Unholy Knight

A human, clad in heavy, black metal armor, illuminated by the moon, opens a big smile on his face and laughs frenetically as the village before him crumbles in chaos. Houses are burning and people are running at the streets, terrified by the human, who has already killed dozens of them.

The light provenient from a few torches illuminates a tall elf with long, silver hair. She raises her hand, whispers a few words, and suddenly, three long-dead bodies start moving, reanimated as skeletons.

A dwarf, bathed in blood, cleaves another orc with his axe, and as he sees the last orc running from him, he creates a spear with his right hand, made with the blood from the other orcs he defeated. With a grim smile, he throws the spear, which hits the head of the target, finally ending the battle.

All three of them are unholy knights, warriors who combine their mastery with weapons and the use of profane magic, a foul, evil type of arcane magic. They go against all that is holy and pure, and use their magic to bring fear and destruction to common people.

Profane Magic Every unholy knight use profane magic to cast spells. Profane magic is the part of arcane magic that involves evil, wickedness and death, opposing divine magic. It is very similar to the magic that oathbreaker paladins use, but unlike them, unholy knights learn to manipulate profane magic by studying and searching for forbidden spells, and not by breaking an oath or serving an evil power. They use unholy symbols, which are common objects such as rings and talismans, infused with profane magic, when casting their spells. Profane magic is commonly tied to death and to necromancy, but this is not the only school of magic profane magic is restricted to. In fact, profane magic involves all schools of magic, including the ability to conjure fiends and to reach onto other's minds, but it inclines towards the necromancy school. And even if it did, unholy knights also learn a bit of the other parts of arcane magic when they study profane magic, since profane magic is a part of arcane magic, though general arcane magic is far from being their focus.