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SCP-049 : The Plague Doctor
Goes by Doctor

Lore in progress and subject to change:
A necromancer? who passed the Plaguebringer trials...but did he really?
He’s a constant threat to healthy dragons and ghouls. He doesn’t affect other necromancers or strangely enough veteran warriors. Some say it may be due to the stronger the warrior the “healthier” they are?

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Lich - Necromancer
Shadow – Shadow-born are inherently gifted in diseases that dull the senses, especially those that take away sight. They are also some of the few that form symbiosis with fungi, such as Cordyceps, and wield their spores to devastating effect. Shadow Necromancers are severely limited in their ability to heal, though even the least talented can offer a near-complete relief from pain.

Swirl: Swirl-eyed dragons exist in two states: a dormant stationary state and an active swirling state. When active, the spiral of the dragon's eye rotates and they are able to observe and process a preternatural level of information about the world around them. In Necromancers and their variants, the effect often manifests as the ability to perceive a body's inherent weaknesses, susceptibilities, and latent disease states before symptoms even appear. The ability is not without price, for the more often a dragon activates their sight, the faster their control over it erodes. In later stages a dragon completely loses the ability to deactivate their gaze, leaving them in a state that is out of sync with time and space. They are no longer able to perceive reality as it is, and are instead lost to the exponential possibilities of the future. Like a disease, swirl eyes are contagious and can be transferred when a dragon touches another with magic. As a result, swirl eyes are an almost insurmountable liability in Necromancers. Instead it is Necroservi that benefit most from the eye-type, often using it in service of their Necromancer, who in turn can help them maintain control. Swirl eyes in Ghouls are truly terrifying. Already unstable, Ghouls with swirl eyes quickly lose control and fall into insanity. However that does not stop unscrupulous Necromancers forcing the condition on captive Ghouls, wanting the power the ability grants without suffering its detriments. (Swirl lore inspired by Delotha and Turboblaze)


SYMBOL: Masks, represented by all masks, Lion Headdresses, Birdskulls, Plague Doctors Masks, Wolf Capes, and Cranial Hornhelm: A symbol of disguise, becoming, guidance, possession, transformation, and legitimacy. Necromancers bearing masks see themselves as instruments of the Plaguebringer and the hand that enacts her will. They are counselors to their clans, ensuring that every important decision is in accordance with Plaguebringer's desires. In some cases these Necromancers are shadow rulers, controlling the clan in secret through a figurehead.