Originally Posted by
Veliane
(The Forsaken are a different topic, the plague is like autopilot Necromancy instead of a spell, so you can't just kill someone to make it go away.. and Ner'zhul's control was undead binding, then he let's go and you have a bunch of people wondering what happened to them)
Necromancy binds a soul or spirit to rise the mindless fallen to do your bidding.
Ghouls, gargoyles, abominations, aberrations.. even skeletons can be summoned and controlled at a DK's will, thus they are Necromancers.
But how can Necromancers control the dead and not eachother.
The Lich King let's you know that he went out of his way to make Death Knights the elite of his forces, how?
They stand out not only because their spirits have been bound back into their original bodies, but such bodies have been reanimated to function instead of decay.
(ever wondered why instead of remaining 58 forever, wandering and rotting until you become bare bones, you actually look the same, and hell how is it that you can become stronger... could it be that you muscles develop....?)
The answer is yes!
Death Knights think, learn, adapt and improve.
Their bodies and mind toughen, they're not mindless and they're not 'dead' thus cannot be controlled (by Undead binding at least [<-- They chose to GTFO when LK betrayed them] their minds can be assaulted like anyone else's).
The flesh, the sinew, the dark blood coursing within.
Basically, they're alive.. if you stab them, they die, if you cut their head, they die.. Their bodies died... initially... but the engines are working now!
(Stupid question: If they were dead why there isn't any rotten DK, missing limbs, etc -- Stupid Answer: Who would want an Elite force in less than excellent conditions?)