Zanthora the Mad is a character in Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer. Zanthora, also known as the Mad Necromancer, was a powerful, yet enigmatic member of the Necromancer's Guild of Shadowspire. Her experiments, bizarre even by necromantic standards, led the Necromancers to build her a laboratory far from the Guild in order to both distance themselves from her and preserve her dark genius. As feared as she was renowned for her beauty, Zanthora reclusively continued and apparently finished her major experiment in her newly-built laboratory: the creation of Undead Dragons which the Necromancers particulary feared. While they were aware of the power that these monsters had, they were more concerned with the consequences of losing control over them.