Post by Headmistess McGonagall on Apr 17, 2012 10:23:09 GMT -5
An art long since lost, since before the founders of Hogwarts built the school. Considered to be myth and mostly a forgotten subject, true necromancy is indeed real. Inferi are child's play compared the product of a true necromancer.
True necromancy involves a series of sacrificial rituals to raise the dead, the law of equivalent exchange states that in order to receive, something must be given. In order to raise one person, another must be brought down. Each country in ancient times had their own way of raising and communicating with the dead, but they all boil down to one single rule. In order to obtain life, there must be death.
Albus Dumbledore once said 'necromancy is a magic that has never worked'. In a sense he was right. There is no magic or science or any combination of the two that will bring a soul back from the afterlife and place it back into its body. True Necromancers knew this. Their rituals and spells did not place a whole soul into a dead body, what was placed back in was something twisted, something vile and something wicked. Something that has plagued this earth since the beginning of humanity. Something called the Unborn.
It is unclear what the unborn truly are, as all texts pertaining to them and their nature have been hidden or destroyed. But once the Unborn are forced into a human body, they are able to prove their viciousness, they are able to act on the dark feelings they are composed of. They crave suffering, they crave pain, they want a human to prove their worth by causing the ultimate pain, only then would they allow themselves to be controlled.
In a sense, necromancy is a success. A body, once dead, is now able to move and function and talk. But in the sense of truly bringing someone back from the afterlife, it is a failure.
A former Death Eater and blood supremacist, Graham Krey, has somehow come into possession of the ancient necromancy texts. His magic is strong, as strong as his iron will. For over fifteen years he has dedicated his life to translating, reading and mastering these lost arts. His army of 'students' is growing, as is his collection of undead.
Bodies have started appearing in the muggle countryside. Mainly homeless and drunkards, society's rejects. The police has began calling the culprit the Hollow Creek Killer, due to most of the bodies being disposed of in a small, nearly dry stream in the country.
But, Krey is arrogant. He is dabbling in magic he can never fully comprehend. Magic Merlin himself was reluctant to touch, for fear of its complexity. Krey doesn't know, but his methods are not precise, and with every unborn he places into flesh, he is creating one more threat that he cannot possibly understand. He is starting to realize, that unborn are returning to him in bodies he did not place them, they are becoming defiant, and as deluded as Krey is, he thinks nothing of these facts..
What will happen when the situation at hand comes to the attention of the Ministry? Will it be too late for help once things come to a head? Krey still believes he is in control, and he believes he can take over the Ministry, take hold of the magical word as a whole...but only time will tell. Will he ever know the gravity of his situation? Will he realize his errors and atone for his sins? Will he be able to repent in time?