Hmm, well! For Rainer, it was one of those things where you develop an affection for something after you discover you're pretty all right at it.

Which is downplaying herself a bit, she's not an archmage of necromancy for nothing.

But lately? She's been trying to work out a better defense system for Thay — you won't see any bandits or ... evil creatures ... raiding a town guarded by undead abominations, right?

Finding suitable specimens for said undead abominations is the really tough part, though.