A Different Kind of Deadly

COMPLETE! The Sequel: A Different Kind of Despair, is now UP AND RUNNING!

I see myself as a gentle soul. I like sunlight, warm air, and gardens; secrets that I'll need to take to the grave. I was born to Nethermount, an underground city situated deep beneath the Howling Desert, heir to House Thanos, one of six infamous clans that has the nerve to call this place home.
Recently, my mother gave me an ultimatum, which now leaves me in a rather precarious situation.
My name is Marvin.
I suffer from acute necrophobia.
And I have thirty days to become a necromancer, or else I am very, VERY undead.