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A lich was a powerful mage who had evaded death through the power of darkness, becoming undead in the process. Originally, the technique had been devised by an archmage determined to walk the path of magic even in undeath.
However, when he finally completed the spell, he found that it did not grant him what he had hoped for. A lich could not wield magic in the conventional sense. They could convert spells they had once mastered into necromantic arts, but they could no longer manipulate mana itself.
Cursing his own foolishness, the archmage ultimately passed on to the afterlife, leaving behind only a forbidden technique that was secretly passed down among necromancers.
Over time, the method of turning oneself into a lich evolved into a process where the mage's soul was forcibly bound and reanimated. Because of this, ancient mages occasionally reappeared in the world as liches.
"The strongest of them are called archliches." The eighth circle mage Theoderic, spoke in a calm tone before Karnak’s group. "In truth, there is no difference in the spell itself between a lich and an archlich."
The lichification spell could be used as long as a mage’s soul could be bound....
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