Your magic dredges up a skeleton and fills it with necromantic life, and you force the dead to fight at your command.
You channel shadowy energy into the lifeless form, and to the shock of onlookers, the corpse rises, an obedient servant under your command.
I Cast Animate Dead, Minor
With a morbid curiosity, I concoct a sinister potion, blending a drop of blood with bone dust. I sculpt a grotesque amalgamation, a sliver of reanimated flesh, and conduct a ritual dance from my grimoire. Behold, you return for a day, putrid yet loyal—a mindless guardian from the realm of the deceased.