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ELI

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NAME: Eli Azrael
AGE: 40... ish
HOMETOWN: Kingdom of Solterra, Feywild

yo. its eli. hit me up.

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[In Palamedes' defense, he was probably just going to stand there and look at the cat. But oh, alright; he raises an eyebrow, but sure, apparently some people can do that now.]

Ah, there you are. I couldn't find an umbrella.

[Or he would have brought it along, is the obvious implication. Spared one gray umbrella from the Palamedes Collection...]

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[Eli snorts.]

That's fine. I'm picky about these things, so I'll find my own.

[But it would seem, at least, that Pal has convinced Eli to swallow his distaste around the whole umbrella concept. Through the power of friendship, or nagging, or whatever.]

There's a good bench over here.

[Eli leads him to a bench along the path. The moon is out tonight in full, which is good for those like Pal who probably can't see well in the dark. He sits, turning to Pal, his elbow on the back of the bench.]

I'm all ears for whatever you wanna share.

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[Off to the bench, then. Palamedes will check up on the status of Eli's umbrella next time, he'll make a mental note—

Anyway, he sits, one arm-tentacle rubbing his chin thoughtfully.]

Well, it's been most of my life, which is a pretty broad topic. Usually people have specific interests, the other times I've had this conversation.

[Wryly amused, because he does keep having the Necromancy 101 talk... It's usually even pleasant; he does like to educate about his version of necromancy, after all. So. He gestures.]

What would you like to know? I'll just start talking about my favorite papers I've read if you don't stop me.

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[Eli watches the tentacle curiously. It's cool. He hopes he gets something cool out of this horrible corruption in the end.

Then he hums, giving it some thought.]

Well, my sister and I have always been interested in it, from a magical standpoint. Her interest comes from a desire to eliminate death from the world. To undo it or prevent it entirely, so that no one is ever entirely gone. I think... Well, one of her best friends died when we were all young, and she couldn't save her, and I think that fucked her up. My interest in it is very different... I just find death and undeath interesting in itself. Maybe the fact that necromancy is kind of forbidden where I'm from fuelled my initial experiments, but I find myself curious about death and what happens to bodies and souls after. I also have necromantic abilities from my patron, but I don't know who my patron is or what they're all about, so maybe if I learned more about necromancy, I could understand more about my powers and where they might come from.

I know a lot of magic from different schools of it, but the school of necromancy is shrouded in mystery because it's taboo. I want to understand the workings of it. It may work very differently between our worlds, but your perspective on its mechanics would be good to have anyway.