Summon shadow

Summon shadow was a necromancy spell that conjured shadows.

Effects
The shadows summoned by this spell were under control of the caster, and could be used to attack foes. Such conjured creatures would remain for a length of time proportional to the power of the caster, or until they were killed. The range of the spell was and the area-of-effect was a  cube.

Components
This spell required verbal, somatic, and material components. The material component was a part of a smoky quartz.

History
The spell was invented in -594 DR by the Netherese arcanist, Shadow, with the original name being Shadow's summons. Summon shadows was used by casters with access to the Negative Energy plane in order to summon dread wolves, as well as - rarely - by sha'irs of Zakhara.

Appearances

 * Video games
 * Icewind Dale
 * Icewind Dale II