Greetings, I am Yetagain. I am a lich that travels the multiverse and tries to make everyone see that necromancy is not inherently evil. I have lived for thousands of years and have made this journal to catalog some of my more significant adventures in the hopes that others may learn from my past. Some of the things I have written here will seem ridiculous and may seem like outright lies but I assure you I have written nothing but the truth. When you find yourself doubting my words simply stop and say to yourself one of the phrases that has kept me sane throughout the years. Stranger things have happened.
(other tags and characters may be added over time, dark now guaranteed to happen eventually but NOT grimdark)
Chapters (9)
this story is interesting so far, good job!
oh, I do enjoy your story so far, its going a little quick, but it's a good one.
I would truly enjoy hearing the story of how Lolth came to such power as to be able to smash two worlds together. I'd understand Hextor, or Erythnul but Lolth? Not many worshippers that I can think of besides the Drow. I am enjoying this story. Fills my desire for DnD and makes me want to make a Necromancer, since I've never really had a necromancer character, and it could be interesting. Also...what does he eat...liches are undead, and they don't need to eat. Is it just a ritual, because then I totally understand. I will continue to watch how this story develops. Best of luck to you!
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allow me to answer your inquiries in the order they appear.
1) Lolth got the power... I'm not sure how. I actually used a story arc from DDO (dungeons and dragons online) a free to play MMO. I think it has something to do with a connection to the Spinner of Shadows (one of the demon god like things from eberron called the lords of dust) and dragonshards she collects for Lolth
2) Yes he is undead so easting is unnecessary however, I see it as his body still functions somewhat (even if sometimes he has to animate a particular organ to do it) so it will still break down the food just like a human body should and basically get energy from it. Eating is not needed but it is a choice and can help him get physical strength back quicker when he gets tired out.
also, necros are cool. Necromancy is one of my favorite schools of magic partially because of the stigma against it and partially because... well come on who dosn't want to point at their enemies and just make them die?
Now that my premature question on "Why does he eat?" has been answered, I feel that I can now enjoy this story far more. This story brings back so many memories and made me feel a little sheepish because I've never thought of what classes/levels that Celestia or Luna would have. Thank you for bringing that thought to mind, and now...I must ponder. Keep it up!
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the main reason it is going so quick is that it currently is focusing on nothing but immortals. In my mind, immortals have seen so much and done so much that few things surprise them any more and they kinda go with the flow. Yeta is only a couple centuries old so he hasn't quite reached pure go with the flow status but he is old and has had his share of adventures. I did think that the pacing was off a little but it was originally meant to be kinda quick for these first few chapters. Hopefully I can work this out and pace it better when he gets involved with the mane 6.
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good point. And will twilight become a practitioner of the dark arts?
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... I won't say it won't happen. I really have little of this planned out. all I know is that i'm gonna have a short arc where Yeta finds out he can't get out and then after he carves himself out a little niche in Equestria I will develop an antagonist (though development of it may start somewhere before as a side thing). however, What typically happens when two scholars meet and being scholarly and using magic are pretty much their only common ground?
This needs to be put under further observation.
But seriously, it does look good.
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a not planned out story is the best story.
I am liking this so far. The mark was a nice touch, I would love for Rarity to be the one who made the robe (Seeing as she is the only seamstress that knows of your existence) Seeing your basic greaser patch on her finely crafted robe might give her a conniption. The meeting with the princess should be entertaining and give lots of room for exposition and foreshadowing.
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obviously her that made it. not gonna show a random seamstress something obviously meant to be worn by a humanoid larger than a pony
and yes, if he continues to wear that robe and she sees it a conniption will ensue.
stay tuned for the next episode of Stranger Things Have Happened "A Divine Dinner"
Wow... I liked that little loophole he used. He can't bring any of his enchanted items, but they never said he could enchant his clothes.
Anyways, I love where this is going. And, will Yeta's necromancy happen to do any... shall we say... unforeseen consequences upon the Equestrians?
In my opinion, they're naturally pure beings. So, could Yeta's necromancy happen to do something we don't want to happen? And because I'm something of an idiot, what is this being crossed over with? Wow?
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well your questions shall be answered. however, I can't just give away all the twists and turns. First, it's not much of an enchantment on the clothes he just put a symbol on it ( http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Arcane_Mark ) because he thought it was too plain. Necromancy alone won't have any adverse effects, the world isn't entirely pure or there wouldn't be a dark ley line at all. There may however be some kind of effects of him being there. Of course you want this thing to happen, if it dosn't the story won't have much of an interesting conflict. The ponies on the other hand might not want it happening. and as it says in the description I am crossing with Dungeons and Dragons. more specifically however, there are references and ideas from Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (a free to play MMO findable on ddo,com)
I hope you that answered you questions to satisfaction and that you continue to enjoy this story.
A rather blunt question...
I like it!
Now, then... I think-
Dalek pet: We demand MORE of this story!
MORE! MORE! MORE MORE-
DEACTIVATE! My apologies
Well, anyways, please make more.
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... I'm still in shock that people are actually enjoying this. But hey, to each his own and so long as at least one person enjoys it Yeta will continue to tell his tale.
Please. Make him accidentally kill something. In front of Fluttershy. And let him try to revive it. And fail. Miserably.
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... That's just gonna make him feel like a complete monster. Do you want the powerful undead being to be sent into depression? Well, if the answer is yes then... lets just say that a necromancer trying to never kill something is like trying to stop the tide. That dark tag will eventually get used (though I'm not sure how well I'm going to be able to do it.)
2315312 No, he fails AT FIRST, then Fluttershy (
HOW DARE YOU!) beats him up, then when he tries again, he's successful. It's to demonstrate how Equestria's magic lines don't match up with Yeta. That's why his magic's malfunctioning, right? He's in another world, and magic is different there.
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pretty much. The full in depth explanation (or at least, what Yeta theorizes) will be in the conversation between the two masters of magic (If you can't guess who those are then it's next chapter
The only thing I'm going to say for now is this, remember when I said that magic has a mind of it's own? Yeah, that is one factor.
2319400 And... will the inner mind of magic happen to enjoy the idea of making Yeta look like an idiot?
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Who wouldn't?
Yea and this doesn't have anything to do with yesterdays downtime(update18)
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... there was downtime yesterday?
EDIT: Oh! for DDO. duh!
don't know why that didn't click until I went to the site to check for updates. I haven't really been playing for a while now. I'm mostly waiting till they finally give us the enhancement system change they've been promising.
2618615 yea so far they only have stealth nerfed the critical chance for enchantments (now they give 6% if maxed out(specially sucks for pale master healing)). Otherwise the game is going pretty badly right now, the marketing team are dumb as hell.
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I just got annoyed with the game because of the fact that they promised a complete overhaul of the enhancement system that looked really interesting and then did absolutely nothing and still haven't given it to us. I know it takes time for changes like this but it was supposed to have happened quite a while ago. I still play the game occasionally though, and there is no way I'm going to quit since I've spent a moderate sum of money on it. I actually just logged off when I saw this comment. I now remember why I don't have my epic characters flagged for the Shroud. I really freaking hate Let Sleeping Dust Lie.
Does discord bend any lines like Luna and celestia do?
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Not being condescending. Please, do continue. I like this.
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... I hadn't thought of this. and with the way I think of chaos magic... You've just made this story very interesting.
2621753 eexeleent ( does evil finger waggle)
very good story so far.
i can't wait to read the next chapter.
Really well written so far. The recounting of the items in his pouches went into a bit more detail than necessary - unless you wanted to show that Yeta is diligent, in which case you succeeded. I really like your writing style so far, the narrator is well written and things are well explained. Maybe leave out some unnnecessary details and add more description to the important details - simply go by what your narrator would focus on.
Good story so far, just needs more action.
Cool! I liked this story at its start, good to see that it's still living on!
3791007 well, I'm trying to bring it back. right now it's just kinda shambling and updates will be super slow cause of school but I do hope I can keep it going.
3792871 Meh, I don't care… take as much time as you need, because if it means rolling out THIS kind of badassery, then it is SO worth it!
3792871 yetagain, we have another puntastic name. and no, i'm not puntificating. anyone else get the punch line? no? you will all be punished!
This was nice… good to see that you haven't given up on old Yetagain. Hey, how is his name pronounced? Yet-a(short a)-gain(gain, like in Gainax), or Yet-again(like, 'yet again')?
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it's yet-again. pseudonym drawn from a long time of people having the same reactions over and over to anything involving necromancy. (though that's just something I came up with when I made this a serious character. when I originally chose the name it was a random suggestion because I had been making a lot of characters. Well, that's what happens when your main character developed from one you made in a game.)
3897936 Oh, ok. Now, before he became a lich, what was his favorite food? Just for the sake of trivia.
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well, I've never really thought that out before but he wasn't exactly some connoisseur or something. Pretty much all of his meals in early life were simple, particularly the time he spent in a mage tower which basically included school food, and then after that he was on the run from anyone and everyone that knew he was a necromancer so most of his meals then would have been whatever he could hunt/gather or whatever he could get at the local inn. So if I had to pick a most likely candidate for it, it'd be something filling, simple, and could probably be purchased in nearly every tavern.
Beef stew or something maybe.
I haven't had anything in particular to comment on, but I just want to say I really like your take on a lich. Especially that he is quite a decent guy.
That combo is something I myself find fascinating and I really wish would show up more in fiction.
Good work so far, keep it up!
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well, it's not really my take on liches in general, but on Yeta himself. Remember, the only reason he's not a soulless shell or some deity's puppet is that he basically cheated. The rest of them are pretty much the way they're usually portrayed, except not so much "MWUAHA I'M EVIL" and more "Well, sorry man I gotta do what I gotta do, and what I gotta do is kill you're friends, family, and you. No hard feelings, right bro?"
But yeah, Yeta does try to be a nice guy. After all, his entire mission in... unlife is to get rid of the steryotype of the evil necromancer.
anyways, glad you enjoy the story and I hope I can keep it going decently enough
Hmm. You should know that spoken sentences should start with a capital letter. You also lack commas in some parts where they were needed. But I can sense great potential for a story here.
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hmm... I thought I did capitalize them. Guess I missed a few. The commas, I've seen a million and one different patterns of their use by different authors and I'm pretty sure none of them were technically correct according to the rules of grammar. Anyways, thanks for the feed back and I'll go through an do some editing of this at some point.
WHY AREN'T YOU WORKING ON THIS!?!
Grammar mistake I found:
Either "..and I now know how..." or "..and I know how..."
Anyway, this was one of the best introductions that I've seen on FIMfiction! Keep it up!
The buildup of the story is great! Good amount of dialogue, enough explaination and personal thoughts from Yetagain. It's simply amazing to read, the only thing is grammar. Although this isn't that quite of a problem, I hope you will double-check capital letters and punctuation in the future.
Keep it up, you got me hooked!
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