April 4th, 2016
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Also here's a cool thing: Chapter Three books just went up in the store!! They're marked as being on "backorder" for now despite the fact that I have a huge box of them, because I'm about to be out of town for a bit and it'll be a couple weeks before I can start shipping them out, BUT: if you wanna go ahead and order one, you can, and I'll send it your way as soon as I get back!!
Now, you might notice that we aren't quite done with Chapter 3, but we're really close!! so book-readers will only get a couple pages ahead. c:
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Dang, I didn't mean to spam, but I'm a bit distracted... Anyway, I wonder what the church's stance on necromancy and the undead.
I mean for understandable reason, the dead and corpses are kind of taboo/'sacred' in many cultures and disturbing them is not really a thing. And dealing with death and what's "beyond" (afterlife, reincarnation, void etc) is a prominent part of most (if not all) religions. If I remember correctly, runewriting is connected to The Artist somehow, or attributed to him. So runewriting is probably seen as a gift of The Artist. But that doesn't mean necromancy can't be seen as a perversion or distortion of the Artist's gift (Iavin actually refers to Agorath rituals as blasphemy or something).
But I guess we will find out soon?
posted at 3:26pm on April 4th, 2016
That would make a lot of sense. Most necromancers in modern media are portrayed as villains, partly because of the graverobbing aspects. It could also be a medical concern. Having an undead pony walking around the house is probably not sanitary. Given this, I imagine the government would all but force Life Runewriters into healing fields, even if that's not their particular niche. They'd definitely prefer doctors over necromancers.
This also makes me wonder about the church's stance on witches. Most modern cultures at least pay lip service to the idea of bodily autonomy. Of course, witches are clearly distrusted, but I wonder if that's church doctrine or if it's just a knee-jerk reaction to the idea of controlling other people. It could be a mixture of both.
posted at 3:50pm on April 4th, 2016
I don't know if they could force Life runewriters though -- based on how the elemental powers are described in http://runewriters.com/index.php?c=59, it sounds like the subtype is as innate as the main type. So there's theoretically a bunch of very bored Death/Necromancy runewriters who aren't allowed to do much with their abilities. OR, odder still, necromancers who want nothing to do with necromancy: http://runewriters.com/index.php?c=145
posted at 7:39pm on April 4th, 2016
Ah, I forgot about that.
As a third option, maybe necromancers are just super-duper rare, so there's no real policy on them. Like, Jonan and maybe a handful of others, scattered across the country.
Or, as a FOURTH option, maybe there's a niche that necromancers can fill. Zombies seem like good workers. Maybe necromancers make corpses build houses, or dig irrigation. Cheap labor, right?
posted at 10:42pm on April 4th, 2016
Comment by Glew
Oh, and I love how the priest's face goes from "sorry for your loss" to "suprised/shocked" to "slightly freaking out"
I can only imagine how freaked he will/would be in the moment after the last panel, when he makes the connection between "zombie" and the name "Jonan" D:
posted at 3:20pm on April 4th, 2016