Necromancer (job)

Necromancer is a recurring job class in the Final Fantasy series. While only selectable as a job in Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade, they appear as part of the story in the world of Final Fantasy XI and as enemies in numerous games. They summon the Undead, or change living creatures into undead, to attack as well as using various other offensive dark magical arts. Often, they don't just create or summon the undead, but are undead themselves as well.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy V===
Necromancers can summon a random undead or demon to attack by using their job's Oath command, and also may use various other evil spells by means of their job's command Dark Arts. In addition, they have innate undead status.
Before the player will have unlocked the Necromancer job, they will also have had encounters with necromancer monsters, including Necromancer, Hades, and Enuo.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
Necromancers are a playable job.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Necromancer from Final Fantasy V appears as a Triple Triad card.
==Allusions in series entries==
===Final Fantasy XI===
The Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion introduces a significant faction of enemy necromancers, the lamiae of the Arrapago Islands who slay the people of the Aht Urhgan Empire in order to reanimate them as undead draugr under their control.
Besides the lamiae, many other NPC necromancers appear. The pirates who attack the ferry that runs between Mhaura and Selbina include necromancers that summon undead skeletons of those lost at sea; these necromancers cannot be targeted or attacked, but may be observed casting their spells on the deck of the pirate ship.
An Elvaan necromancer named Fardimant X Boncourge appears in the mannequin quest "Knocking on Forbidden Doors", when an Elvaan mannequin-crafter named Enaremand seeks to call back his deceased fiancee Alsha's soul into a mannequin of his creation.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
In the lorebook Encyclopaedia Eorzea, it is said that "Forgall was valued by the voidmages of Mhach for his proficiency in the arts of necromancy." When Forgall is fought in The Weeping City of Mhach as a boss, he actually uses three Dark Arts from Final Fantasy V: Evil Mist, Hellwind, and Punishing Ray. 
Likewise, the magenta-haired Spectral Necromancer fought in The Heroes' Gauntlet may be a reference to Lenna from Final Fantasy V as the Necromancer job from that same game.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Defunct Square Enix titles===
The Necromancer was a class in the now defunct browser game, Knights of the Crystals, with both male and female versions appearing as gold cards.
KotC Necromancer Male.png|Necromancer (male).
KotC Necromancer Female.png|Necromancer (female).
==Behind the scenes==
===Scrapped appearances===
Necromancer was originally intended to be a job in Final Fantasy XI, being one of the three jobs introduced in the Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion. It was envisioned as a pet job that controlled corpses. However it was deemed out of place for a Final Fantasy game, and was dropped in favor of Puppetmaster.
==Gallery==
Bartz-NecromancerArt.png|Bartz Klauser as a Necromancer in Final Fantasy V.
Lenna-NecromancerArt.png|Lenna Charlotte Tycoon as a Necromancer in Final Fantasy V.
Faris - Necromancer Art.png|Faris Scherwiz as a Necromancer in Final Fantasy V.
Krile - Necromancer Art.png|Krile Mayer Baldesion as a Necromancer in Final Fantasy V.
FFAB Necromancer Male.png|Male Necromancer in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
==Etymology==
==Citations==
Category:Recurring jobs