Androxine Vortex
Archmage
The type of magic that my characters use in my novel revolves around harvesting the souls of the living and the dead and absorbing them to further expand their lifespans and rejuvinate them; a means of life eternal. At first I thought, "Okay so they are necromancers."
But I did lots of research into necromancy and that's not what it is at all. Necromancy was a practice of magic to communicate with the dead in order to reveal the future or hidden secrets. So i ask myself if Necromancy was an art of divination, why then has it's image changed so much? When you think about necromancy, you probably think of an evil wizard summoning skeletons and zombies right? Thats how they are in the movies and especially the video games nowadays.
I'm just a little skeptical if I should refer to the magic in my novel as necromancy since technically it's not although it is portrayed as such in today's terms and understandings.
But I did lots of research into necromancy and that's not what it is at all. Necromancy was a practice of magic to communicate with the dead in order to reveal the future or hidden secrets. So i ask myself if Necromancy was an art of divination, why then has it's image changed so much? When you think about necromancy, you probably think of an evil wizard summoning skeletons and zombies right? Thats how they are in the movies and especially the video games nowadays.
I'm just a little skeptical if I should refer to the magic in my novel as necromancy since technically it's not although it is portrayed as such in today's terms and understandings.