Minion

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A generic term for a subject in servitude, minions generally refer to minor enemies controlled or summoned by a more powerful being.

As you turn slightly to follow a bend you see a man a few meters from you. Without uttering a word he gestures and is surrounded by a glow. You quickly drop into a combat stance and visualize a protective rune. His spell ends and an ancestral minion springs forth next to him. - Cold Dawn