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- Ruthie: The main villain of the Ministry comic, Ruthie, is a variation of a lich. Although she possesses supernatural powers, her main skill lies in manipulating the mad.
- Morda: The wizard Morda from Lloyd Alexander's book Taran Wanderer, part of the Chronicles of Prydain, who kept his life force in a bone fragment.
- Lord Voldemort: The concept of a Horcrux from the Harry Potter universe resembles a phylactery. This would make the primary antagonist of the series, Lord Voldemort, something akin to a lich or demi-lich (because he has created 7 Horcruxes), though he lacks the undead body traditional of liches. The word "lich" is not used in the series.
- Thorion: Thorion the Master Summoner of Roke in the Earthsea series of books becomes a form of lich when he (or an aspect of himself seeking dominance) returns from the Land of the Dead. Claiming that he has 'summoned himself' back to life, he begins to seek political power in the vacuum left by the absence of an archmage. While the full tale is detailed in 'Dragonfly', a short story in Tales from Earthsea, parts also appear in Tehanu and The Other Wind.
- Lich King: In the comic book Gold Digger, the Lich King, one of the deadliest and most evil adversaries in the entire run of the book is grandfather of the book's protagonist. He did not use a phylactery, but was typical in every other way being a consummate schemer.
- In the short story Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner, the protagonist comes in contact with a lich in a deserted farmhouse.
- Acererak: In the book Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, the guardian of the Copper Key is Acererak the Demi-Lich.
- Kerrigor: Kerrigor in Sabriel.
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