> @"Fueki.4753" said:
> > @"Mad Queen Malafide.7512" said:
> > What is a well spell? Is it a dark power invoked from the depths of the earth and brought to the surface by the necromancer?
> > What is a minion exactly? Is it a spirit inhabiting a body created from nearby remains?
> Both of these spells, in lore, are about manipulating corpses. This is reflected in them requiring corpses in GW1.
> This means, wells are not conjured from the depths of the earth, but from the depths of cadavers.
>
Just to add to this. In some early GW1 Necromancer quests they talk about how minions are created out of bodies without touching the souls. Manipulating souls is considered to be taboo by necromancers but it's not unknown for some necromancers to manipulate the soul as well as the body. The Lich, Palawa Joko and Verata are examples of those that manipulate both.