Of the Five Great Charters, one of them went into my bloodline to create the Abhorsens. We're the only Charter mages who can use Free magic without being corrupted by it. Therefore, we're the only ones who can use necromancy to banish the Dead past the Ninth Gate.

We do not raise them. [She stresses this point because she's encountered a few misunderstandings before because...naturally, when you admit to being a necromancer most people judge you right off the bat but she wasn't just any necromancer.]