycles of tragic situations, grief, dysfunction, addiction and illnesses, like some sort of groundhog day movie, we're compelled to do it until we get it right or for at least two generations or more, whichever comes first, because it's all borne of sin, which stems from the demonic and sure Jesus paid our debt and yes, sin may be forgiven, but that doesn't mean anyone is off the hook, it doesn't just go away. In fact we're judged not on the sin but how that sin has negatively affected others, only it's tenfold, to account for the ripple effect, and it always comes back to bite you in the ass. The universe is a mirror, hurting others is actually a form of self loathing because you're only hurting yourself and your children and grandchildren. So sin should be paid for and purified, there's no getting around it, maybe it's delayed but that's only making things worse, it's cheating. I always pray that God's will be done, you can't go wrong. And lastly, both white and black magic involves communication with gods, demons and the like. Familiars are generational demons with a pretty name, but they are demons - disembodied souls of the nephilim or some variation disembodied energetic beings that are in rebellion with God. Demons lie, pose as angels, spirit guides and loved ones passed on, and demons always double cross, period. It's their nature. Their nature is one of deception, with an insatiable blood lust so they mean us harm! There's just so much we don't know about traversing the unseen realm. White magic is a sigil, it's a state of bondage that inevitably leads us down darker and darker paths and all those roads lead to hell. That's why the Bible warns us that if we take this route, come judgement day Jesus will utter those dreaded words- depart from Me- I no longer know ye- I hope I didn't come off as condescending, but I learned the hard way-

[@Apollo1989V]

I am surprised you did not mention the only instance of necromancy in the Bible, when Saul, in desperation, asked the witch of Endor to raise the prophet Samuel.

[@bisonsaidthebulltohisson1144]

Ive been thinking abt the same thing.

[@markusnavergard2387]

god damn necromancer Ewoks ( i couldnt resist the obvious joke)

[@wilsoncrocker]

hay-zoos resurrecting lazarus is necromancy

[@fredflintstone2958]

@@wilsoncrocker Correct.... I wonder how Jason missed that?

[@haccdebmaloy3084]

Jesus and Lazarus

[@ecotti89]

There is a series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton that center around the character of Anita Blake. In the series, Anita is a necromancer and she gets paid to raise the dead. She mostly does it for legal matters (like people who might not have had wills) or for the police. It's an interesting series for the most part.

[@NoxCornixus]

Till she sleeps with everything, constantly.

[@lilithrealm]

@@NoxCornixus 🤭

[@lordhelmchen6539]

Yea until she makes everything Poly, Poly, Poly, Mimimi - wait for it-POLY.

[@sykune]

But its common place in that world for there to be people able to reanimate the dead. But interestingly enough not all can be called necromancers they called them reanimators.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Chad Necromancer vs Virgin Paladin

[@rhyshumpledink5451]

Inquisitor Thomas Chad?

[@mikaylaedelstein1115]

@@rhyshumpledink5451 It's a meme

[@yashmathur2]

😂

[@JoshuaRWorkman]

In the epic fantasy series I'm writing, one of my MC's daughters is a Necromancer and she falls in love with and marries a lady Paladin.

[@haroldgodwinsonshouldhavew3875]

@@JoshuaRWorkman sound like shit lgbt fantasy...so fuck off

[@johanbuis1369]

I love your video’s man! And your voice is very soothing, it chills me out just to listen to your video’s. I do however feel like I need to point out that the difference between light and dark magic isn’t exactly the same as the difference between good and evil in most universes. Dark magic is usually magic meant to hurt or control others while light magic is used to heal and protect or otherwise do selfless things. So a good person can still use dark magic to do good things.

[@bluesbest1]

"I must protect you from yourself." "You slaughtered my village and are trying to slaughter this one. How does boiling blood feel?"

[@fredflintstone2958]

@@bluesbest1 Why do you use quotation marks? Who are you quoting?

[@bluesbest1]

@@fredflintstone2958 My imagination. I visualized a "hero" using "good" in a bad way and a "villain" using "evil" in a good way and this was a concise way of projecting the result. The "hero" is removing their victim's choice and ability to learn from their mistakes, at best putting them in a gilded cage, while the "villain" is keeping a village safe from a murderer with a reasonable portion of revenge on the side.

[@bluesbest1]

​@@fredflintstone2958 I wasn't thinking about necromancy. My reply pertained to OP's comment about Light and Dark, essentially giving an example of using Light for bad things and Dark for good things. And yeah, the fact that that kind of example comes so readily to mind seems to prove the point OP and I were trying to make.

[@fredflintstone2958]

@@bluesbest1 Yes, it does....just clarifying. Peace and blessings to you

[@rickmaurer8726]

Garth Nix's Old Kingdom books does a good job showing the positive side of necromancy. The power to put restless spirits to rest and to keep the dead from rising again. The more they use their powers the greater the toil and strain placed on the user.

[@PrinceVega]

I personally like the Necromancers from Diablo the most. They fight to preserve the balance between Light and Darkness and they're among the only mortals to have never fallen to corruption. I'll leave a quote here : "Although their art is considered "dark," and the people of the outside world shun the priests who practice these arts, these mysterious cultists never suffered the epidemic of corruption that plagued the ancient mages. They will accept any spellwork provided it does not cause its user to become corrupted. Pragmatists in the truest sense, they are above temptation. They see death merely as a natural part of life and do not seek to deny its arrival. These ideals, coupled with an understanding of the natural balance between Order and Chaos, explain why they have not fallen prey to the influences of evil. However, their serious demeanor and the powers of life and death they manipulate often lead others to suspect them of having more sinister motives." Or, a similar example : "The Priests of Rathma live and die by a simple philosophy: that the eternal struggle between light and darkness is never-ending, and that Sanctuary is threatened by both sides of that war. Only by preserving the Balance and keeping those opposing forces at bay, one can hope to make the world a better place."

[@jamesriley3074]

PrinceVega well done sir

[@fredflintstone2958]

Where are your quotes from? They're useless without a reference.

[@sykune]

However in the book the moon of the spider you see that balance is from ones perspective as a necromancer helps bring a powerful demon into sanctuary in the name of balance as the the three prime evils had been banished in Diablo 2 so he felt it tipped the scales of balance to far in the direction of good.

[@mr.halloween3371]

The Jotten Goddess Hel would have been interesting for you to talk about. Also Odin used Necromancy as well.

[@deespaeth8180]

Freya also has some associations with the dead. Leader of the valkyries, cannot recall other associations at the moment.

[@themadgaytheist3983]

You forgot the most famous necromancer of all time, Jesus. The Bible has several examples of bringing the dead back to life, not just Lazarus. Additionally Jesus causing all the dead in Jerusalem to rise would have been a zombie apocalypse. Great video though.

[@noahdixon885]

The difference between a necromancer and jesus is that a necromancer used sorcery to raise the dead while jesus used authority. He told someone to wake up and they did because he has authority over everything because hes the messiah. There was no magic involved

[@iamnotinvolved1309]

Also, Jesus died and came back to life. That's a great example man, I've never thought about Jesus in this way before.

[@Effel87]

@@iamnotinvolved1309 that just makes jesus a lich lol.

[@lordcommissar7813]

I like this version of Jesus lol

[@dammitanothername]

resurrecting the dead interferes with free will. If we don't have free will, why are we responsible for our actions?

[@ShadowFox10587O]

The Elder Scrolls: Manninarco the "king of worms" Potema the "wolf queen" A lot of the dragon priest Alduin himself technically(he uses a shout to raise dead dragons) The ideal masters Serana's mom The list goes on There's a lot of necromancer in elder scrolls lore

[@carna-9501]

I mean Mannimarco literally became a god, the god of worms, the necromancers moon, he who blinds arkay

[@Vajrakumara333]

Mannimarco The Worm King and patron god of necromancers ( from the elder Scrolls) is definitely my favorite

[@josem.1133]

I pretty much have a idea what the answerd is, but could you make a video on alchemy and its similarities/differences with magic? Thanks for the great video.

[@LiezAllLiez]

Is there really a point to this? "Alchemy" is an ancient way of saying "chemistry". Its got nothing to do with magic (not by my standards anyway). Ressurection on the other hand is a type of magic literally identical to raising the dead by a necromancer and yet nobody bats an eye when Jesus resurrected a couple of folks (himself among them).

[@ddlcp]

I thinks its all comes does to the similarities incorporated throughout over the decade by different author.

[@heyitstat4227]

It’s not shown often but DC’s Constantine dabbles in necromancy to collect information. And technically he’s a hero

[@ddlcp]

he's neither a hero or anti hero as he's still a selfish baster yet with somewhat a good moral code that solves situation in a ingenious and tricky way due to nature of how high the cost of particular magic entails. Lets not forget the mess that's left behind with every encounter filled with pain which in turn makes him a memorable & incomparable bad-ass.

[@MythologyFictionExplained]

Insert Favourite Necromancers here or I guess your most hated depending on how you feel :D

[@cain9851]

Mannimarco from the Elder Scrolls

[@tabbytab95]

The Lich King from World of Warcraft

[@123MrDenideni]

@@tabbytab95 he is a death knight not a necromancer.

[@mattg6106]

Vecna should definitely be here.

[@anthonyrios2311]

Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga)

[@jirikubelka8828]

What I adore on those videos of yours is the subtle insertion of art from Magic The Gathering. Even the Liliana Vess (who is shown in this video) more or less has both faces, the goodkind and her bad one.

[@tombkeeper1397]

If we are talking about the core aspect of Necromancy "Communicating with the dead" then every aspect of Shamanism seen in fiction, or even in historic tribal areas, can also be seen as Necromancy such as with the Scandinavian Druids or the Native American Medicine women or Augur. I just see Necromancy as another form of Magic but with how often it is used in fiction, and the manner upon which it is used which often changes based on the story, makes it a discipline that is very difficult not to abuse. As they say "Power corrupts but Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely" and what power could be considered greater than having access to the unlimited resource of the souls of the departed, willingly or not?

[@Zeithri]

Scandinavian Druids? I've never heard that we had Druids here.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Necromancy gives me chills, but if merely communicating with the dead makes one too.

[@bluelotusnefertoum2144]

A very powerful but natural form of necromancy is the ancestral spirit. The bloodline of your mother and father. Your ancestors reach out toward you; assist you, and protect you. But you have forgotten them

[@noahdixon885]

Necromancy is raising the dead. Not talking to the dead

[@jameshuffman5736]

OK for one druidry and shamanism are opposite to necromancy they do have some similarity. druidry and shamanism are earth based while druidry is on the side of life and decay. Honouring the ancestors and the earth it self. Necromancy is based on decay and death energy they focus on communing with the dead and preparing the recently deceased for the afterlife they can't raise skeleton but they can call the spirits of the dead to defend or protect a person or earth. The man purpose of necromancer is communing with the dead and preparing the deceased for the after life. Now shamanism can commune with the dead as well prepare the descased for the after life.

[@FaustNemesis]

Arthas aka the lich king should be an honorable mention here!

[@BrokenShale]

RIP Blizzard.

[@cabriacousins2714]

Don't forget Kel'Thuzad, the best Lich!

[@FaustNemesis]

Blizzard is not dead it's just going through a teen faze! It's just a faze! :'(

[@KoltiraMemeweaver]

Arthas was a jerk

[@markusnavergard2387]

Nagash the great necromancer, supreme lord of undead and now God of death and master of Shyish. ( warhammer fantasy/ warhammer age of Sigmar)

[@SteveCave]

Great video! I would add the Biblical story of King Saul, the first king of Israel, secretly visiting the witch of Endor, and hiring her summon up the spirit of the prophet Samuel. In the story, necromancy is illegal at the time, but it's shown as clearly working. The spirit of Samuel does show up, but condemns Saul! I've always assumed they this story also has a lot to do with why necromancy is seen as bad in the West. I've noticed in your videos that you tend to avoid Biblical examples - if that's because you just don't know much about those stories, I'd love to be of service! Im a Bible college graduate who went on to become an athiest story teller. If you avoid those stories to just not cause yourself problems with fanatics, well, I can understand that too! Keep up the awesome work, I'm loving your style!

[@adinocc2042]

I very much agree! Plus, I'm positive that that's where George Lucas got the name for the Ewok's home planet of Endor.

[@callummason6589]

We are not jews so fuck off with your Jewish cult example.

[@leonader9465]

I always thought necromancy was a really cool concept, and recently I wondered where it really came from. Today I looked up "necromancer" and found this video on the topic, and it really answered every questiong I had. I also want to compliment your choice of background music.

[@wcapewell3089]

6th view. I have been waiting for this. Necromancy is my favourite type of magic.

[@TheHornedKing]

Necromancy best magic.

[@turbogamer7006]

It is really cool

[@markusnavergard2387]

Evil magic.

[@Alekranidos09]

Ditto

[@anomunousfugc8034]

Necromancy is cool and all but...what about Lesbomancy? Btw in case people flip over this, i was watching witcher 2 vids and now its stuck in my head😂

[@UGNAvalon]

Seeing a picture of MTG’s Liliana Vess reminds me of the fact that her career began as a healer, with necromancy coming as a later extension of her powers. That’s a fascinating connection (ie both arts defy death) that I think few ppl actually explore in their magic systems!

[@sarahgrace3488]

One must-watch (or must-read, for those so inclined) for a nuanced portrayal of necromancy is The Untamed (or The Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation for the book, which has a lot more necromancy and moral greyness)-where the main character is a necromancer. Wei Wuxian is the fallen hero/villain of his world, who died in a horrific and tragic way 13/16 years before he is brought back as a way to get revenge for somebody, and gets wrapped up in a murder mystery/epic romance with an upright and moral old enemy of his. Wei Wuxian is a DELIGHT of a character-he's fun, outrageous, flawed and even if a lot of what he's done was VERY wrong and messed up in comparison to the correct and conventional ways of magic (like raising up an entire army of the dead to go home and murder their families, communicating with the dead through living their experiences, using the resentment of dead people as energy for magic, etc.), it's understandable _why_ he does it-and he's by no means an evil character. The Untamed is a 50 episode, 1 season long series, available for free (with ads, but good quality subtitles) on Rakuten Viki. It's a bit confusing at first, but I'd say it's well worth it if you love good depictions of necromancy (especially past the 20 episode mark).

[@GnarledStaff]

It is said Saint Nikolaus could performed miracles. Some say he even brought the dead back to life. Ain’t no sleep in Santa’s Workshop.

[@markusnavergard2387]

you work till you die and then you work some more. hmm explains why he has a nonestop work scheduale. all the elves are undead. also one source of santa was Odin, who was god of the dead and summoned up the spirit of a Völva to ask for wisdom

[@nekrouni8497]

Markus Nävergård not to mention, Odin was a master of magic and sought to know all knowledge in the nine realms. This may help to explain how Santa is capable of knowing where everybody wants, lives, Been bad or good, and when they’re sleeping or awake and can deliver all of their presents in one day and night.

[@psychedelicpayroll5412]

It was a legend that he brought back to life children who were slaughtered by a cannibal butcher.

[@DaniMartVTen]

Anime - "Overlord", Ains Ooal Gown.

[@carpediem3950]

All hail bonii-chan!

[@turbogamer7006]

Love overlord

[@TinyRoseTamer]

Faust the VIII from Shaman King!!!

[@autobotfan11]

Trash

[@kagetsuki23]

Orochimaru and Kabuto.

[@bigheverly]

I love the Skyrim music, so peaceful, so many memories of being OP and wrecking everything 😋

[@greyworld6242]

You should do a video on immortality next. Don’t forget sylvanas.

[@stevenotto1456]

If he does, I'd say don't forget Tithonus. Immortality can come with a price.

[@lolosh99]

Like when he forget to mention the iconic necromancer Arthas

[@finalboss6973]

Death stops the time loop of life.

[@lolosh99]

The Burning Crusade maybe life stops the time loop of death (: I see death more of a final rest kinda thing.

[@finalboss6973]

Actually we should fear life more than death as it is the reason death and fear exists.

[@haccdebmaloy3084]

Yes very pleasing voice. Fabulous storytelling I put it on autoplay and had a wonderful afternoon enjoying your content

[@snowwhite7677]

I have found old diesel engines to be highly responsive to necromancy resurrection... Given they still retain good compression.

[@GeneralMrDeath]

I’m going to be honest, I’m happy the YT algorithm put this at the top of my search results for necromancy. I’m researching the magic type for a book I’m writing (specifically for a one of the good guys) and this video actually helped clear somethings up for me. So thanks for that.

[@alchemxstxavier5225]

Can you do African magic like vodou?

[@yoloyogurt7678]

Voodoo*

[@nekrouni8497]

GRIFFITHS Vlogs that is the Anglicized form of it. True, they are both written in English, but there is a difference between Romanized and Anglicized.

[@holyflame2]

You're not a true Necromancer if you're not laughing at the enemies who are getting destroyed by your army of minions while having tea at the back.

[@wolfboy18]

Could you please do Lich's? I bet they have an interesting history. Also great Video! Thanks for doing this.

[@overmind009]

One of my favorite necromancers is Gilles de rai from "The skeleton soldier couldn't protect the dungeon"

[@duncanchiu7401]

Very well made, thank you very much

[@franklinwalker4059]

Thanks for making a video explaining what a necromancer is and what they do to an more nutrial and educational stance the necromancer archetype is one of my favorites of all time because of how they can use their powers who they keep around them for their image to the world and the moral delima that each and every character has to think about personally especially in a situation that you could find yourself in in a did game my favorite party I've ever played in had a necromancer and a holy palidan in the same party and everything that either one did was a extreme moral delima for the other and it just impossible to explain that thought process unless you done it with a serious roleplay heavy party but it's amazing thank you again for the honor you have done

[@neptunecentari7824]

I miss my lvl 99 necromancer in Diablo.

[@hotpopcorncake]

is necromancer a race?

[@Katzenkaiser4]

thanks for the video. I am playing a necromancer in diablo 4 right now and wanted to hear a bit about necromancy lore on the side. this video definitely scratched that itch.

[@Jackb290]

My favorite of magic. *Laughs manically*

[@AshHeaven]

I thought you were an alchemist. Mind the law of equivalent exchange!

[@drmahlek9321]

Odin in Norse Mythology was a Necromancer. A major part of the Poetic Edda that tells the overview of the mythic history (the Voluspa) is him raising and communing with a dead Volva (witch).

[@jojofarley4511]

Anita Blake from Laurel K. Hamilton books, best necromancer ever!!!!

[@theliterarywitch]

This is one of my favorite videos on your channel. watched it at least a few times a month

[@nozomusuzuki7916]

In Bible, witch performed Necromancy for King Saul and brought a spirit of prophet Samuel.

[@AyubuKK]

Nozomu Suzuki And Samuel got really mad because he wanted to remain at rest. That’s why you don’t bring people back to life.

[@ddlcp]

just tell him to get over it and others to don't be such a douche.. 3: )

[@fridayrandommedia117]

The Oblivion music in the background 🔥🙏

[@Lord_Nidus]

Good video.

[@Witchbear91]

My favorite necromancer is Misty Day from American Horror Story Coven. Thanks for the video. Its amazing!

[@KidrinaSky]

All I could think about was the Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter, mainly the resurrection stone and elder wand,while listening to your explanation of what necromancy is. Harry spoke to the spirits of his fallen family before he went off to face Voldemort and even revived himself afterwards. Harry wasn't evil like Voldemort. So I agree that not all necromancers are evil.

[@Hugh-Man0006]

Harry didn't exactly die though. He was thrown down by the spell but it was the fragment of Voldy's soul that was released.

[@labyrinthgirl17]

Oh wow, this video was so helpful. I'm going to use this knowledge to help make my dark fantasy series deeper with this kind of magic.

[@TheHornedKing]

Necromance if you want to We can bring your friends to life But your friends aren't dead and if they aren't dead Well, they're no friends of mine Say, we can kill who we want to, With Undead of any kind And we can rule like we we own all of this world, Leave the Living far behind And Necromance be kings! We can go when we want to, The night is young and they will die And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet And separeate their skulls right from their eyes Say, Necromance if you want to, If we don't, nobody will And you Necromance real cool and totally removed taking the soul right from the kill And say, Necromance, Necromance, Everything's out of control Necromance, Necromance, They're all running from the horde Necromance, Necromance, Magic flying from your hands Necromance, Necromance, Nobody's taking the chance Necromance, Oh well, let's Necromance Ah yes, let's Necromance Necromance if you want to, All your lives belong to mine As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it, Free from the hands of time Necromance if you want to, We can bring your friends to life But your friends aren't dead and if they aren't dead, Well, they're no friends of mine And say, Necromance, Necromance, Everything's out of control Necromance, Necromance, They're all running from the horde Necromance, Necromance, Magic flying from your hands Necromance, Necromance, Nobody's taking the chance Necromance Oh well, let's Necromance Ah yes, let's Necromance Oh well, let's Necromance Ah yes, let's Necromance Oh well, let's Necromance Oh well, let's Necromance Oh yes, let's Necromance Oh, let's Necromance, yeah Well, let's Necromance let's Necromance Well, let's Necromance Oh, let's Necromance

[@cyberneticshadow5572]

Better than the original lyrics...brilliant

[@N4g4r1d3r]

I don't have a Necromancer I like in particular BUT Necromancers are by far my most loved faction in the Of Might & Magic Heroes games.

[@Rehema_wilsonne]

Magic scares me but somehow i get myself watching this videos

[@patriotsrebelsrogues7332]

what about it scares you?

[@fruitygarlic3601]

That's fine, but there's absolutely nothing to be scared of. The "magic" that people practice for religious purposes is a far cry different from legend.

[@samanthabisbee2875]

That's a healthy way to explore your fear and I would definitely encourage it. The horror genre is basically a tool humanity can use to look at the monsters within and around us, and perhaps come to terms with it. Psychologically speaking, facing your fear in a safe environment is a great way to either overcome it or develop coping mechanisms. Something else to ponder: we hate and fear in others what we contain within ourselves and refuse to recognize. That is kind of a short explanation of a shadow self. They're shadow because you are too scared to look at them. But you'll find, when you do amass the courage to turn and look, that the shadow self (in this case, the magical part of yourself) is cold, lonely beyond words, malnourished, fearful, perhaps angry, but generally willing to speak with you. You can ask her name and ask what she wants to say to you, as you've unknowingly been ignoring and neglecting her for a very long time. Ideally the two of you can build a relationship. This is the power of mythology and stories - to transform us and make us whole.

[@abyssstrider2547]

What's so wrong about it? Its no different from a gun. Or a bow since most games which have magic are set in a mediaeval settling

[@Rehema_wilsonne]

Im not saying necromancy or witch craft is bad...it just scares me to think that there is someone somewhere capable of communicating with the dead,see the future anf cast spells but then again am always intrested in knowing more and more thats how i ended up here

[@rayanderson5797]

I actually do have a necromancer DnD character. She isn't evil, but started communing with spirits because her mother had little time for her as a child, and she discovered a book of necromantic rituals one day while perusing a castle library unsupervised. She definitely falls on the 'knowledge' side of things, and sees necromancy more as a field of study than as a means to gain power.

[@magnus7153]

Warhammer Vampire Counts/Tomb Kings/Death Wizards anyone? I know Death Wizards cant raise the dead but hey, they still use death magic

[@stefvanroey8191]

Nagash needs more love in fiction

[@grumpygorman4579]

very thorough, balanced, well constructed and articulate. Entertaining too...

[@distru789]

How could you forget the true modern necrmancer, the Lich King!

[@dezzyrose8918]

I think the Anita Blake vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton is one of my favorite book series for this . It explores both good and bad uses of necromancy. Also tying into what necromancy could do with the vampires or sensing other realm things.

[@meh458]

Dezzy Rose omg me and my mom has this series! It is soooo good

[@garkorr8158]

Nagash is number 1 necromancer

[@armanpierre-charles5303]

Listening to this lovely historical characters and events give me good chills. You have gave me great ideas making fantastic artwork and comic book story.

[@fares8339]

Nice bro

[@boomslangrat]

This is very interesting, I knew necromancy was not always seen as bad but I guess I never really realized the scope of necromancy. Love the videos, keep up the fantastic work

[@kimarvidsson2364]

The Lich King the King of undeath and necromancy. The best of the best 👑

[@markusnavergard2387]

Nagash is the best of the best. Lich king is a little kid playing at necromancy comapred to him

[@heyarnold7256]

What about Sung Jin-Woo? aka the Ultimate Necromancer Hero.

[@androo6473]

I love this kind of stuff about black magic! I love your channel not because of these types of videos but your channel as a whole! :D

[@hopenolan4447]

Using a ouija board to communicate with the dead never seems to end well

[@PillarofWind]

i was taught never to use that, never did dont use it.

[@KABNeenan]

I really appreciate the balanced view of necromancy you provide in this video. My goal is to write a story involving necromancy, but without the taboo aspect that I think is largely a product of Judeo-Christian bias. It's a little difficult to find non-biased information on necromancy, so resources like this are great. Thanks for the great work!

[@viveksinghgulia8739]

Diablo game franchise

[@augustwest5356]

Very interesting and informative. I'd watch this over "pranks" and "social experiments" all day. Well researched and made. Stumbled on this video because of a KZbin recommendation. Yeah I'm shocked too. New subscriber

[@tortoisehallion1647]

M&FE uses Skyrim Soundtrack doesn't mention Mannimarco when talking about necromancers.

[@MythologyFictionExplained]

My knowledge of ES lore is bad, never really played through the games other than a bit of Skyrim.

[@tortoisehallion1647]

@@MythologyFictionExplained it's fine it was just a joke.

[@patrickrichardson5934]

Hail the king of worms!

[@hinatababe97]

How do you not believe in this? You are a great teacher of it. Strange.. but will still support.

[@rolyngeorges6914]

My favorite Necromancers are: Ambrose Spellman and Nicholas Scratch along with Nico Di Angelo. Also. Dr. Frankenstein.

[@deespaeth8180]

Nicholas Scratch is another name for the devil. Just throwing that out there.

[@joyestel]

I am currently reading "Sabriel" so this video came in perfect timing. Great video, as usual!

[@Wanderingwalker-ke6mg]

Yet I’d be over the moon if I could simply create a flame when I click why fingers 🙄 no more lighter for me.

[@datenshisekai]

this video sure gave me more intel on necromancer and how to write my own character in a fantasy based story that im writing. Thanks for the upload fam!

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

jesus, too, would qualify as a necromancer. he did raise lazarus, after all. then too, would not jesus' father -- who is also jesus him self, according to the stories -- be a necromancer? for, come the end of times, jesus' father would raise the dead before bringing them to "judgment". so.. that would make the abrahamic god its very self a necromancer. so..

[@jackwolf3200]

Digging the Skyrim music in the background there as well. Great video ;-)

[@davidmorrisii69]

Jeepers creepers😲😱🦧

[@KdotLINE]

I've always liked Orochimaru from Naruto in terms of his necromancy. He raises the dead to fight for him (the past Hokage), but the bodies are conscious, and realize they have been raised from the dead. The dead know it is vile, that they don't belong in the living world, and hate that they have been raised, but they don't have control over their actions. It's a nice little twist to the normal brainless-corpse type necromancy.

[@3leggedwarrior850]

That was the longest most slowest face reveal ever

[@jenna_baker]

your voice mixed with the lovely skyrim music made me start drifting off before i was 2 mins in🥺💕

[@narutoman48]

I still got all my liliana cards! MTG fans get it😂

[@vetus_memoriae]

I created a dnd character that uses necromancy and herbology, and I want to understand more about both fields to make a "realistic" character and to be able to talk properly when he does.

[@kenbee1957]

Koff Wasn't.....eeeerm....wasn't Jesus a necromancer? 👀

[@adinocc2042]

He raised the dead, didn't he? And, his followers ingest his blood in a ritual of symbolic vampirism, as well!

[@NoxCornixus]

@@adinocc2042 only till he became a Lich and transcended death.

[@Skrixm]

Quote the verse please

[@deespaeth8180]

His followers also ate his flesh, did they not?

[@grndragon7777777]

Found your videos by the necrocomacon. I have subscribed. I will be listening to all your videos while working. Thank you for this

[@itaybron]

if you speak Aramaic and Latin you're half way to being a necromancer

[@mhafez2052]

Lol, still far from that, get back to the origins and you will find the source is the middle east even before the egyptians!!!!

[@bloodraven669]

I always been interested in Necromancy but never would I practice it

[@nightlock826]

Necromancy was always interesting to humans as it defy the mortality. However I always found the necromancers character interesting, from someone who uses it for good intentions yet preforms henious actions, or the ones who seek immortality deciding the best way to find it is to study death, thus unlocking the magic

[@ravenandthecrow]

My favorite necromancer ... VECNA!!! From the Greyhawk setting. He was the top lich before being a lich was cool. He made vampires BEFORE necromancy was a school in DND. He also achieved Godhood and half godhood by using his own wit, knowledge and magic.