Undead

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The Undead are, as their moniker would suggest, the risen corpses of the deceased. Their origins range from being little more than bones animated by the vile magics of a Necromancer to accursed revenants, doomed to persist beyond death for some unholy purpose.

Undead fall into 3 basic categories: Anathemas, Pawns, and Revenants.

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ANATHEMAS

Anathemas are the most reviled of all Undead; men and women who have cheated death through some foul pact or ritual. Unlike most Undead they typically retain much or all of their mental faculties, often building upon what they knew in life; this quality in turn often finds the Anathema in control of a host of lesser Undead be they mere Pawns, bound Revenants, or other less powerful Anathemas. Thankfully, Anathemas are also the most uncommon type of Undead.

TYPES OF ANATHEMAS ---
 * Death Knights
 * Huecuva
 * Liches
 * Vampires

PAWNS

Shambling corpses, walking bones, no sense of self preservation, morality, or rationality; these are the qualities of a pawn. Pawns are little more than puppets, used to perform menial tasks or serve as guardians; most often utilized by Anathemas, Demons, Fiends, and mortal Necromancers. The primary distinction between a Pawn and other types of Undead is their total lack of sapience; they are automatons which possess an animal instinct at best.

TYPES OF PAWNS ---
 * Crawling Claw
 * Ghasts
 * Ghouls
 * Mummies (Lesser)
 * Skeletons
 * Vampire Spawn
 * Zombies

REVENANTS

Cursed at death (or occasionally in life) to uphold some manner of criteria or fulfill some goal, the Revenant differs from a Pawn in that they retain some or all of their cognitive functions though, unlike Anathemas, they persist at the whim of forces beyond them.

TYPES OF REVENANTS ---
 * Draugr
 * Mummies (Greater)
 * Revenants
 * Wights