Familiar (Skyrim)

The Familiar is a summonable creature found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It has two forms, one can be conjured with Conjure Familiar and Conjure Flaming Familiar  summons the rarer alternative.

Characteristics
The Familiar appears in-game as a ghostly wolf. It shares similar stats to the wolf as-well as charecteristics. The Familiar will howl when in a passive situation and follows the Dragonborn until it's summoning expires. In combat it fights by leaping and biting targets one at a time. Like all summoned followers and recruited dogs it fails to understand the concept of stealth and will blindly charge at the nearest enemy.

Trivia

 * The Familiar is technically a Daedra as it can be banished with Banish Daedra.
 * It appears to be based off of Euopean Folklore.
 * Despite it's spectral appearance the Familiar is not considered an Undead.
 * It will often be summoned by Novice Conjurers to aid in battle.