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Magnusson Necromancy
Hella can animate empty vessels with death energy to make soulless undead that obey her every command. Dead things (such as a dead animal) are easier to animate but the magic is rudimentary and more easily broken. With a handmade vessel (such as a ritually prepared stuffed animal) takes more time but can generally have more stable, unique results. In general, Hella can create about a dozen small (squirrel sized) undead in about a week if she is making them from dead things. This same amount of time would be required to create a single basic “zombie” stuffie roughly a foot tall. From here, weeks are added at a time to add abilities onto a single undead. She can theoretically give her undead any ability, but the parts required to do such a thing are both expensive and likely illegal to get her hands on (for example, she would need whatever part of a dragon produces fire to let a single undead be able to breathe fire).
Another major limitation on Hella’s necromancy is the volume of creations she can have activated at a single time. For easy reference, Hella has 100 ‘slots’ she can put undead into.
She can have as many undead as she wants at the ready, but they will remain inactive until she allocates some of her magical energy into them. Activating one of her undead requires her to spend time concentrating on the undead in question. This takes less than ten seconds if she is within 3 meters of the target, but takes exponentially longer the further away they are. Anything more than half a kilometer away will take at least an hour to activate.
Some examples of her undead:
Zombie Squirrels: Physically as strong as a squirrel. Iron capped claws. Non-sapient, cannot act without orders. Highly flammable. Take up 1 slot per 10 squirrels. Takes 14 hours to make. Degrade over a month to be unusable.
Einherjar: "Undead" stuffed animals. Physically as strong as a grown human man. Resistant to physical damage. Can learn, show signs of personality, and can even resist orders if they deem fit. Can manipulate objects despite having no fingers. If destroyed, return to Hella’s side, deactivated, while she sleeps. Take up 5 slots each. Takes 1 month to make 1.
Magnus: Massive undead abomination, looks like a moose if you squint and drink to forget the horror. Can throw a large truck easily. Fast and agile as a bison. Iron capped hooves and antlers. Generally autonomous once given general commands. Wounds leak acidic mist. Can repair damage to itself by eating flesh, pound for pound. Takes up 50 slots. Takes a year to make. Degrades over a month to be unusable.
