Verata the Necromancer

Verata is the first Necromancer Profession Trainer in Pre-Searing Ascalon. After the Searing, he continued his research on undead minions, but his eager desire for knowledge caused him to use forbidden practices to increase the speed of his research. Because of this, he became an outcast of "the Order" and formed his own guild.

Locations

 * Ascalon (pre-Searing)
 * (only before completing Necromancer Test and if one is a primary Necromancer)
 * Northern Shiverpeaks
 * (only during Renegade Necromancer)
 * Kryta
 * (sometimes spawns if The Villainy of Galrath is active; always appears if it is not.)

Quests
Quest given: Quests involved in:
 * Ascalon (pre-Searing)
 * Necromancer Test
 * Ascalon (pre-Searing)
 * War Preparations
 * Northern Shiverpeaks
 * Renegade Necromancer
 * Zaishen Bounty
 * Verata (Zaishen quest)

Level 2, Lakeside County
4 Death Magic

Level 14, Renegade Necromancer
12 Death Magic (20 Death Magic in Hard mode)

Level 24 (30), Kessex Peak
15 Death Magic (20 Death Magic in Hard mode)

To Necromancers

 * "Ah, fresh blood. I sense the faint hum of power in your veins.


 * What brings you here?"

To Monks

 * "Oh, look, a Monk! Afraid of the dark? You should be..."

To Elementalists, Warriors, Rangers, and Mesmers

 * "I've nothing to offer the likes of you...unless you'd like to come over to the dark? I thought not.  Talk to one of the others."

Items dropped

 * Leather Belt
 * Torn Robes

Trivia

 * Like Jarrel the Tamer and Van the Warrior, Verata has a completely different appearance after the searing.
 * In Post-searing he wears Necromancer Krytan armor dyed orange.
 * This NPC has three skills named after him: Verata's Aura, Verata's Gaze and Verata's Sacrifice. A fourth skill, Verata's Promise, was removed before the final release of Nightfall.  This number of eponymous skills is exceeded only by Teinai.