Necromancy

Information
Necromancy is the type of magic that Animators and Necromancers perform, it is used to revive dead people as zombies

They often use animal sacrifices to help them raise the dead

A professional journal exists on this subject called "The Animator"

Necromancy cannot raise someone who will raise as a vampire

A true necromancer can control a vampire during the day

It is unwise to raise a murder victim, as they seek out their killer and kill them in revenge

The Pope excommunicated all Animators, unless they stopped raising the dead

An animator HAS to raise the dead, or else their powers will start raising random corpses

When an animator dies, all other animators who can, attend their funeral, since there are so few of them

The stronger the animator is, or the more blood used, the more human-looking the zombie will be

Animating is a licensed profession for five years in The Laughing Corpse, before that it was considered an embarrassing curse or sideshow attraction

Animators are involved in a committee for deeming if a zombie can be used for work in a location (ie as a waiter or something)

A white goat is an euthemism for a human sacrifice

Process
Perform a blood sacrifice (using animals/self etc)

Draw a circle of power using the blood around the grave (the zombie cannot pass the circle without permission)

Animators use an ointment to help concentrate their powers

They smear some blood and ointment on the tombstone

They chant by calling the corpse's name and willing it to rise

Ointment
Animators make their own ointment, using different recipes to suit themselves or the situations

Example Ingredients
Pine and Rosemary (for memory)

Cinnamon and Cloves (for preservation)

Sage (for wisdom)

Sharp herbs (to bind it all together)