Necromancy wasn't originally about raising an army of decaying zombies to attack fantasy villages; it was an ancient divinatory practice focused on summoning the spirits of the dead to ask them about the future.

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Necromancy wasn't originally about raising an army of decaying zombies to attack fantasy villages; it was an ancient divinatory practice focused on summoning the spirits of the dead to ask them about the future. Ancient practitioners believed that because the dead were no longer bound by mortal time, they automatically knew all the secrets of the universe and impending historical events. This requires the hilarious assumption that dying instantly makes you a genius, and that your illiterate, grumpy grandfather somehow gained a comprehensive understanding of geopolitical outcomes the second he stopped breathing. You are essentially digging up a corpse to ask for stock market advice from someone who couldn't even figure out how to write a will