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* In the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series by Creator/GarthNix, the Abhorsen family are necromancers who wield Charter Magic to return the Dead to Death.
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* In the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series by Creator/GarthNix, the ''Literature/OldKingdom'': The Abhorsen family [[HeroicLineage bloodline]] are necromancers who wield Charter Magic {{Necromancer}}s with a mission to return lay the Dead to Death.rest -- benign spirits might just need help crossing the AfterlifeAntechamber safely, whereas malevolent Dead need to be fought down and compelled to pass on. So long as the Abhorsens hold to their duty, they're a unique exception to the rule that necromancy [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide horribly corrupts its users]].
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': During his time as a ghost, Yusuke meets the ghost of a girl who died on the day she was supposed to meet her boyfriend at the time for a date, and has been waiting a year to see him again on the anniversary. The boyfriend turns out to be a {{jerkass}} who planned to stand her up to win a bet, so Yusuke takes her on a date himself, and she has so much fun she moves on to heaven afterwards without trouble.
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* ''Webcomic/SpareKeysForStrangeDoors'': [[ISeeDeadPeople Toby]] calls Andrew a "[[UnfinishedBusiness wanting something]] ghost" -- in his case, wanting [[MundaneWish just one interesting thing]] to happen to him. He gets the adventure he wanted, but it's Toby and Marion's reassurance and companionship that help him decide to let go of Earth.
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* ''VideoGame/{{PAGUI}}'': Ghosts are allowed to move on to the afterlife upon being "killed" by your his Taoist sword, as seen after you defeat the Hanging Man - and sees the Hanging Man's family descending from heavens to pray for his soul as the Hanging Man fades away from view. There's also a ghost-girl named Lynn who finally rests after you collect her ashes and place her next to her parents' graves.
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* In ''Webcomic/WildeLife'', every ghost is tethered by something they can't find or something they can't let go of.
** Chapter 3 has a girl who became a ghost rather than leave her mother behind. She happily moves on when the mother [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/134 reassures her]] that it's okay for her to go.
** Chapter 10 has the ghost of a boy who wanders the highway in search of his [[CanineCompanion beloved dog]]. When Oscar helps him find where the dog is buried, their spirits [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/692 run off]] into the sunset together.
--->'''Oscar:''' I know he's already dead, but... this feels like I'm leading him to his death.\\
'''Eliza:''' You are. But he's been trying to find it himself for a long time.
** Chapter 3 has a girl who became a ghost rather than leave her mother behind. She happily moves on when the mother [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/134 reassures her]] that it's okay for her to go.
** Chapter 10 has the ghost of a boy who wanders the highway in search of his [[CanineCompanion beloved dog]]. When Oscar helps him find where the dog is buried, their spirits [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/692 run off]] into the sunset together.
--->'''Oscar:''' I know he's already dead, but... this feels like I'm leading him to his death.\\
'''Eliza:''' You are. But he's been trying to find it himself for a long time.
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* ''VideoGame/TheForestQuartet'' has the player assume the role of a deceased singer, Nina, who must unite her band one last time before she can move on. When she succeeds, she then disappears into the afterlife.
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* ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'': The medium Tangina coaxes all but one of the ghosts haunting the Freelings' house to pass into the light and the next plane of existence in their after-life journey.
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* ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'': ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'': The medium Tangina coaxes all but one of the ghosts haunting the Freelings' house to pass into the light and the next plane of existence in their after-life journey.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'': Charlotte D'Lota is a ghost of a little girl, who died after years of being imprisoned in a monastery. She's fully convinced that she has never been loved, and hates the world. Normally, the player must confront her and kill her [[OneWingedAngel monstrous form]], but if you find letters of her mother, who loved her despite the [[BastardAngst circumstances]], she no longer has a justification to linger, and vanishes in a PuffOfLogic.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Acrylic}}'': The goal in each floor after the first one is to pacify the VengefulGhost on each floor by telling them their name and how they died, which spirits forget upon death. You do this by finding the items associated with their name and death and giving it to them.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': The restless dead are a particular concern of both the Priests of Morr, GodOfTheDead, and [[CreepyGood wizards of the Lore of Death]]. They often fight malevolent undead, but also deal peacefully with those who want to resolve their UnfinishedBusiness and move on.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': The restless dead are a particular concern of both the Priests of Morr, GodOfTheDead, and [[CreepyGood wizards of the Lore of Death]]. They often fight malevolent undead, but also deal peacefully with those who want to resolve their UnfinishedBusiness and move on.on, and have specialized magic for both functions.
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* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Chapter 35 (Episode 12 of the anime) has Kagome and Inuyasha dealing with a VengefulGhost named Mayu Ikeda, who was the late older sister of Sota's friend Satoru. The duo is informed that if Mayu is unable to quell her hatred of her mother and brother, believing they purposely left her to die in the fire that killed her, she will be DraggedOffToHell by the Soul Piper. Fortunately, with help from Kagome, Mayu is able to make up with her mother and depart for heaven, now finally at peace.
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* ''Manga/InuYasha'': ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Chapter 35 (Episode 12 of the anime) has Kagome and Inuyasha dealing with a VengefulGhost named Mayu Ikeda, who was the late older sister of Sota's friend Satoru. The duo is informed that if Mayu is unable to quell her hatred of her mother and brother, believing they purposely left her to die in the fire that killed her, she will be DraggedOffToHell by the Soul Piper. Fortunately, with help from Kagome, Mayu is able to make up with her mother and depart for heaven, now finally atpeace.peace.
** The Soul Piper itself is an example, being a benevolent demon that normally plays with the ghosts of dead children until they're ready to pass on. However, it will drag them to Hell if they are unable to let go of grudges they held when they died.
** Chapter 35 (Episode 12 of the anime) has Kagome and Inuyasha dealing with a VengefulGhost named Mayu Ikeda, who was the late older sister of Sota's friend Satoru. The duo is informed that if Mayu is unable to quell her hatred of her mother and brother, believing they purposely left her to die in the fire that killed her, she will be DraggedOffToHell by the Soul Piper. Fortunately, with help from Kagome, Mayu is able to make up with her mother and depart for heaven, now finally at
** The Soul Piper itself is an example, being a benevolent demon that normally plays with the ghosts of dead children until they're ready to pass on. However, it will drag them to Hell if they are unable to let go of grudges they held when they died.
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The [[InvertedTrope inverse]] of {{necromancy}}, though depending on the work it may involve similar techniques used differently. Related to DontFearTheReaper, where the representatives or gods of death are compassionate caretakers rather than [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reapers]]. See also HollywoodExorcism, BanishingRitual, and SpookySeance for ways this is typically done. Compare PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal, where steps are taken to prevent this.
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The [[InvertedTrope inverse]] of {{necromancy}}, though depending on the work it may involve similar techniques used differently. Related to DontFearTheReaper, where the representatives or gods of death are compassionate caretakers rather than [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reapers]]. See also HollywoodExorcism, BanishingRitual, SpookySeance, and SpookySeance TurnUndead for ways this is typically may be done done. Compare PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal, where steps are taken to prevent needing to do this.
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* ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'': The benediction of Gracefeel, the goddess of reincarnation, is said to "grant repose and guidance to the souls of the dead". Most people treat this as WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway, so she has few worshipers, but when main character Will swears an oath to her and becomes her paladin, he discovers that it lets him TurnUndead by freeing their souls back into the cycle of reincarnation (which runs on a Hindu model). [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower This proves extremely useful]], since one of his primary enemies is Stagnate, the god of undeath.
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** ''Literature/{{Bloodbones}}'' have you boarding a ghost ship called The Sea Maiden and confronting the ghost captain, Velyarde. You'll be forced into an unavoidable duel, but if you win, you then release the ship's crew from the afterlife - for the only way they can be lifted from their curse into sailing the seas for an eternity is for a worthy challenger to defeat their captain.
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* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'':
** The backstory of ''Literature/CryptOfTheSorcerer'' has the titular villain, the vile sorceror Razaak slain by the warrior, Kull, only for Razaak to curse Kull into becoming a skeleton forced to roam the land for centuries while holding his magic sword, until the sword was eventually taken from his grasp - at which point the skeletal Kull then dissolves into dust, finally at peace.
** In ''Literature/LegendOfZagor'', you might come across the VengefulGhost of Remstar the Wizard in the Chamber of Heartfires. If you [[IKnowYourTrueName know his name]], you are given the option to pacify him by spending 1 Magic Point to have Remstar laid to rest, overcoming him without a fight.
* ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps''
** ''Literature/TheKnightInScreamingArmor'' have you running into a cenobium of ghost monks in a haunted abbey, who wants to make you one of their ranks. You can however lay them to rest for good by escaping to the abbey's clock tower and ringing the bell, allowing them to pass on. The difficulty is trying to reach and trigger the bell though, whose solution is a MoonLogicPuzzle.
** ''Literature/LostInStinkeyeSwamp'' has a good ending where you finally put's Annabelle's spirit to rest, releasing her from the afterlife after haunting Stinkeye Swamp for 200 years. You get rewarded by finding the treasure after that, of course.
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* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'':
** The backstory of ''Literature/CryptOfTheSorcerer'' has the titular villain, the vile sorceror Razaak slain by the warrior, Kull, only for Razaak to curse Kull into becoming a skeleton forced to roam the land for centuries while holding his magic sword, until the sword was eventually taken from his grasp - at which point the skeletal Kull then dissolves into dust, finally at peace.
** In ''Literature/LegendOfZagor'', you might come across the VengefulGhost of Remstar the Wizard in the Chamber of Heartfires. If you [[IKnowYourTrueName know his name]], you are given the option to pacify him by spending 1 Magic Point to have Remstar laid to rest, overcoming him without a fight.
* ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps''
** ''Literature/TheKnightInScreamingArmor'' have you running into a cenobium of ghost monks in a haunted abbey, who wants to make you one of their ranks. You can however lay them to rest for good by escaping to the abbey's clock tower and ringing the bell, allowing them to pass on. The difficulty is trying to reach and trigger the bell though, whose solution is a MoonLogicPuzzle.
** ''Literature/LostInStinkeyeSwamp'' has a good ending where you finally put's Annabelle's spirit to rest, releasing her from the afterlife after haunting Stinkeye Swamp for 200 years. You get rewarded by finding the treasure after that, of course.
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* In the gamebook ''Literature/LegendOfZagor'', you might come across the VengefulGhost of Remstar the Wizard in the Chamber of Heartfires. If you [[IKnowYourTrueName know his name]], you are given the option to pacify him by spending 1 Magic Point to have Remstar laid to rest, overcoming him without a fight.
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* ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters'': Sin-Eaters have wide-ranging powers related to death and the dead, and [[MagneticMedium naturally attract]] ghosts who want to communicate, so they're expected by tradition to help ghosts with their UnfinishedBusiness and neutralize the most dangerous ones. Sin-Eaters also have a natural incentive, as helping a ghost to pass on can automatically refill their store of [[{{Mana}} Plasm]].
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* ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'':
** Every [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] stayed behind due to ''[[UnfinishedBusiness something]]'', from its unsolved murder to simply wanting to experience more of life. If that's resolved, the ghost peacefully vanishes forever, no matter whether it's an earthbound poltergeist or an UndeadAbomination in the depths of TheUnderworld.
** ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters'': Sin-Eaters have wide-ranging powers related to death and the dead, and [[MagneticMedium naturally attract]] ghosts who want to communicate, so they're expected by tradition to help ghosts with their UnfinishedBusiness and neutralize the most dangerous ones. Sin-Eaters also have a natural incentive, as helping a ghost to pass on can automatically refill their store of [[{{Mana}} Plasm]].
** Every [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] stayed behind due to ''[[UnfinishedBusiness something]]'', from its unsolved murder to simply wanting to experience more of life. If that's resolved, the ghost peacefully vanishes forever, no matter whether it's an earthbound poltergeist or an UndeadAbomination in the depths of TheUnderworld.
** ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters'': Sin-Eaters have wide-ranging powers related to death and the dead, and [[MagneticMedium naturally attract]] ghosts who want to communicate, so they're expected by tradition to help ghosts with their UnfinishedBusiness and neutralize the most dangerous ones. Sin-Eaters also have a natural incentive, as helping a ghost to pass on can automatically refill their store of [[{{Mana}} Plasm]].
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* In ''Film/SilentTongue'', Prescott finally lays Awbonnie's ghost to rest by burning her body, which is what Awbennie had wanted and what Talbot was refusing to do.
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** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': Most undead are generic monsters with HardCodedHostility. However, one {{Sidequest}} has the player character help a FriendlyGhost move on by freeing his corpse from the shackles that caused him to drown.
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** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'':
*** Most undead are generic monsters with HardCodedHostility. However, one {{Sidequest}} hasthe player character you help a FriendlyGhost move on by freeing his corpse from the shackles that caused him to drown.drown.
*** The spirit of an evil necromancer feigns remorse and asks you to help him pass on by reassembling his dismembered body in his tomb. You have to fall for it, but his BossFight quiets him by force.
*** Most undead are generic monsters with HardCodedHostility. However, one {{Sidequest}} has
*** The spirit of an evil necromancer feigns remorse and asks you to help him pass on by reassembling his dismembered body in his tomb. You have to fall for it, but his BossFight quiets him by force.
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** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': Darth Sion's body is a broken, decomposing husk, [[MortalityGreyArea animated]] by ThePowerOfHate alone. If the player character [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath convinces him]] to let go of his anger, he peacefully becomes one with the Force.
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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': {{Psychopomp}}s sometimes seek human aid when a ghost refuses to go with them into the Ether. In Antimony's first case, she helped a [[UndeadChild young child]] admit that he was dead and realize that the [[CreepyGood scary spectral figures]] were there to to help him.
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* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': {{Psychopomp}}s sometimes seek human aid when a ghost refuses to go with them into the Ether. In Antimony's first case, she helped a [[UndeadChild young child]] admit that he was dead and realize that the [[CreepyGood scary spectral figures]] were there to to help him.
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* ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'': "Let's Dance" deals with a ghostly ballet that performs on a loop, with fatal results for their trapped audience, until someone fills in for the one missing performer. As it happens, Batman knows his ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
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* ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheNecromancer'': In an [[PetTheDog uncharacteristic moment of compassion]], the VillainProtagonist helps a ghost admit that he's dead and creates a RunicMagic threshold for him to cross over to the afterlife.
-->'''Johannes:''' There. Walk through. It's as simple as that.\\
'''Ghost:''' I'm not sure I can. I've sort of tried in the past. I couldn't leave here.\\
'''Johannes:''' That was before I opened the way for you.
-->'''Johannes:''' There. Walk through. It's as simple as that.\\
'''Ghost:''' I'm not sure I can. I've sort of tried in the past. I couldn't leave here.\\
'''Johannes:''' That was before I opened the way for you.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgVnds4gW3s Summoners put the souls of the dead to rest in a ceremony called the Sending]]. Those who don't get Sent become restless spirits that coalesce into fiends, or in some cases continue on as Unsent (who aren't considered zombies for the most part since they keep their memories and personality). Some of these include [[spoiler:Seymour, Kinoc, Maechen]] and even [[spoiler:Auron]].
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgVnds4gW3s Summoners put the souls of the dead to rest in a ceremony called the Sending]]. Those who don't get Sent become restless spirits that coalesce into fiends, or in some cases continue on as Unsent (who aren't considered zombies for the most part since they keep their memories and personality). Some of these include [[spoiler:Seymour, Kinoc, Maechen]] [[spoiler:{{Sinister Minister}}s Seymour and Mika, the [[MisterExposition wandering historian]] Maechen,]] and even [[spoiler:Auron]].[[spoiler:TeamDad Auron]].
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* ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
** An early sidequest in Whiterun involves this. The local priest of Arkay, the Divine of life and death, has misplaced his amulet in the Hall of the Dead, and said amulet allows him to confront and bring peace to the restless dead. The [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] is tasked with going down into the catacombs, fighting through the skeletons that have arisen, and recovering the amulet so the priest can do his duties.
** Another quest for the Temple of Mara, the Divine of love and marriage, also involves this. Most of the quest involves helping various separated lovers reunite or realize their feelings for one another, but the last pair are two ghosts who died far apart from one another. Bringing their spirits back together allows them to finally be at peace and move on to the afterlife.
** An early sidequest in Whiterun involves this. The local priest of Arkay, the Divine of life and death, has misplaced his amulet in the Hall of the Dead, and said amulet allows him to confront and bring peace to the restless dead. The [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] is tasked with going down into the catacombs, fighting through the skeletons that have arisen, and recovering the amulet so the priest can do his duties.
** Another quest for the Temple of Mara, the Divine of love and marriage, also involves this. Most of the quest involves helping various separated lovers reunite or realize their feelings for one another, but the last pair are two ghosts who died far apart from one another. Bringing their spirits back together allows them to finally be at peace and move on to the afterlife.
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** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': Most undead are generic monsters with HardCodedHostility. However, one {{Sidequest}} has the player character help a FriendlyGhost move on by freeing his corpse from the shackles that caused him to drown.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
*** An early sidequest in Whiterun involves this. The local priest of Arkay, the Divine of life anddeath, [[GodOfTheDead death]], has misplaced his the amulet in the Hall of the Dead, and said amulet that allows him to confront and bring peace to the restless dead. The [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] is tasked with going down into the catacombs, fighting through the skeletons that have arisen, and recovering the amulet so the priest can do his duties.
** Another *** A quest for the Temple of Mara, the [[LoveGoddess Divine of love and marriage, marriage]], also involves this. Most of the quest involves helping various separated lovers reunite or realize their feelings for one another, but the last pair are two ghosts who died far apart from one another. Bringing their spirits back together allows them to finally be at peace and move on to the afterlife.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': Most undead are generic monsters with HardCodedHostility. However, one {{Sidequest}} has the player character help a FriendlyGhost move on by freeing his corpse from the shackles that caused him to drown.
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
*** An early sidequest in Whiterun involves this. The local priest of Arkay, the Divine of life and
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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', {{Hunter|OfMonster}}s' usual tactic for ghosts is to [[PrecautionaryGhostDisposal destroy their remains]] and render them DeaderThanDead, but a peaceful approach sometimes works:
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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', {{Hunter|OfMonster}}s' {{Hunter|OfMonsters}}s' usual tactic for ghosts is to [[PrecautionaryGhostDisposal [[PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal destroy their remains]] and render them DeaderThanDead, but a peaceful approach sometimes works:
