Necromancer

Necromancers are a dominant force in Lichfield, holding influence in politics, religion, entertainment, and business.

Necromantic Posses

A defining social expectation is that a successful necromancer maintain a posse of thralls. A common theme is a baseline expectation. Necromantic animation requires remembering the full name of the animated entity. Depending on the name, controlling more than three thralls at once is considered mentally taxing. Controlling four or more is very difficult, and so accomplishing this feat is considered an act of conspicuous magical expenditure. Failure to maintain a posse, or losing control of one's own thrall in a public setting, are considered scandalous lapses of mastery. A key advantage of a necromantic posse, is access to free, round-the-clock skeleton labor, considered an unfair advantage by many.

Notable Necromancers

CEOs have business-attired skeletons, generals command undead soldiers, and entertainers coordinate flamboyant ensembles. such as mob bosses with henchmen or generals with soldiers. Necromancers are known for their long, complex, and difficult-to-remember names, which is both a practical defense against reanimation, and an opportunity for poetic expression.

Madame Catafalque. Lead singer of the band *Charnel Sin*, known for a theatrical gothic aesthetic and a dramatic skeletal entourage.
Baron Soil. CEO of *Worm’s Acre Farms*, his posse skeletons dressed in agrarian workwear with hints of decay and growth.
Unnamed Sorcerer. A powerful necromancer with a theme suggestive of *Charlie's Angels*, their skeletal entourage evoking a stylish, high-action flair.
Calvarium Cerementorium. A necromancer embodying the goth-punk spirit, leading a ragtag crew of skeletal rebels decked in spiked leather and heavy eyeliner.
Unnamed Moe. Skeleton posse suggestive of three stooges, with the necromancer as "Moe". Pratfalls and staged forgetting part of routine.