[quote=@AzureKnight] Pay it no mind, I enjoy the questions. Malfested - the term used to describe sapient beings who under go miasma corruption, are generally treated as monsters due to losing their sanity during this process. The extent depends on the person and how much miasma they were exposed to over time or at once, but they still can't be integrated into society as they cause rot and present the danger of further malfestation in their vicinity. Unless they or someone else found a way to mitigate it. It is possible for a semi-malfested person to live a generally normal life, but just know that if they not careful they'll end up being hunted by reavers, adventurers, or executioners from the Holy Church. They also tend to stay away from populated areas. As for Necromancy: it is considered a fell art that normal schools would never teach their students. It's possible that some schools would safe guard scrolls that detail how it works, so the knowledge is kept out of the wrong hands. Perhaps the guardians even feel that they would know how to not misuse the power, if the situation ever called for its need. The Six Principles of sorcery can all be involved in the resurrection process in different ways: Elementalism and Alchemy in order to be able to physically reconstruct a decayed corpse, if you wish to be able to give orders to the corpse, Espermancy would be a good way to accomplish that. If you want the corpse to have more autonomy, an understanding of Galdr would benefit being able to rouse souls froom Spectral Realm. For more of a metaphysical use, The concept of pulling souls and cursed spirits from layers of Heaven and Hell will need a person to use Thaumaturgy and understanding The Void. They also call these places Narakk'a and "The Pure Lands". [/quote] Fascinating! I suppose, then, that being healed of miasma 'quick enough' helps one avoid the changes miasma corruption then? Or would doing something like removing a malfested limb, if it was all that has been changed so far, also be a sort of viable measure to stemming a case and stopping its progression? A combination approach of such things, perhaps? Hmm...and for that matter, is there a 'threshold wherein someone can be saved from miasma corruption' that, once gone past, is a sure point for one turning into a monster or such things? Beyond that, I wonder if anyone could, hmm, have 'partial necromancy' applied to them in a sense. I mean something like a limb dying or rotting away, and then the necromancer uses Thaumaturgy to block infection spread but uses a necromantic approach to 'save' the limb and keep it attached to the living body. Or, perhaps, taking a dead limb and attaching it to the body of a living person like a graft to replace a lost limb? Would such a thing be viable, and would something like a cool magical skeleton arm be possible, or would it be stupid/dangerous or otherwise not possible? Though would there also potentially be a way to 'animate' a corpse or skeleton without the need of dredging up or conjuring a soul or cursed spirit for the job? Would a Galdr user, for example, be able to 'animate' it using a generic spirit of some kind or some sort of spiritual energy instead to turn it into a souless animated 'construct' perchance? :hmm Ah, and thank you! I do enjoy the Q&A, its been thought-provoking! Though I have had a character idea or two come into my brain now, only one of those pertaining to the asked questions admittedly, but idk if any of them would be viable to submit or if I'd sound/look like an edgy (even if attempting to be quality with it or something) or just silly dunce. ^^;