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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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[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.