The necromancy trainer responded as soon as she spoke the words "shadowknight" his dialogue ready for her to finish speaking before he responded,<strong>"It seems you have the martial prowess to become a shadowknight, and while your discipline is low, it is good enough to begin to learn the basics.  The question is if you have the will and desire to see the task to the end.  Most people think that necromancy is simply control of the dead, but it is so much more than that.  It is an understanding of the ebb and flow of life itself, and reclaiming for a while that energy and imbuing it into that which was once alive.  It is manipulation of the very energy of life and bending that energy to your will."</strong><br/><br/>He smirked and added,<strong>"Though of course, anyone who practices necromancy must be comfortable with the dead.  Must show mastery over it, but also submit to the eventuality of death.  You can not master death if you have not already felt it's touch.  Your soul is too clean, to pure, to ever master more than the most trifling of it's arts.  You can come back to train as a shadow knight once you've been defeated by death, and accepted it.  Either out in the fields of battle, or if you wish, there is a ritual you can complete.  If you wish to submit to death, simply let me know and I can let you [<em>undertake</em>] it.  But be warned, once you submit to death, you'll find yourself forever changed, and you'll be seen as a shadow knight, and those of the more holy ilk will forever consider you tainted."</strong><br/><br/>Then as if moving on to the next pre-scripted dialogue, the NPC started speaking again after a brief pause,<strong>"I'm glad you decided to accept my quest adventurer.  To the north of here, in the desert, there lies a tomb.  Deep in the heart of the tomb lies the mummified remains of the ancient king Amun'Narmer.  Upon his head lies the jeweled crown he was mummified in, one half ruby, the other half diamond.  If you bring this magical item to me I shall grant you a great and permanant boon to your magical powers, as well as pay you for your effort.  However he will not be an easy foe, and you may wish to seek aid in defeating him."<br/><br/>"As well I would reward you for the wrappings of any other mummies that guard his tomb.  If this task proves too difficult, I do buy any bone chips from any skeletons that you defeated, as they are a key component to summoning undead servants.  I pay five gold per mummy wrapping, and one gold for every two imbued bone chips that you give to me."</strong><br/><br/>Tialyn was suddenly aware that she had just unlocked through the dialogue a new skill that she'd never had before as another mental and invisible popup flashed through her mind.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Undead Scavenger:  You have unlocked the ability to gather bone chips, zombie flesh, mummy wrappings, and specter dust from the corpses of fallen foes.  These items can be sold to NPCs who value such things, or be used as reagents in the spells necessary to summon undead minions.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>"As for knowledge, please feel free to take a look at my wares," </strong>the NPC said with a creepy and leering smile as he gestured to a glass display case along the side of one wall.  In it were several unrolled scrolls, containing the knowledge to permanently learn several spells.  Unfortunately most of them were hazy and insubstantial, 'greyed out' was a term that came to her mind.  She didn't have the proper training or discipline to cast or understand them and they would do her no good at this point.  In addition there were several reagents for sale, some of which would be required for the spells there as well.  "<strong>I assure you," </strong>he said with a greasy smile,<strong>"If you grow your necromatic powers, you will be able to access a greater range of my spells."</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Merchant's shop</div><div class="spoiler_body"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Spells</strong></td><td> - </td><td>Cost</td><td> - </td><td>Effect</td></tr><tr><td>Spike of Disease</td><td> - </td><td> 1g </td><td> - </td><td>Release a bolt of necromatic energy at range that causes minor damage to a living target</td></tr><tr><td>Invisibility to undead </td><td> - </td><td> 4g </td><td> - </td><td>Allows the caster to become invisible to any undead creatures for a very short time</td></tr><tr><td>Disease Cloud</td><td> - </td><td> 5g </td><td> - </td><td>Release a cloud of necromatic energy at range that causes minor damage to any living creatures caught in the area of effect</td></tr><tr><td>Siphon Strength</td><td> - </td><td>6g</td><td> - </td><td>Temporarily steal a small fraction of a target's strength to bolster your own</td></tr><tr><td>Leering Corpse</td><td> - </td><td>7g</td><td> - </td><td>Summon a mindless skeletal minion<br/>(Requires one bone chip to cast) </td></tr><tr><td>Lifetap</td><td> - </td><td>8g</td><td> - </td><td>Drain a small portion of health from a target, healing your own wounds in the process.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>  </td><td> </td><td>  </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> <strong>Reagents</strong> </td><td> - </td><td> Cost </td><td> - </td><td> Use </td></tr><tr><td>Bone Chips</td><td> - </td><td> 1g </td><td> - </td><td>Used to summon a skeletal companion<br/>(with the appropriate spell)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>