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The Revenant Soldier is a skeletal melee fighter type of undead, added to the game in the Reaper of Souls expansion pack. It an only be found in Act Five, as well as randomly in [[Nephalem Rifts]]. This monster is a an armored skeleton, found randomly and raised by the [[Summoner of the Dead]]. They can also be created from human NPC guards, when transformed by [[Death Maiden]]s.

Blizzard introduced the monster with some lore as part of the Westmarch Bestiary preview in November 2013:<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablol-3-reaper-souls-westmarch-bestiary Westmarch Bestiary] - Blizzard.com</ref>

<blue>“I watched in horror as the guard was struck by the maiden’s magic. I heard the sound of his screams until his flesh had dissolved to nothing, and only his armor-clad skeleton remained, his jaw unhinged. Blue mist swirled around his bones, coalescing into new flesh. When at last I cut him down, the phantasmal flesh exploded, leaving only a pile of armor behind.”</blue>