frostrune said:
Nazhkandrias, your elf necromancer is a suprisingly relevant combination. I'm not sure if it fits with the military theme our DM is going for but Aereni elves are masters of Necromancy. In fact they worship their ancestors called the Undying Court. In their culture their greatest leaders and heros are sometimes granted a form of lichdom to forever serve their people. They are not truly undead, they are a new sub-type called 'deathless'. Essentially a good-ish variant. The bad news is the Aereni had virtually nothing to do with the Last War as they hail from a completely different continent. They tend to be xenophobic and have little regard for the lesser races. Good luck on making this combo jive with the campaign.
Ah, I forgot that detail about the Aereni (the xenophobia). I know that they had great knowledge of necromancy, but they tend to lean more towards use of positive energy (the Deathless were liches, but liches are imbued with negative, not positive, energy). My character saw negative energy and "evil" necromancy as a more powerful source of magic, to the disapproval of the other members of the house. And although the Aereni are xenophobic, they must have sent at least a FEW people over, right? More of a token thing, than anything. And I think that they would be perfectly happy to get a questionable Necromancer off of their hands.
And if this is not the case, then my character would most likely see warfare as an opportunity to test his Necromantic powers on the battlefield, free from moral judgement (if it kills, it works). He would leave (with permission, if possible) to play a part in the war, forgoing the normal xenophobia of the Aereni for the sake of improving his skills.
Hence, the connection with the Aereni and the military background. Rogue, but not renegade, Necromancer serving as a mage on the battlefield. History is still a bit sketchy, but I'll put further detail into it later, should I be accepted into this game. Please, inform me of any mistakes that I might ever make!
Voda Vosa said:
PS: Nazhkandrias could you facilitate me some of the web pages you use to inform yourself? (In the case that you search for it in th web of curse)
Wikipedia, which is usually a fairly terrible source, has some pretty good info on the basic structure of Eberron (search Eberron in Wikipedia). It also has some links to a few other Eberron resources. The Wizards page has some info to glean, and various other fansites on the web contain relevant information on Eberron politics.
