Necromancer

A necromancer was a specialist wizard of the school of necromancy. They harnessed the energy that brought life to everything, draining it from their opponents and using it to wield powerful magic.

"Typical! Them necromancer types always find some reason not to do a hard day's work in the fields!"

- Farmer Callaway

Relationships
Necromancers were often viewed as ominous or nefarious by the general population, as their work dealt with death. However, not all necromancers were morally corrupt, but their manipulation of death-related energies was often frowned upon by various cultures.

Necrobanes loathed necromancers, even if of the same alignment. Most interactions between them resulted in conflict.

Other classes of magic, including enchanters and illusionists whose spells typically could not affect the undead, did not get on well with necromancers.

Symbology
In the southern wizard nation of Halruaa, necromancy was not considered a honorable school of magic and considered to be one of the weaker disciplines. The symbol of necromancy was a raven perched upon the point of a triangle, which symbolized death and renewal found in death.

Notable Necromancers

 * Ambuchar Devayam, an undead Emperor of Shou Lung in Kara-Tur.
 * Marune, a neutral evil necromancer and the oldest living member of the Shadow Thieves.
 * Aumvor the Undying, an ancient Netherese lich archmage with a mastery of necromancy.
 * Kazerabet, also known as the Angel of the Dark, was a powerful necromancer who penned the Art of Necromancy.
 * Sammaster, powerful human necromancer and later lich, he was the founder of the Cult of the Dragon.
 * Shoon VII, the seventh emperor of the Shoon Imperium, who later turned into a Demilich.
 * Szass Tam, the Zulkir of Necromancy in Thay.
 * Velsharoon, also known as The Lich-Lord, he was an archmage of Necromancy and the patron of liches.