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| − | A.Y. 3272-380, 108 years, covered much of the [[Known Worlds]] but very little fighting occured in space. | + | [[A.Y.]] 3272-380, 108 years, covered much of the [[Known Worlds]] but very little fighting occured in space. |
Following the end of rhe [[mage Wars]], Necromancers began to proliferate throught the Known Worlds. Since the wars ahd ended, their primary role as mercenaries was no longer profitable, and they began to turn to other industries. | Following the end of rhe [[mage Wars]], Necromancers began to proliferate throught the Known Worlds. Since the wars ahd ended, their primary role as mercenaries was no longer profitable, and they began to turn to other industries. | ||
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==The War== | ==The War== | ||
The bulk of actual fighting in the Necromanic Wars was done by the [[Grey Temple]] necromancers, who by this time had amassed several hundred [[Lich]]s. They had many allies who commited living troops to the cause, and in the span of a few years they had captured a great deal of territory. | The bulk of actual fighting in the Necromanic Wars was done by the [[Grey Temple]] necromancers, who by this time had amassed several hundred [[Lich]]s. They had many allies who commited living troops to the cause, and in the span of a few years they had captured a great deal of territory. | ||
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| + | [[Honoreck]] had promised his followers a thousand-year nation that would be forged through the crucible of war, and many were eager to oblige. Those under his controll that would not fight willingly were [[Genocide in the Necromanic Wars|executed]], and their corpses made to fight for the cause. | ||
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| + | In total, the war lasted for 108 years, but claimed more lives than the [[Mage Wars#The Second Chaotic Period|Second Chaotic Period]] of the Mage Wars, do primarily to Honoreck's tactics and the fact they basically everyone alive was fighting neck-deep in rotting reanimated corpses. | ||
==See Also:== | ==See Also:== | ||
*[[Necromancy]] | *[[Necromancy]] | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 6 July 2010
A.Y. 3272-380, 108 years, covered much of the Known Worlds but very little fighting occured in space.
Following the end of rhe mage Wars, Necromancers began to proliferate throught the Known Worlds. Since the wars ahd ended, their primary role as mercenaries was no longer profitable, and they began to turn to other industries.
Though temples tried to be self-suffienct, they often needed support from surrounding communities, to which they sold their services in exchange for goods and money. Cheap labor was common, as a dozen necromancers could direct several hundred reanimated corpses at simple tasks. Mining and field work were the main sources.
Primary Causes
The primary driving force behind the war was the Grey Temple necromancers, who felt that the world belonged to them and they should take it. A schism between Grey Temple and Green Temple necromancers at the begining of the Third Age had caused nearly all temples to identify with one of the two theologies.
However, while Grey Temple theology included a sense of entitlment, the Grey Temple necromancers lacked any kind of support system. It took the rise of Arch-Lich Honoreck to unit the Grey Temples and begin a campaign to take over the known worlds.
The War
The bulk of actual fighting in the Necromanic Wars was done by the Grey Temple necromancers, who by this time had amassed several hundred Lichs. They had many allies who commited living troops to the cause, and in the span of a few years they had captured a great deal of territory.
Honoreck had promised his followers a thousand-year nation that would be forged through the crucible of war, and many were eager to oblige. Those under his controll that would not fight willingly were executed, and their corpses made to fight for the cause.
In total, the war lasted for 108 years, but claimed more lives than the Second Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars, do primarily to Honoreck's tactics and the fact they basically everyone alive was fighting neck-deep in rotting reanimated corpses.
