Undead

At the very bottom there were undead skeletons of no particular designation.

Starting from there were the Common Rank undead, which were split into the mage path and the warrior path.

For the warrior path, there were the Skeleton Fighters, Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Knights, Skeleton Kings, Wights, Wight Lords and Wight Kings.

For the mage path, there were Skeleton Summoners, Skeleton Mages, Skeleton Adepts, Skeleton Archmages, Wraiths, Wraith Lords and Wraith Kings.

Next came the  Lord Rank Undead . Just like their lower ranked undead brethren, they too split up.

On the warrior path was the Blood Golem, the Bone Golem, the Abomination, and the Butcher.

On the mage path there was the Specter, the Banshee, the Watcher, the Soul Stealer and the Bone Dragon.

Above the Lord Rank undead were the  Commander Rank undead . The warrior path had the Dark Knight, the Reaper, the Dread Knight and the Death Knight. The mage path had the Necrolich, the Shaman, the Dread Lord and the Lich.

Chief of them all were the so-called  Supreme Undead . Here, they were not exactly split into paths as all of them had abilities in both categories. There were few in numbers and none outranked the others.

They were the Vampires, the Lich King, the Banished Ones and the Necromancer King.

Although the vampires were arguably the weakest of their ranks, they more than made up for it with their growth capabilities, since they had the potential to become mightier than the Lich King, the Bandished One or the Necromancer King.

Vampires also had their  internal species rankings . From lowest to highest they were the Blood Ghoul, the Thrall, the Initiate Vampire, the Halfblood Vampire, the Pureblood Vampire, the Vampire Lord, the Vampire King, the Ancient Vampire and the Progenitor Vampire.

Darius leaned forward. “However, I feel it cannot be so simple. I have studied the history of the Plains of Death extensively and how necromancy in general works, and I can safely say that there are differing tiers to ‘bonuses’ when reviving an undead.”

“The easiest is basic intelligence. The difficulty climbs from there, including memories, soul, bloodline, powers and innate blessings.”