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Chapter 55 - Fear, part 1
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I've always wondered why the living fear the dead so much. Why are people afraid of soulless corpses? What reason could there be for that? Unless a necromancer's spells have given the dead a semblance of life, what can they do? What danger could they pose? How could they threaten a living, breathing, flesh and blood person?
And also, why are people so afraid of body snatchers? If you believe that your eternal souls move to a better place after death.
What does it matter what happens to the rotten container that used to be his body?
Why should they care?
The dead should not be feared, because there are many things the living can learn from them. It could be argued that were it not for the Necromancers, medical science's understanding of the human body and its diseases could not have advanced as far as it has. But the same can be said of the arts of necromancy.
However, is it true that the fear that looted tombs and desecrated tombs inspire in societ
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