The old tales spoke of a divine being called the Merciless.
She gathered the souls of the fallen, spoke with spirits that should not answer, and walked freely among corpses without disgust or fear.
Among scholars of ancient and forbidden knowledge, there existed an old belief.
They said the Merciless was the first Necromancer. The old records claimed she was the one who discovered that death was not an ending, but a force that could be shaped.
While other Gods ruled through law, honor, or wisdom, she ruled through death.
In time, her power grew too great. Not only was she a formidable being in her own right, but she also descended from a hallowed lineage that made the other Gods wary of her.
When the King of Gods looked upon her, he saw a future filled with darkness and death.
So he cast judgment upon her.
The Merciless was cast away from heaven. She fell beyond the lands of men. She fell beyond the roots of the World Tree.
