This is an attempt at a scene setting excerpt, to be honest, I should probably just do them all as IPC files. Also, undated == done on the day uploaded from here on out.
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Excerpt from the introductory series of lectures written by the Lich.
"What is our power? This is not an easy question, and not a particularly important one. We know how to use it, and studying its effects and properties is far more effective at advancing our craft than any other approach.
"But this question has, in part, been answered. From the mages of other disciplines, we know that this power originates from a dimension, universe, or similar that is 'near' to ours, although along an axis of 'distance' one would not normally expect.
"Thus, the question becomes, why is our power, that we call 'necromancy', so much different? No other power integrates itself so differently with living matter, nor does any other magic possess the ability to propagate itself.
"The answer is simple. In its native realm, the magic we define as necromantic is, in essence, that of souls. In our world, the soul is an imprint within matter that has held life; some of it remains when the body is dead, some of it leaves for places unknown, or dissipates.
"When necromantic energy comes into contact with the soul, or remnants of it, it consumes and replaces it. This is the core of our art; this is the reason it acts like none of the other magics. This is the reason creatures of curse - which is, as we know, a different kind of 'magic' altogether than that from the adjoining realm - are so resistant to direct effects of necromancy, as their curses protect and surround their souls.
"This... Consumption of souls also means that entities like myself, the tainted, blackwings and ghouls are all 'soulless', so to speak; our souls have been replaced by the necromantic energy that sustains us. Practically, this has no true effect, as we still possess a 'soul', merely one that would be more at home in another reality.
"It has been theorised, however, that this warped, 'false' soul is the reason we usually possess no conscience."
"What is our power? This is not an easy question, and not a particularly important one. We know how to use it, and studying its effects and properties is far more effective at advancing our craft than any other approach.
"But this question has, in part, been answered. From the mages of other disciplines, we know that this power originates from a dimension, universe, or similar that is 'near' to ours, although along an axis of 'distance' one would not normally expect.
"Thus, the question becomes, why is our power, that we call 'necromancy', so much different? No other power integrates itself so differently with living matter, nor does any other magic possess the ability to propagate itself.
"The answer is simple. In its native realm, the magic we define as necromantic is, in essence, that of souls. In our world, the soul is an imprint within matter that has held life; some of it remains when the body is dead, some of it leaves for places unknown, or dissipates.
"When necromantic energy comes into contact with the soul, or remnants of it, it consumes and replaces it. This is the core of our art; this is the reason it acts like none of the other magics. This is the reason creatures of curse - which is, as we know, a different kind of 'magic' altogether than that from the adjoining realm - are so resistant to direct effects of necromancy, as their curses protect and surround their souls.
"This... Consumption of souls also means that entities like myself, the tainted, blackwings and ghouls are all 'soulless', so to speak; our souls have been replaced by the necromantic energy that sustains us. Practically, this has no true effect, as we still possess a 'soul', merely one that would be more at home in another reality.
"It has been theorised, however, that this warped, 'false' soul is the reason we usually possess no conscience."
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