The Rotten - A Consequence of Necromancy and War
Pictured above is a Rotten, which was placed to rest afterwards.
The Rotten are caused by gross misuse of Necromancy, which is a form of organic life overtaken by Magerot, where the Magerot continues to maintain the spells originally used to animate the organic tissue through some unknown means, and instead of a soul maintaining the state of life, it is the magic itself doing so, as such, it can be extremely hard to put to rest, and have to be completely obliterated to prevent it from reanimating.
Noting that, humans are not the only species to turn into The Rotten, but any organic life can be reanimated in this form. This can, in most cases, result in fauna and plant life becoming Rotten.
It serves as a horrible reminder of our past and to leave the Great Mage War behind, which left a region infested with Magerot and The Rotten,with a still active Magerot Storm, they are most active here, with progress to bring balance to this land slow and steady.
For this reason, this use of necromancy for full reanimation is entirely forbidden. Limited to only the most of experienced of Mages in cases of restoring life to necrotic tissue.
- Source images from Pexels, with some editing to blend them together.
I'm planning to write more for the Mages after this, along with the greater world later on.