Black Knight
Fight style: Blocker
Weapon: Sword
Speed: Slow
Attracted by: Hatchery, lair, treasury, torture chamber, combat pit

Black knights are functionally equivalent to the knights that you'll battle on the good side of the realm. The only problem is that you'll encounter knights in shiny plate mail well before you have any black knights to back you up. Once you do manage to lure these creatures into your dungeon, waste no time training them to crack combat ability. Drop them in the combat pit and feed them a supply of goblins as fodder. They'll raise their skills quickly. Several black knights, paired with a few bile demons, can make a punishing front line.

Dark Angel
Fight style: Blitzer
Weapons: Disruption, hail storm, skeleton army
Speed: Medium
Attracted by: Hatchery, lair, temple

The dark angel is one of the crown jewels in your advanced fighting force. When you are in between battles, place him in your library if you haven't yet researched all you need. If you don't need your dark angels for research, build up their combat abilities in the training room and combat pit (they'll win nearly every time). Once trained, drop them behind the lines in a battle to unleash a serious can of evil whoop-ass on your goodly foe.

Horned Reaper (a.k.a. Horny)
Fight style: Blitzer
Weapon: Custom-made scythe
Speed: Fast

I wouldn't really count Horny as one of your minions. In fact, I think I'd call him your boss. But, from time to time, it's good for the head man to come down, roll up his sleeves, and get dirty in the trenches. If you've earned a summon reaper spell (one of the pieces of the Horny icon on the bottom right of the screen) in a land, you can summon him in the next battle. Horny will make a beeline for the greatest threat, and he's a great tool to call upon just before you launch a major offensive. He'll carve up your enemy pretty well during his temporary visit and should let your forces come in and clean up the mess.

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