Necromancer Runes Novels & Stories

Rain would have said it was beautiful had she not known that the rune had sealed her mind all along. The runes disappeared as Chiel fanned his hands in the air. The beautiful calligraphy evaporated into black smoke and disappeared. "What was that?" Jace asked. "I've never seen anything like it before." Haramon secretly smiled proudly. He was still standing behind Chiel's wheelchair puffing out his chest. "Without curtailing my respect, Your Majesty. As I said before, my Lord is the last warlock of the pure bloodline. His nickname is Black Rose. It's also a title taken from the oldest witchcraft possession and passed down through the generations in the Burley family."

Before I could say anything, Alannah took off her shoe and lifted a foot, showing off the same rune on the bottom of her foot. Ternen looked a little green when he grabbed a fist of his hair and pulled back his ear, showing off his own rune. My mom looked at all of them and then turned to me. “What are these?” “Parasitic runes.” I sank back into the chair. “Abby’s was a draining rune. Vince is trying to drain all the children of pack members who I can only assume wouldn’t blindly follow his plan to revolt.”

The realization that they had been watching us, unseen and unnoticed, for who knew how long, sent a faint thrill of unease through me, a reminder that we were dealing with beings who operated on a completely different plane of existence. The Necromancer soldiers stood before us, their imposing physiques radiating an aura of power and intimidation. The intricate, rune-like tattoos that adorned their faces and arms seemed to shimmer in the fading light, the identical patterns etched into their skin with precision and purpose. The ink flowed like a dark, liquid script along the sharp lines of their cheekbones and jaws, before cascading down onto their necks like a macabre waterfall.

My best friend and I. A witch and a Fae from Whisperwood. I have the blood of a Seer. My three rune bones can see a kingdom's rise and fall. She's a gold-touched Fae. Born to attract wealth. One roll of the dice in a goblin casino, and she'd empty their vault. When we were eighteen, we found a disgraced Grand Duke in the capital's slums. His stepmother had thrown him out. We saved him. She amassed his gold. I spun his fate. We helped him claw his way back to the capital. He took back his land. His scepter. The first thing he did? He asked my best friend to marry him. They had a son. A gifted heir. I grew tired of the noble squabbles. I went back to my hidden cottage in the woods. Ten years l

Varyn said smoothly, "he wasn't aware of it." “What is it?” I whispered. “The Council’s Needle,” Varyn said, almost reverent. “Forged in the old days, blessed by the Moon Goddess herself. These runes drain power from bloodlines. One precise cut and Ronan’s strength will bleed away, slowly, painfully. He will be helpless.” My wolf stirred uneasily inside me, pacing. The weapon felt wrong, alive somehow. “Drain… how?” I asked. “Gradually,” Varyn said, his voice cold. “It takes hours. Enough time for Ronan to know exactly what is happening as his power seeps out of him.”

“Selene, why are you here? I mean, I only ask because it’s rare for you to show yourself to others.” Selene simply giggling at the question, as if she wasn’t phased by it in the least. “Yes, that is true. And while I do rarely show myself to others, I did feel like I needed to show myself to you before I spoke with Tori.” “Tori?” “Yes. For you see…. Tori and Rune are what I call special. As they are what I call magical runes or in layman’s term a Rune wolf. Another term to use is Rune-binder as Rune’s fur is white with black and silver runes etched along the surface. Runes that grant Tori certain powers at certain times when needed but only when he becomes of age.”

“Say what you came to say.” Varian tilted his head. “The dead want you, brother. They want their Alpha back.” The ground shook. From behind the heirs’ army, the snow split. Bones clawed their way up. Old armor rattled. Wolves with matted fur and glowing red eyes pulled themselves from the earth. Necromancy. On a scale Malric couldn’t have dreamed of. A hundred undead stood between the heirs and the gates. Ryn cursed. “Gods, I hate magic.”

Her voice shook a little as if she had goosebumps. “Lycans and werewolves call it mate bond, humans call it the soulmate connection, dragons call it the twin flames, for vampires its blood link and so on. Some species feel it more vigorously than other species do. To some, the Bond has become rare because it’s dying away slowly. And as pioneers of a new world, it’s our duty to save it. And that’s what we are here for today. To restore the Bond in its primitive form, but stronger so that it regains its losing divinity and strength as we return it to him who will soon return to power and grant the salvation this world so desperately needs. For our lord, let the Bond summon begin!” She raised b

“Constantine, if we’re going to stand any chance against Agnes and her dark magic, we need an edge. Something the elders won’t see coming.” Constantine, her face etched with determination, nodded. “I know, Isolde. We can’t let Agnes’s underhanded tactics win this contest. But what can we do?” Isolde’s eyes gleamed with a hint of mischief as she whispered, “Mountain ash.” Constantine frowned, puzzled. “Mountain ash? How can that help us?” Isolde explained, “Mountain ash is a powerful elemental substance. If we incorporate it into our spells during the ritual, it could give us an advantage. Agnes won’t see it coming, and it might disrupt her dark magic.”

Each long sword costs 500 gold coins. As legal professions are rare, magical equipment is particularly expensive in this world. A ring that can cast the first level spell 'Mage Armour' costs 500 coins, a second level spell costs 2,000 coins and a third level spell costs 6,000 coins. From the third level, it cannot be replenished automatically and must be replenished by a caster of the appropriate level. Even if ordinary magical equipment is not used, it will reach the end of its life in about a hundred years, so it is simply not affordable for ordinary nobles.