Yup. EverQuest calls them Shadow Knights. In Warhammer, they are the Blood Dragon clan of vampires. I'm sure there are tons of other fantasy lores out there that have the "Death Knight" archetype of a warrior necromancer. It's definitely not a WoW creation, and I hate whenever I talk about building those types of characters in games like Skyrim, or writing about those kinds of characters in my own fiction, and people try to correct me and say "Oh no, you mean a Death Knight"
No, I don't mean a Death Knight. I mean what I freaking said.
No, I don't mean a Death Knight. I mean what I freaking said.

