Blah! A schemer and charmer. He is nothing compared to the Imperishable.

“Ha!”

Settra’s lone laugh boomed. His ethereal voice clearly amused by the offer.

“How could YOU possibly help me?”

5 — All of Nehekharan society became so death obsessed that preparing for their own death was often the most important aspect of a Tomb King’s mortal life.

They all also believed they’d come back so death wasn’t seen as the end but as a continuation of duty.

4 — Any other male children of a Tomb King had to earn their place in their father’s tomb by serving faithfully in their father’s army.

If they died in battle: Their spot in the tomb was guaranteed. If they actively tried to take power then their bodies would be destroyed.

Ensuring total death.

3 — Typically, at least after Settra, the second-sons inherited titles. The First Borns were basically assigned to become either priests or members of the mortuary cult if they had magical power.

As for the other siblings?
You’ll find out in the next fact.

2 — What separates the Tomb Kings from other undead factions is the fact that their resurrections maintain their identities and personalities.

Like. Settra’s army isn’t elite because it’s massive or whatever. It’s elite because they’ve conquered their entire homeland twice over in its existence.

1 — Despite the fact that they’re dead: Life in Nehekhara largely continues as it did before everyone died. At least where Settra has kept people ‘awake’.

They build stuff. They work. Servants still attend monarchs. Armies do drills. They trade amongst themselves. Etc.

(I should say it’s been a while since I’ve jumped into the details of all of this so I could very much be wrong or misunderstanding something).

- restoration of his armies, the God was basically backing the only remaining major power in Nehekhara who could really oppose Nagash.

So yeah.

Cool lore story times with Queek.

Context: It still is necromancy, but it’s theocratic and less COMPLETELY invasive.

In canon: Nagash literally entered the God’s domain and consumed it. Replacing it as the God Of Death and refusing to restore Settra’s armies as they fell to Nagash’s hordes.

It’s a fair conclusion that the God knew that Nagash could do that. So by supporting Settra and allowing the -

- ritualised death and undeath.

But if the civilisation was actually truly destroyed then there God would also fizzle out. Because no one would believe in it and it wouldn’t get anymore souls.

There’s also the Nagash problem.

Basically: When Nehekhara died, the rest of the pantheon died. The entire civilisation withered and died so they just fizzled out as a consequence.

But the God Of Death remained.

Because the undead came back. And their society (already death obsessed) now became utterly reliant on -