Necromancer: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'', necromancers are quite common, and are the reason for [[The Undead]] being a faction in themselves and a major, recurring threat to Wesnoth. The allure of immense power and potential immortality (via transformation into a Lich) draws in practitioners of the dark arts, and although the extreme strain of their training causes most of these 'Dark Adepts' to become [[Squishy Wizard|extremely frail and weak physically]], it does give them [[Glass Cannon|impressive magical firepower]]. The Adepts' higher-level promotions, the Dark Sorcerer, Necromancer, and Lich, often lead the Undead armies in battle, making them perhaps the most powerful individuals in the Wesnoth-verse <ref>(the characters, not the actual units)</ref>. However, they are hated by everyone. ''[[Zero -Percent Approval Rating|Everyone]]''. Necromancers, both alive and undead, have been involved in so many wars and battles throughout the various campaigns, since before the creation of the titular kingdom to hundreds of years after it's fall, that they have become somewhat of a cliche in Wesnoth.

** Also worth noting is that neither are evil. They're both ''dark'', certainly, but both PC and NPC Ritualists and Necromancers are most often unambiguously on the side of good. They serve Grenth, the god of death and cold, but Grenth isn't an evil god (though he can be a bit cruel when [[You Mean "Xmas"|Wintersday]] comes around). In fact, he basically punched out the ''old'' god of death, who ''was'' evil, and took over.