Obvious Questions For the Obvious

"That was Necromancy." We were riding out of Bandit Town to a crowd of stunned people (something I imagine is difficult in bandit town, also before you ask "How did you get an infection after stealing life directly following drinking the bad beer" well first off somethings might not need an explanation ok? secondly as if to directly negate that infections don't happen overnight and while I healed all my current hurts at the time the infection was waiting int he wings like an annoying child you thought you put to sleep but wakes you just before you get to sleep, so there necromancy is not prophetic welcome to suck town it also can't cure wounds you get inflicted on you after you have necromanced, and now I've created a sub heading longer than the entire entry I'll probably finish here) Aelanes (remember the first start of this sentence yeah he was talking) had waited mercifully until we'd been out of ear shot of idiots to talk about things that can get you killed even in crap towns like bandit.

"Yes that is sadly my real claim to fame, I'm a necromancer Aelanes." He didn't seem phased by it, not much of a surprise I'm sure in my cult its not a huge secret that I'm a Necromancer (its not, hilariously though still unheard of in the lands of the Guard, such simple creatures these ones) as a god of giver and taker of life there's only really one way a man could do it outside of I dunno taking over the duties of some giver and taker of life god (of which I really hope there isn't one because man alive I've been doing his job for years).

"What's it like?" The other obvious question of necromancy, first people ask if thats what they just saw, next they wonder what its like.

"You take everything they are, and were, the life force is a rush, the memories not so much. For a man like Scars back there it was a life of misery either inflicting it or having it inflicted on him, what I can hope when I take such an ugly soul at the best is one perfect day. Something that the bully clings to, to try and say he's not a bad person, in the case of scars? His perfect day involved the gang assault of a young girl, his entire life was ugly and whatever punishment awaits bad people like him will be waiting for him with open arms." I could have taken the life force without the memories such is my skill at the art of taking a man (or woman I'm equal opportunity in life theft) but we needed his masters location and so I got the whole garbage tale.

"Truly a burden to take on all of that." This is the nice thing about having a disciple they are all understanding about your completely awful things.

"I make do, it'll hit me in a couple days you never walk away from taking a soul, the best you can do is mitigate it. Live your life better than the one you took and take solace in the fact you removed someone awful." In the case of stealing someone's life who was a nice person? Well don't do that you jerk! We rode on in silence, we didn't have a long way to travel to reach the masters lair, but we made camp outside of town to bed down for the evening. If there was one overriding rule when taking on crazy people, its never do it at night if you can avoid it (unless they are sleeping, than go ahead take them on at night, see still completely awful at times!)