Variety one: Name: Minion Description: A simple animated skeleton, commonly summoned by novice necromancers. They are not much smarter than dogs and due to a short life span, being a day for novice necromancers and a month for experienced ones, they are normally taught to just defend or attack enemies. Some do reside in the wild and can be hostile on sight sometimes, all are hostile when approached.
Variety two: Name: Guard Description: A more sturdy skeleton, normally endowed in armor. Their intelegence is not much better than a minions and due to their average lifespan being half, they are rarely seen used, other than by experienced necromancers.
Variety three: Name: Bonelord Description: A creature with a skeletal body and four arms and a very long neck. They have harbored the nature to float and normally wear cloaks to hide their feet. They are more intelegent than Guards and rival that of a ten year old. This is by no means a reason to think they are harmless since very few are taught to not be aggressive and will not give a second thought about killing. An expert necromancer can permenatly fashion one of these, though it is very risky and rare. The appearance in the wild is only rumors, but if one should be encountered, by all rumors heard the best action would be to retreat.
Variety four: Name: Catylist Description: A skeleton dressed in clothing or full armor. They are much more durable than others and are by far more intelegent, almost always keeping the full knowlegde of every host it is comprised of. They do lack emotions and such, so mercy is not an option with them. It is best to treat them like normal being though, and some can be very good company when they trust you. They are by far the best fighters of the skeleton group, and being thus, very very dangerous.