Necromancy

The School of Necromancy explores the cosmic forces of life, death, and undeath. As mages focus their studies in this tradition, they learn to manipulate the energy that animates all living things. As a necromancer progresses, they learn to sap the life force from a creature as their magic destroys its body, transforming that vital energy into magical power they can manipulate. Most people see necromancers as menacing, or even villainous, due to the close association with death. Not all necromancers are evil, but the forces they manipulate are considered taboo by many societies.