Dyson Logos #Dicember2021 Prompt: Skull
Continuing to update: The hierarchy of the undead.
Some magic users are able to communicate between the realms of the living and the dead. They are necromancers. Their craft is that of the parlay.
Skeletons: Souls that don't cross over are slowly driven insane. Necromancers promise them a return to the realm of the living by binding them into skeletons.
Zombies: Not souls at all, there are other dark forces that seek entry into the world. The freshly dead are ready conduits for these dark entities that hate life.
Draugr:
Weight:
Ghouls:
Ghost:
Wraith:
Revenant:
Banshee:
Mummies: There are rituals that can extend life beyond death by trapping the spirit in canopic jars. Generally the ultimate goal is to transplant the spirit into a still living being.
Vampires: The darkest means of achieving immortality, vampires are mortals who extend their own lives by draining the life of others, usually by consuming their blood.
Liches: A lich is a wizard who has used magic to exist beyond the limits of their mortal forms. They subsist on magic like the living subsist on food and water.