Species

The world of Dancing with the Dead is just like ours, but with one crucial difference.

Not every person who dies stays dead.

Meet...the Undead. Corporeals and Ethereals. Physical and metaphysical, but both equally cursed by Undeath.

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Corporeal Undead

Corporeals, or Corporeal Undead, are undead creatures with physical bodies. The word "Corporeal" has been in the Undead's lexicon from the twilight period of the Middle Ages, and is derived from the latin term "Corporealis", which means "bodily, physical". Corporeal undead can be found across the world and are sorted into two main types, these being:

• Cursed Humans - Humans that have been magically cursed with eternal unlife, which they then must maintain by preying upon the living. Vampires and Liches are the sole two races that fall under this category, but neither of them are to be taken lightly. Their capacity for ancient magic makes them the two ruling forces of the undead world.


• Reanimated Corpses - Dead humans that have died and returned from their graves. While these flesh-eating fiends might seem easy to outfox, it's better to be humbled by embarrassing social situations than by gnashing teeth.

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All known British Corporeals:

• Draugr
• Ghoul
• Lich
• Revenant
• Skeleton
• Vampire (Dominant Strain: European Sanguinarian)

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Ethereal Undead

Ethereals, or Ethereal Undead, are undead creatures with spectral bodies. The word "Ethereal" has been in the Undead's lexicon from the sixteenth century, and is derived from the greek term "Aitherios", which means "Aither, ether". Ethereal undead can be found across the world and are sorted into two main types, these being:

• Beasts - Beastly, inhuman ethereals. These ethereals are never derived from humans, and are believed to spawn from the leftover energy of ethereals who have chosen to be put to rest.


• Men - Dead humans that have died and returned from their graves. These beings have human intelligence and can often recall their past lives. If they choose to, they can be put to rest peacefully, returning them to the earth and killing them for good.

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All known British Ethereals:

• Banshee
• Black Dog Ghosts (Barghest, Black Shuck, Church Grim, Cu Sith, Gytrash, Moddey Dhoo, Padfoot, Skriker, Wish Hound, Yeth Hound)
• Dullahan
• Ghost
• Phantom Knight
• Poltergeist
• Screaming Skull
• Will O' The Wisp
• Wraith