Undead

Since the dawn of existence itself, creatures who continue to live on in undeath have plagued the world of Auria without cease. Though the Cosmos plays a part in influencing the souls of the departed to remain in the corporeal realm, sometimes the sheer will of a Mortal is enough to spawn an Undead that cannot travel to the Afterworld and find peace there.

Ghost
Rank: Any
Form: Spectral
Spirits of the living that have lost their way into the Afterworld - Ghosts are incorporeal undead that vary in potency based on who they were in life. Greater Souls become Phantoms in undeath instead.

Lich
Rank: ★★★★★★★★★★☆
Form: Skeletal
Liches are towering skeletal spellcasters that wield unrivalled magic. They are also highly intelligent and serve as commanding figures for lesser Undead. Liches come to be through a forbidden ritual known as the Rite of Bones.

Phantom
Rank: ★★★★★★★★★☆☆
Form: Spectral
Phantoms are the Ghosts of Heroes who were unable to die a respectable death, causing them to seek out a challenge in the afterlife instead.

Shade
Rank: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Form: Spectral
Shades are tortured spirits consumed by the Cosmos to do its bidding. Garbed in black cloth and carrying lanterns, Shades disguise themselves as cloaked wanderers while they look for souls to prey upon.

Witch
Rank: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Form: Corpse
Trolls who attempt an ancient and dark shamanistic ritual but fail to complete it are cursed with the form of a Witch, a walking corpse infused with nightmarish magics disguised as a living being so that it may continue to practice that self-same ritual which doomed them to an eternity of torment.