Summoner

精靈師 · Elementalist — A mage who battles alongside nature's elemental spirits

The elementalist forms contracts with elemental spirits or directly wields elements themselves. Unlike summoners, they form equal partnerships with spirits, borrowing their power for extreme elemental magic (fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, light, dark). Usually specializing in one or a few elements, they maintain intimate relationships with multiple spirits of that element (from lesser to elemental kings). Featured in Final Fantasy, Warcraft, Korean fantasy novels, and other Eastern and Western works, especially popular in Korean fantasy where the 'female elementalist' character archetype is established. Paracelsus's four-element theory provides the scholarly foundation.

魔法師 · Mage / Wizard — A knowledge specialist who probes the principles of magic

The mage is an intellectual combat class researching magical principles and wielding their power. Casting powerful offensive, defensive, and support magic, mages are physically weak and cannot wear armor — requiring companion protection due to spell casting time. Using spellbooks, staves, and orbs as tools, they specialize in elemental magic (fire, ice, lightning), space-time manipulation, illusion, and various other schools. A core class in every fantasy work — Tolkien's Gandalf, Harry Potter's Hogwarts wizards, D&D's Wizard class — often portrayed at extremes: white-bearded sage or dark-robed sorcerer. The maxim 'time is mana' emphasizes the importance of study and training.

降靈術師 · Necromancer — A forbidden mage who controls death

The necromancer is a forbidden mage who summons the souls of the dead and controls corpses in battle. The name combines Greek 'nekros' (corpse) and 'manteia' (divination), originally meaning divination by consulting the dead, but medieval times merged it with black magic to become the evil practice of raising armies of the undead. Outlawed in most religions and nations, necromancy's power is unmatched as it allows unlimited reinforcements. D&D's Necromancer class, Diablo's Necromancer, and Warcraft's Lich King are modern fantasy archetypes, often depicted not as simple villains but as tragic figures exploring death's secrets.