A prodigal child is born once more with a strange condition that makes her uniquely gifted in a lost magical art. Unfortunately for the child, that art is soul magic and Celestia does not tolerate the manipulation of a soul under any circumstances.
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Welp, Pinkie's going to die first. Not surprised. She is the most annoying one.
TIt hasn't even been half a month, and you updated again? You're spoiling us, Jest!
Huh. The Apple Family as a tribe of... sort-of dryads? Can't say I was expecting that, but definitely more creative than making them all half Timberwolf. Speaking of Timberwolves, widdle Timberpup Winona was soooooo CUTE!!!!!
I had one more thought, but I can't remember it.
Missing an I there
Gg son
Although you are AJ I don't trust you on that one
I first read it Villain
Should this be doesn't?
Overall a good chapter, and I liked it very much.
You get a really good view of what AJ is like in this world
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Well I hope to update every other saturday from now on so hopefully this is just the start.
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Editing an updated versoin right now with those corrections and more, should be up within an hour or so.
so the lich finds a tomb. i find it interesting the dryads are threatened by her, necromancy isn't generally frowned upon by nature as it's manipulating a natural part of the cycle. still i do hope twilight well extend her tomb as time goes on.
So Pinkie will be the first to see the truth behind Twilight's mystery? Thatll be fun.
I just got strong Skyrim feeling
Twilich turns out to be awfully interesting stuff to read. Thanks for update
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Great!
I also really like your pfp, really has energy.
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pfp ?
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In most systems necromancy runs directly counter to nature. It spits on the natural cycle by raising the dead as undead creatures that feed on the life force of others and by draining or destroying life force to attack. Death and death magic is part of a natural cycle, necromancy is it's antithesis.
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Profile picture, it's just so full of energy!
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Usually yes, I wont spoiler anything about how this story works but usually necromancy is considered a bastardization of life and a breaking of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
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Hey thanks! Its a great commission I got done and part of a larger character ref that I absolutely love.
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I can also see that lots of other people aside from me enjoy this story aswell; 1202 likes, only 54 dislikes
You are a very good writer
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Why thank you!
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Cool. I think this actually makes a lot of sense for the Apple family. I eagerly await more
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it really depends on the type of necromancy used really, people always think necromancy is all about raising the undead and such, but in it's broader scope it is in a lot of ways furthering the natural cycle through manipulation of the life thread. true a necromancer can bring the dead back as undead minions, but they can also bring the freshly dead back to life as what they where, they can also hold off death on someone who's mortally wounded if there advanced enough, keep them alive long enough to be healed. necromancy can also be used in fighting infected flesh or even destroying venom and toxins. also a lot of the creatures of nature are in themselves technically undead so you have to think about that.
in short the school of magic known as necromancy is itself very wide and complex, and ignorance is the reason most see it as evil, like any tool, all schools of magic have there uses and there dangers.
Hmm.
She still gets hungry and eats but no appetite for the pie... My guess for why the pie was completely unappealing to her is: It's cooked. Cooking kills living cells and bacteria. The fact that the pie was heat-sterilized meant there was nothing for her necromancy to feed on, whereas a plain apple is still largely alive (still either a 'corpse' or actual lifeforce for her necromancy/undeath to consume.)
This is gonna be an issue, the Apples are probably the worst possible hosts for a new necromancer/lich(?) with an uncontrolled 'death aura.' Plus any apple trees she kills have a pretty good chance of being their relatives. That's not a good impression. "Oops, sorry. I killed your cousin/uncle/mom (again), etc. while sleeping... I didn't know that would happen?"
A tree-ponies who took care of the forest? Don't you think the town should change its name from Ponyville to Monsterville or something?
This seems too subtle, you know? Try laying it on thicker.
so the apple family are trees? It feels like more of a curse than anything
Or Fluttershy and Rarity right? I completely forgot about that
I really need a photo of Applejack, I can't imagine her being half tree half pony with branches growing up to her nose
ehh... I not so sure about Applejack and honestly. I mean it feels more like hospitality/generosity then honesty.
"The Stars will Aid in her escape"?
Well I'm not so sure about the last part, hopefully, it's Luna coming back down and stopping her corrupt ass sister. Now I'm wondering what will the main six do? You know, since Luna is probably not going to be evil and Celestia is crazy.
Welp, Twilight's magic is going out of control, I'm guessing it might hurt someone sooner or later.
Twilight's going to quickly realize she is in the situation where who she is doesn't match what she is. A friendly unicorn that enjoys finally having friends but she kills anything near her.
Level Up Necromancer, Class change to Elder lich.
I get a feeling that Twilich will be using the book on gardening ALOT and learn that using that sleeping spell is a very very bad thing to do.
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The tree-growths remind me very much of that Swamp Fever disease, only it is more of a lifetime of symbiosis rather than parasitic and ending the victim in days.
As for the last part of the lavender star turning into a black hole, that's not ominous at all. No sirree.
Don't actually have anything to add, but I thought I'd just say I'm enjoying this story immensely so far.
What was that!? Huh, must have been the wind.
Can’t wait until Twilight finally figures out what is going on with her.
Nice take on the Apples. Very original
When next AWESOME chapter!?
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Check the front, says something about updates every, something.
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.....how'd I miss That?
Thanks.
If you want to emulate a way of speaking, try it yourself. People don't arbitrarily change the way they talk, they slur words sometimes or develop local slang. Accents are just our own unique ways of being lazy.
Why does Apple Bloom say her name?
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Remnant from an earlier edit. Forgot to delete. Fixed now.
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About the "eating" bit, yeah I had the same thoughts back when she was snacking on the lily pads with Rarity. She wasn't really gaining sustenance from the food, it was more that she was feeding off of the life energy of the still living plants. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with this little wrinkle of Twilight's new dietary requirements.
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even i got that early on.. shes a lich. they need life energy... lily pads are renound in old witchcraft and mythology to having shit loads of life in them. something to do with the cycle of life or some shit. every step she takes shes sucking the life out of the ground... the zaps she gave to applebloom and AJ are her sucking a little of her life energy away.
Hyyype for next chapter!
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...why is your comment so downvoted? You literally just gave some advice and an accurate description of how, linguistically, accents form.
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Dunnu, its not like I was disagreeing either. I just straight up forgot to correct that part.
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C'est la vie. Perhaps I was too blunt, came off as aggressive. Perhaps "I recommend", or something more friendly than that. I suck at this.
So, wait. Was Applejacks mom part of the apple family before marrying AJs father? Or dose the curse transfer when they married?
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Probably wont come up in the story, but living nearby gave her a taste of the curse (AJ's mom) and her kids would bear the full brunt of the curse.
Nice story so far.
Good work.
I hereby propose that Angry Orchard exists in this version of Equestria, simply being what the Apples produce come cider season. No real basis for this proposal aside from the description of this Equestria's version of Sweet Apple Acres fairly aptly matching the art on the labels affixed to all those containers I count on a daily basis as part of my IRL job...
makes sense when you consider that the forest might be able to read thoughts too . Can’t be a huge coincidence that Twilight thinks about Canterlot and the Everfree humors her with straight line of trees. It’s also nice to see the forest to take Twilights condition into consideration by removing roots and bramble! This story has easy to analyze layers and I love it too much. Keep being you author!
Well, Twilight here sure seems quite odd for a lich. I mean, she seems to still breathe, though that could still be her motor functions still thinking she is alive, and not quite having gotten used to her state of undeath. I mean, she have no heart to pump her blood so she have no blood to oxidize, speaking of no blood. While there might still be blood in her body she probably would not be able to blush as she have no blood flow to allow blood pooling in her face. After all she didn't seem to bleed all that much from her broken leg. Also her sustenance thingy seem to match up with a proper lich though, how it feeds on life and magic. Only things still alive seem appetizing to her, yet when she chewed too much it lost that delicious taste of life, as of course something that got chewed up would probably start to rapidly die.
Quite the curious lich indeed.
P.S: Immortal wood puppy? Seems adorable.
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Surely you jest.
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I never do. Not sure why people think I would though... tis a mystery for the ages.
Good gods, will she ever figure out she's freakin' dead? She's supposed to be smart.
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She does.
"The darkness is here and it will eat our souls!"
Well, yeah, that's what a lich does :)