necromancy illegal in Morrowind

Post » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:11 pm

The Telvanni who supposedly use Necromancy probably don't stoop so low as to use it on other Dunmer, for that matter. They probably use Beastperson or Human slaves, or even Bosmer or Altmer. They probably realize that the Temple, while respecting the Telvanni's right to privacy, would simply not tolerate this, and they probably have enough of a loyalty to their own race to not collectively practice this type of Necromancy - if they practice it at all. I personally believe many do, as it suits their personalities.
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Post » Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:58 pm

Not exactly - there are cases where an unwilling soul can be used. It has to be from the user's clan/house, and is usually a form of sanction. The idea is that one has obligation toward his family, and death doesn't end them. So you can be dragged back kicking and screaming into the fold for the good of the family even after you're dead.

Note that most of the se restrictions are applied to what is considered as people. For more than a few dunmers, khajits and argonians are clever beast and not peoples, and what you're doing with their bodies and what passes for their souls (they're not peoples, so no 'true' soul according to that point of view) isn't an issue. Some would even dump humans into that category.

There was a book that stated in Morrowind that necromancy outside the temple was illegal when practiced on sentient beings, so it was okay to be used on any non-Dunmer even outside the temple, since non-Dunmer are not considered rational beings with rights or the capacity for emotion and abstract thought by a fair amount of the Dark Elven people. Was it Preparation of the Corpse or am I way off?
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Post » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:58 pm

I don't remember th exact source but it was one of the books about dunmer culture and not Corpse preparation.

t osume the position : necromancy on you own clan : ok
nercomancy on elves out of your clan (including altmers and bosmers) : wrong, they're peoples
necromancy on the beast races : ok - they're beast not peoples
necromancy on humans : a grey area, some condider them peoples, other don't.
Necromancy on rocs would probably be considered ok too
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