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Her Majesty’s Secret Spellcasters

Jun 12, 2014himselfWriting Lifeflotsam & jetsam, gaslamp fantasy

So the general opinion is that the “necro” in “necromancer” refers to death– traditionally necromancy is the ability to speak with dead spirits, for the purpose of lifting curses, busting ghosts, whatever. This has led to the image in popular fantasy of necromancers being gothy types who hang around in cemetaries raising zombies and the…

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