The Undead
The Undead are the soldiers and fighters of the Bound. They’re the strongest and toughest, capable of physical feats that the rest of the Bound can only dream of or achieve with the assistance of magic. The cost of this is that they can’t create new magics on their own. Undead can use magical items, but they cannot create them or perform spells of any kind. However, the Undead are excellent fighters and decent physical crafters. They have enhanced senses and the capacity to hone their bodies into fighting machines.
Undead have double the Need to Feed curse and are often thought of as the most dangerous and ravenous of the bloodlines. Undead can sate their Hunger with Ambrosia. Unfortunately if they choose to go this route, they will continue to look undead and will find both their physical and emotional feelings deadened.
Zombies
Zombies are among the most common and widespread of the Undead. When they choose to subsist on Ambrosia rather than killing, they appear to literally be walking corpses. Commonly, zombies feel drawn to feed on the brains of their victims because in doing so they are able to reawaken feelings and memories of their own, which are otherwise usually deadened.
When Zombies feed on the Unbound, they appear to be human, though members of the Bound with appropriate skills can still tell the difference. However, when they use ambrosia they truly look like the Walking Dead that they are. They will often be sporting the wounds that they suffered when they were originally attacked and turned. The site where they were first bitten in particular never heals, even in their human form. Additionally, some of them have rotting flesh, exposed bones and/or milky white eyes.
Banshee
Banshees are a less common form of Undead that are typically found throughout Western Europe. Banshees tend to feel drawn towards music, which they say helps them to feel more alive. Like all Undead, if they choose to kill rather than live on Ambrosia, they will appear to be entirely human. However, even in their more human forms they tend to have black or dark brown hair, as their hair darkens after being turned.
When a Banshee chooses to satiate their Need to Feed using Ambrosia, they tend to turn corpse-pale or ashy, and appear unnaturally thin and waifish. Banshee cheekbones look like they could cut glass. Additionally, their extremities (i.e. their hands and feet) tend to turn black as if from frostbite, and their fingernails become long and claw-like. Banshees also frequently leak a black, viscous substance from their eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Their eyes will sometimes become white like corpse eyes.
Ghouls
Ghouls are a less common form of Undead found worldwide but are more common in areas with large graveyards. In the United States, they’re particularly common in Louisiana due to the preponderance of above-ground graves. Ghouls are drawn towards graveyards because they reportedly feel comforted by the presence of the truly dead. Like all Undead, if they choose to kill rather than live on Ambrosia, they will appear to be entirely human. However, even in their human form, Ghouls sometimes have large, pointed teeth.
When a Ghoul chooses to satiate their Need to Feed using Ambrosia, their muscles swell to show their unnatural strength, and this splits their skin such that you can see the exposed muscles underneath. Though not painful, these permanent wounds do continue to bleed. Ghouls have long, pointed teeth and claw-tipped hands that are often streaked with red and black up to the elbow. Ghouls will sometimes have red eyes that reflect like a cat’s in the right lighting.
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