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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6874431" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>For a complete undead kingdom ruler I would go with a <strong>Death Knight</strong>. </p><p></p><p>I know this is probably just my own take/twist of the concept, but IMO the Death Knight is more an "undead leader" than a Lich or a Vampire. </p><p></p><p>I rather see a Lich as someone thoroughly devoted to his own agenda, who embraced undeath as a mean to prolong his earthly presence. Since this implied probably a plenty of necromantic knowledge, while at it he might use necromancy to create an army for himself, but probably it wouldn't make a difference whether his army is made of undead or orcs or humans or whatever. The typical Lich just doesn't care IMO, he choses whatever works best, although that <em>might</em> eventually also be a whole undead nation.</p><p></p><p>As for a Vampire, I wouldn't be so sure he even <em>likes </em> other undead... Vampires are by definitions exploiters of mortals, and I fancy they would not be amused one bit by ruling zombies. They'd rather want to mingle with the living, for better purposes!</p><p></p><p>I am not wholly aware of the original concept behind a Death Knight, so it's possible that I am just making it up, but it's the only undead monster that I would really see fit in becoming a champion of the undead, and of undeath.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise I guess also a Ghoul King would work, but strictly as a leader of a ghoul nation, not undead in general.</p><p></p><p>So in a nutshell:</p><p>- Death Knight -> loves (un)death, loves undead</p><p>- Lich -> exploits undeath, exploits undead but couldn't care less</p><p>- Vampire -> maybe loves his own undeath maybe not (could be a tragic figure), dislikes/detest other undead</p><p>- Ghoul King -> loves ghouls and being a ghoul, dislikes everyone else</p><p></p><p>Ghosts and revenants usually have their own very unique stories, too individual to be a people, or leaders of their own kind.</p><p></p><p>A special snowflake Wight or Wraith on the other hand could also work...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6874431, member: 1465"] For a complete undead kingdom ruler I would go with a [B]Death Knight[/B]. I know this is probably just my own take/twist of the concept, but IMO the Death Knight is more an "undead leader" than a Lich or a Vampire. I rather see a Lich as someone thoroughly devoted to his own agenda, who embraced undeath as a mean to prolong his earthly presence. Since this implied probably a plenty of necromantic knowledge, while at it he might use necromancy to create an army for himself, but probably it wouldn't make a difference whether his army is made of undead or orcs or humans or whatever. The typical Lich just doesn't care IMO, he choses whatever works best, although that [I]might[/I] eventually also be a whole undead nation. As for a Vampire, I wouldn't be so sure he even [I]likes [/I] other undead... Vampires are by definitions exploiters of mortals, and I fancy they would not be amused one bit by ruling zombies. They'd rather want to mingle with the living, for better purposes! I am not wholly aware of the original concept behind a Death Knight, so it's possible that I am just making it up, but it's the only undead monster that I would really see fit in becoming a champion of the undead, and of undeath. Otherwise I guess also a Ghoul King would work, but strictly as a leader of a ghoul nation, not undead in general. So in a nutshell: - Death Knight -> loves (un)death, loves undead - Lich -> exploits undeath, exploits undead but couldn't care less - Vampire -> maybe loves his own undeath maybe not (could be a tragic figure), dislikes/detest other undead - Ghoul King -> loves ghouls and being a ghoul, dislikes everyone else Ghosts and revenants usually have their own very unique stories, too individual to be a people, or leaders of their own kind. A special snowflake Wight or Wraith on the other hand could also work... [/QUOTE]
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