lanselos_du_lac

"Okay. Cool. So. It's hereditary, for us, and most of the powerful necromancers are heirs to the Nine Houses. Which are also planets. Supposedly planets in the same solar system as Earth, but I'm not totally convinced on that. Anyway. Heirs to the houses - big scary powerful necromancers, can do all sorts of magic shit. But the necromancy also makes 'em weak, physically. Noodle-armed bitches, the lot of 'em." Except Coronabeth. Gideon spends a long moment thinking about Coronabeth, and her legs, and her pajamas, and then seems to snap back into it. "So, uh, each of them gets assigned a cavalier—like a bodyguard, protects them while they're distracted with magic shit. But like I said, it's mainly ceremonial, because the Houses mainly get along, and there's not much can threaten a necromancer besides another necromancer. The most a cav is usually called on to do is fight duels with other cavs if someone's talking shit."