#necromansir

Ok, y’all have heard Necromancer stories but - but let me introduce a thought.

Main Character doesn’t know they’re a necromancer, or have the ability to bring people back from the dead anyhow. But, they are a very kind person, and are always the first to comfort someone when a loved one passes.

He knows how it feels, and is so compassionate by his disposition - but also because his own partner passed when their relationship was still newly blossomed. They didn’t have the time together that he had forseen... Regardless, he promised to keep their memory alive and speaks of them to other people, writes about them, all they can do to keep them with him.

So, he learns to help guide others through their pain. But one day, something changes. Every time he talks with someone of the memory of their loved one, or comforts them in their grief, the person they lost ends up not being dead. It’s not like they came back as a zombie and everyone freaks out - it’s like he wakes up the next day and it’s as if nothing happened except for “a scare”. Even if there was a full-blown funeral, the next day, it’s like that funeral never occurred and all anyone remembers is, “Oh yes, so-and-so had an accident!” or “so-and-so had a scare, so glad they’re alright!”

And of course, he’s relieved! They’re not dead! And eventually, links it to himself, because he’s the only one that remembers. He is quite literally keeping people’s memory alive, by erasing the worst of it as if it never happened. He feels so blessed to have this power!

But there’s a catch.

Where is his lover? How is it fair that he can bring so many others back, and yet he must continue on with barely a wedded life to remember, a tragically lost spouse, left grieving and mourning on his own...

What is the difference? How did the NecroManSir gain this power, and why does it not work for his own pain??

Ohhhh! These almost feel like two separate ideas, but I really like where this is going!

On a softer route, it’s like he only gained the ability after his own lover passed. Like - the wisdom he takes to comfort others and therefore bring their loved ones back from the dead comes was gained only after his lover’s death. 

Perhaps helping others move on is what helps the NecroManSir to move on himself? He must help others to help himself...

But at the same time, that may not totally account for why the people he helps get theirs back. I can get the idea of him helping other’s suffering and gaining no comfort of his own, but in the end, they don’t remember any of that comfort, because once their loved one returns, they forget!!

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That brings me to your other idea, though, that perhaps his lover was not who he was led to believe and instead their loss was a sort of liberty for others? Hm...

I am siding with your cat if she pounces on you

That backfired