Death Knight

The dark paladins of Undeath.
== Nature ==
A type of undead, Death Knights are born through the means of a Runic Weapon. It may take near any form, even a shield, but its nature remains the same. With it, Death Knights hold authority over lesser Undead, such as mindless zombies or skeletons. The blades often provide others powers, but those are based on the weapon and the wielder.
Without their blade they are nothing, a Death Knight is rarely without their blade, let alone away from it, because they instinctively know it is the source of their unlife and powers. This makes them immune to many conventional means of destroying an undead, mainly destroying their heart or head, though they will be obviously paralyzed. Instead the blade will eventually restore them, so it is important to destroy it or simply purify it.
== Runic Weapons ==
Forged of Dark Iron and enchanted with necromancy these weapons 'bless' their bearers with a variant of undeath. Without a Runic Weapon a death knight is no true death knight. It is the source of their undeath, authority over lesser undead and other powers.
Through these weapons living or dead can be made death knights. They can be given to lesser undead to raise them, or taken by the living, who will then slowly transform.
Runic Weapons hunger for life energy and do not care from whence it comes from, young or old, innocent or guilty, they want life energy like hungering voids, starting with their knight's
== History ==
On many worlds, where Necromancy is practiced, dark lords and Liches often arise, raising undead armies. To control such vast hordes they have often created and employed the use of what is universally known as Death Knights.
Who made the first is a mystery lost to time, and known only by those with access to Omniscience, but Death Knights have been used by followers of the Necrobane, to dark cults devoted to Silence.
The creation of Runic Weapons is a secret known only by the greater masters of Necromancy and some of Z's minions use weapons that operate on similar principles.Category:SolZen321
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