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Nagash 4th ed

The Liche Nagash with one of his nine books on the secrets of necromancy, unleashing the power of the Undead.

The Nine Books of Nagash, also simply called the Books of Nagash, are nine massive tomes that record the secret spells of Nagash, the first and greatest of all the necromancers of the Known World. Each book contains the secrets of how to cast one of Nagash's greatest necromantic spells and many of his other discoveries of how Dark Magic could be used to manipulate the living, the dead, and the Undead.[1a]

History[]

When the Nehekharan prince Nagash first began to experiment with necromancy, he combined his mastery of Dark Magic with his knowledge of death from the Nehekharan Mortuary Cult. He committed his findings to nine accursed tomes -- the Books of Nagash -- the most powerful sources concerning the rituals and practice of necromantic magic in the Known World.[2a]

Long after his defeat by the Army of Seven Kings of Nehekhara, one of Nagash's books was stolen from the Black Pyramid by the lords of the Nehekharan city-state of Lahmia, and over the course of centuries they secretly became adept practitioners of necromancy. This would culminate with the Queen of Lahmia, Neferata, utilising such knowledge to recreate the Elixir of Life in a corrupted and incomplete form, giving birth to the first Vampires.[2b]

Named Books of Nagash[]

  • Carrion Book of Shyish[3a]
  • Liber Necronomica[3a]
  • Tome of a Thousand Souls[3a]

Sources[]

  • 1: Warhammer Armies: Undead (4th Edition)
    • 1a: pg. 89
  • 2: Warhammer Armies: Tomb Kings (8th Edition)
    • 2a: pg. 13
    • 2b: pg. 14
  • 3: Total War: Warhammer 2 (Video Game)
    • 3a: Tomb King Campaign Requirement
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