The World of the Beacon Hill Sorcerer
The World of the Beacon Hill Sorcerer Part I The Necromancer's Dance & The Necromancer's Dilemma by SJ Himes **Warning: Contains spoilers for The Necromancer's Dance (book #1 of the Beacon Hill Sorcerer) Definitions and Characters Necromancer : a sorcerer-ranked magical practitioner with an affinity for death. Can heal mortal injuries, commune with the dead, summon and control spirits, and is the natural nemesis of the sentient undead--vampires. All death magic, natural and spiritual, is under the control of a necromancer and comes easiest out of all the different types of magic accessible to a sorcerer. Necromancers can steal and overcome other sorcerers' spells that utilize death magic if the original caster is not also a necromancer. Death magic affinity is extremely rare, and necromancers are often victims of religious prejudice due to fear and superstition. Necromancers have historically been priests, clerics, and battlemages. Note ...