Why is Necromancy legal in Tamriel?
In The Elder Scrolls series, Necromancy is legal in most places in Tamriel (the main exception being in the province of Morrowind, although they make it clear in The Elder Scrolls III that this is because of local taboos and that it is legal elsewhere). In fact, it was a big plot point in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion that the current head of the Mages Guild had outlawed Necromancy, overturning centuries of its legality (and this came back to bite him). The Elder Scrolls I: Arena and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall even have local holidays where the descriptions say things like: "In celebration of the oldest magical science, necromancy, all magical items are half price today."
My question is, why is it legal? It's clear that the founder of the Mages Guild was strongly opposed to the practice (third paragraph of this book) and just about all the lorebooks on the topic show it as having negative consequences with few, if any, positive ones (e.g. one book talked about how a dead child was resurrected using Necromancy, but this greatly aged her). Moreover it's referred to multiple times as "The Black Arts" and there is definitely a stigma against it.
So why is Necromancy legal in Tamriel throughout the majority of the Elder Scrolls games?
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Is necromancy legal in Tamriel?
Necromancy is not illegal in the Empire, though body and spirit are protected as property, and may not be used without the permission of the owner, and public display of the living dead is widely prohibited. Morrowind is the only province of Tamriel in which necromancy has been banned and is illegal.Why is necromancy illegal in eso?
Necromancy has generally been considered immoral in most cultures, and sometimes even illegalized, as it is believed to contravene the natural process of life and death and violate the sanctity of spirits.Is necromancy illegal in Cyrodiil?
It was never illegal in Cyrodiil that was just the Mages guilds policy.Why is necromancy evil Skyrim?
The problem that comes with necromancy is that by either surrounding yourself with dead bodies or actually killing people for their bodies, it could cause a huge mental and moral shift, and thus you get necromancers who does evil things to get the bodies and souls they need.Skyrim - Is Necromancy Evil? - Elder Scrolls Lore
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