Animate Dead + Unconcious / Dead Caster

[Takums]

This situation just occurred in a game tonight:

1) Enemy caster casts Animate Dead.
3) Enemy caster is knocked unconscious/dead.

What happens at this point?

Are the undead still animated at all at this point?
Do they retain any commands/loyalty for their fallen caster?

I am actually playing an undead lord cleric and have the Command Undead feat, so I took control of one of the animated skeletons before the caster was taken out. We all kind of just assumed at first that they would probably just fall over dead again if the caster died, but seeing as I had control of one now we began to question this assumption.

I have been unable to find any information at all about this so far and forgive me please if this has already been covered, but this is a hard subject to do a search for... "animate dead dead caster" :/

[blahpers]

They remain animated until destroyed. If they were given an ongoing command, they'll keep doing it pretty much forever. If the caster returns from unconsciousness/death, they are still under the caster's command.

[Takums]

That'll do pig. Thanks :D Yea I actually just re-read animate dead and it is right there.. sorry

[blahpers]

No worries! : )