

The nathrezim, also called dreadlords, were found animating the dead by the orc Broxigar. Influences The Burning Legionĭuring the War of the Ancients, the Burning Legion started to experiment with creating an army of unliving, but Kalimdor was probably not the only place that they've been attempting this. The Primus established the House of Rituals and its liches to constantly innovate and advance the art of necromancy with new incantations and formulae.

All necrolords receive a portion of the Primus' power in order to carry out their duty of defending the Shadowlands from external forces. He is responsible for the creation of Maldraxxi rune magic, which serves to manipulate necromantic energy, and its more powerful counterpart, Domination, whose purpose is the suppression of another. Maldraxxus is the birthplace of necromantic magic, where necromancy was developed by the Primus. Maldraxxus, the Citadel of the Necrolords. However according to Margrave Sin'dane, necromancy is simply the art of using magic to animate unliving flesh, and the magic used to do so may be of Death, Light, or any other power. Few things are as abhorrent and horrifying as necromancy. Some of the worst evils in Azeroth's history have been perpetrated by necromancers, and they deserve their malevolent reputation. Necromancers are the enemies of life itself, and all hands are raised against them. Necromancy can also be used to reconstruct the flesh of undead creatures, allowing them to function again even after the foul monsters have been destroyed.

Masters of this tainted field of magic can conjure festering diseases, harness the shadows into bolts of incendiary energy, and chill the living with the power of death. Necromantic magic (or death magic) has many functions beyond simply raising the dead. Necromancers are practitioners of necromancy (also called the dark arts or the black arts) the study and use of magic to raise and control the dead. “That is the good thing about necromancers-we never let anything go to waste.”
