They are undead Vikings that retain some semblance of intelligence, and who delight in the suffering that they cause.

Additionally, both the terms strigoi and moroi are traditionally closely associated with both pricolici and vârcolaci, and while modern fiction makes a clear distinction between the terms ( with strigoi and moroi being in usage more a reference to the vampiric than the lycanthropic, and the latter in turn referring more to " living " as opposed to undead vampires ), older folklore leaves them not always so easily differentiated, especially with regional variants.

During the Blackest Night event, when word got out that apparently everyone around the world who have died are rising as undead Black Lanterns, Luthor isolates himself in his safehouse in fear that all the people he had murdered over the years would also reanimate and seek revenge on him.

There, he finds that the ruined part of the castle has become infested with undead creatures, which are attacking the castle's desperate garrison.

* are undead creatures wrapped like mummies.

* A ReDead as seen in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time are undead creatures resembling zombies with a dark brown skin and flat mask-like faces that can paralyze enemies with a scream, and cling to them to drain health away.

The ghost of Barbara Radziwiłł by Wojciech Gerson: ghosts are a common form of undead in folklore

The term undead describes beings in mythology, legend or fiction that are deceased yet behave as if alive.

) This forces the undead creature away from the cleric ; powerful clerics are capable of completely destroying weaker undead creatures with this ability.

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence ( generally in the form of blood ) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person / being.

Viola says that this piece is about how the dead are undead.

Their task is made much harder by the fact that they are both undead and therefore susceptible to Hainsley's power.

The origins of the word are from Stoker's novel, where it is used by the Romanian townsfolk to refer to Count Dracula and presumably, other undead.

In Völuspá, in which an undead völva imparts knowledge in the god Odin, references are twice made to Ymir.

Nazgûl are fictional undead kings from The Lord of the Rings.

* In the first level of the arcade game Legend of Hero Tonma, the blue dressed undead hopping out of the coffins are a clear reference to jiangshis.

From the outset, Planescape: Torments designers intended to challenge traditional role-playing game conventions: the game features no dragons, elves, goblins, or other common fantasy races ; there are only three swords ; the rats faced in the game can be quite challenging to defeat ; and the undead sometimes prove more sympathetic than humans.

Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants.

* In the EverQuest franchise, Necromancers are able to summon undead to fight for them, but in EverQuest II, Necromancers can also summon such beasts as animated gargoyles, rats, hellhounds, and imps.

Misunderstood as a clan of gypsies and tricksters, the western Ravnos are a minor and heretical branch of the undead lords of India.

The plot follows seven people as they attempt to escape their town after a mass of undead are awoken due to a barrel full of Trioxin gas that was left over from the first film.

" Several times throughout the movie they are seen to be dispatched with no more than a few body shots, sometimes as few as two hits will end their undead life.

Folk belief often held such individuals could rise as some form of undead ( such as a vampire ) and burying them at cross-roads would inhibit their ability to find and wreak havoc on their living relations and former associates.

* Zombie, traditionally an undead person in the Caribbean spiritual belief system of voodoo

In Dungeons & Dragons and similar systems, clerics can attempt to " turn " undead by invoking their patron deities or channeling " positive energy " ( other-dimensional life energy, which animates and heals living creatures, and is the antithesis of negative energy, which animates and heals undead creatures.

Some promotions have included supernatural elements such as magic, curses, the undead and Satanic imagery ( most notably the Undertaker and his Ministry of Darkness, a stable that regularly performed evil rituals and human sacrifice in Satanic-like worship of a hidden power figure ).

While program content varies, most nights are focused on paranormal and pseudoscientific subjects such as the occult, remote viewing, hauntings, shadow people, the undead, contact with extraterrestrials, psychic reading, metaphysics, conspiracy theories, UFOs, Area 51, crop circles, cryptozoology, Bigfoot, the Hollow Earth hypothesis, and science fiction literature, among others.

A lesser limitation of Kai's undead state is his inability to perform most bodily functions.

The most common of these enemies are various types of zombies, undead obese butchers that throw meat cleavers, and tommy gun wielding, dynamite tossing cultists.

Death Knights, along with most undead, have been a favorite enemy of heroic characters.

These evil undead warriors are most commonly raised from the ranks of blackguards, fighters, rangers, and barbarians, but a paladin who falls from grace near the moment of death may also become a death knight.

In most of the series, the gamer plays as private investigator Edward Carnby, who usually goes to investigate a haunted mansion or town that is full of undead creatures.

Other Sand animated statues of the ancient gods of Khemri also march with the undead horde such as the mighty Ushabti, the Snake like Sepulchral Stalkers, Warsphinxs which can serve as monstrous mounts by either a squad of elite tomb guard or a Tomb King himself, The most deadly construct in a Tomb King army however is the Giant Necrosphinx, an animated statue capable of decapitating a dragon with a single strike of its ancient blades.

" In GameSpot's article " The History of Final Fantasy ", Vincent was comically referred to as the Final Fantasy VII character who female players found to be " the most alluring undead man they've ever met.

Most Necromantic spells, including bolstering undead and " rebuke undead " abilities, draw on this plane and most undead creatures have an inherent connection to it.

Necromantic spells harming undead and " turn undead " abilities draw on this plane and most deathless creatures have an inherent connection to it.

The game features three main antagonists: Darth Traya, a mysterious assailant who remains in the dark through most of the game ; Darth Sion, an undead Sith Lord with a murderous hatred for Jedi ; and Darth Nihilus, a Sith Lord whose physical being was destroyed due to his immense affinity to the Force.

Although this may vary depending on the point of the view of the player, most of the events are negative ones-Thrall's escape from his prison, leading to the formation of the new Horde, enemies of the Alliance ; the opening of the Dark Portal, in which a corrupted Medivh opens up a link with the world of Draenor, starting the orcish invasions of Azeroth and ensuing wars ; and the Culling of Stratholme, a defining moment in which Prince Arthas's fall to madness leads to the rise of the undead Scourge and his eventual merge with the Lich King-but they insist that the outcome of preventing such events would be " much worse ".

In some editions of the game this meant that the loss of the army general effectively led to the possibility of instant destruction of most of the undead units.

Alongside Kain, Raziel was selected by IGN's readers as one of ten heroes most wanted to appear in the 2008 fighting game Soulcalibur IV, and was ranked ninth on Electronic Gaming Monthlys 2008 list of top ten badass undead that same year.

Thanks to a company of Fair Folk, and to the wolves and bears, they destroy most of the Huntsmen who accompany and lead the undead.

Velsharoon was one of the most powerful archmages in Faerun, having developed many powerful magics which allowed him to replicate the abilities of other undead, and allowed him to command greater undead ; such as liches and vampires.

Still spiraling off Violent Shit ’ s unexpected success, Andreas created his homage to the undead with Zombie 90-Extreme Pestilence ( 1990 ), the English version of which is regarded by some genre fans to have the most hilarious dubbing ever put to celluloid.

A number of Pelor's followers have achieved deity or near-deity status, the most popular being Mayaheine, demigoddess of Protection, Justice, and Valor, and Saint Bane the Scourger, patron saint of those who hunt the undead.