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[[File:Kemmler.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Heinrich Kemmler]] the Lichemaster]]
'''Necromancers''' are evil sorcerers who use their powers to raise the dead to form vast hordes of the [[Undead]]. They also know ways to drain life from their opponents, make them age and let them die in moments, while they extend their own lifespan nearly to immortality. At the end any Necromancer becomes an undead being himself, called a [[Liche]]. They practice [[Necromancy]] a perversion of the [[Lore of Death]] and are found in [[Vampire Counts]] armies. The first and greatest of them was [[Nagash]].  
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[[File:Dieter Hellsnicht.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Dieter Hellsnicht]] on back of his [[Manticore]]]]
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'''Necromancers''' are evil sorcerers who use their powers to raise the dead to form vast hordes of the [[Undead]]. They also know ways to drain life from their opponents, make them age and let them die in moments, while they extend their own lifespan nearly to immortality. At the end any Necromancer becomes an undead being himself, called a [[Liche]]. They practice [[Necromancy]] a perversion of the [[Lore of Death]] and are found in [[Vampire Counts]] armies. The first and greatest of them was [[Nagash]].
  
Other renown Necromancers are or were:
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Other notorious Necromancers are:
* [[Heinrich Kemmler]], also called the Lichemaster
 
* [[Dieter Hellsnicht]], the Arch Necromancer of [[Middenheim]] and
 
* [[Arkhan|Arkhan the Black]], chief lieutenant of Nagash and also a powerful Liche
 
  
Necromancers are able to ride on [[Nightmares]], [[Winged Nightmares]] or even dread [[Zombie Dragons]]. In the past some Necromancers have also ridden living monsters like the [[Manticore]] instead of undead constructs.
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* [[Heinrich Kemmler]], called the Lichemaster
 
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* [[Dieter Helsnicht]], the Doomlord of [[Middenland]]
==Miniatures==
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* [[Arkhan the Black]], chief lieutenant of Nagash and a powerful Liche
[[Games Workshop]] has published various miniatures of Necromancers and Liches, including [[Special Characters]] like the giant figure of [[Nagash]], [[Arkhan|Arkhan the Black]] on his winged [[Skeleton Chariot]], [[Heinrich Kemmler]] and [[Dieter Hellsnicht]] as well as some generic Necromancers on foot and one mounted on a [[Nightmare]].
 
 
 
{|align="center"
 
| [[Image:Kemmler.JPG|thumb|center|120px|[[Heinrich Kemmler]] the Lichemaster]]
 
| [[Image:Dieter Hellsnicht.JPG|thumb|center|150px|[[Dieter Hellsnicht]] on back of his [[Manticore]]]]
 
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[[Category:Vampires & Necromancers]]
 
[[Category:Vampires & Necromancers]]

Revision as of 13:05, 13 October 2010

Heinrich Kemmler the Lichemaster

Necromancers are evil sorcerers who use their powers to raise the dead to form vast hordes of the Undead. They also know ways to drain life from their opponents, make them age and let them die in moments, while they extend their own lifespan nearly to immortality. At the end any Necromancer becomes an undead being himself, called a Liche. They practice Necromancy a perversion of the Lore of Death and are found in Vampire Counts armies. The first and greatest of them was Nagash.

Other notorious Necromancers are: