Undead Origins

Warlock Lair 50: Light of Memoria
5e
Shroud: [ S]hrouds are ordinarily remnants of wicked people who died yet refuse to rest in peace. In this adventure, the shrouds are Memorian citizens who died when restless undead spirits appeared after Memoria’s leaders performed a ritual to bridge the gap between the living and the dead. When the leaders sealed the restless spirits of the undead in the Oubliette, a demiplane between the Shadow Ream and Midgard, they inadvertently sealed the spirits of the Memorian citizens as well. Many of these citizens are now shrouds, lost, confused, and not wholly aware of their fate as they endlessly wander the Oubliette.
The PCs are being followed: a shroud, born of one of the sudden deaths of the Memorians, silently trails them.
Shroud, Maddened Shroud, Remnants of a Memorian: ?
Spectral Memory, Memorian Specter: Spectral memories aren’t formed by force, but rather at a convergence of memory loss combined with an inability to move on to the afterlife.
Shroud, Remnant of a Wicked Person Who Died Yet Refused to Rest in Peace: ?
Shroud, Memorian Citizen Who Died When Restless Undead Spirits Appeared: ?
Spectral Memory, Cousin to the Specter, Memory Seeker: ?
Nevena, Spectral Memory: Nearly all the surviving Memorians fell prey to the undead when the Memorians sealed themselves and the undead in the Oubliette. These felled Memorians soon joined the ranks of undead in the Oubliette. However, a few possessed amulets of memory, sacred items to this cult of Mnemosyne, which protected them from corruption. These were Stefanya, Nevena, and Ivon, former pillars of Memoria and the spirits the PCs can use to empower the light of Memoria.
While not forced into undeath, the three were nonetheless trapped souls. The Oubliette took a toll on them. The permeation of rage and grief combined with the constant replaying of their worst memories, and, over time, their identities fragmented. They became spectral memories, starved for their abandoned identities.
Nevena made it a few feet from the portal before she died, overwhelmed by shrieking specters.
Stefanya, Spectral Memory: Nearly all the surviving Memorians fell prey to the undead when the Memorians sealed themselves and the undead in the Oubliette. These felled Memorians soon joined the ranks of undead in the Oubliette. However, a few possessed amulets of memory, sacred items to this cult of Mnemosyne, which protected them from corruption. These were Stefanya, Nevena, and Ivon, former pillars of Memoria and the spirits the PCs can use to empower the light of Memoria.
While not forced into undeath, the three were nonetheless trapped souls. The Oubliette took a toll on them. The permeation of rage and grief combined with the constant replaying of their worst memories, and, over time, their identities fragmented. They became spectral memories, starved for their abandoned identities.
Ivon, Spectral Memory: Nearly all the surviving Memorians fell prey to the undead when the Memorians sealed themselves and the undead in the Oubliette. These felled Memorians soon joined the ranks of undead in the Oubliette. However, a few possessed amulets of memory, sacred items to this cult of Mnemosyne, which protected them from corruption. These were Stefanya, Nevena, and Ivon, former pillars of Memoria and the spirits the PCs can use to empower the light of Memoria.
While not forced into undeath, the three were nonetheless trapped souls. The Oubliette took a toll on them. The permeation of rage and grief combined with the constant replaying of their worst memories, and, over time, their identities fragmented. They became spectral memories, starved for their abandoned identities.
Turning, a hulking wraith looms before you with a deep, inhuman laugh within its formless darkness. Fire bursts on the creature’s side, and you see Ivon stagger away from a pack of shadows. He is withered and drained; the wraith turns to him in rage, but Ivon looks to you. “We can’t hold them,” he rasps, and then he is lost beneath a sea of shadows.
Twisted Specter: ?
Twisted Wraith: ?
Twisted Shadow: ?
Undead: ?
The Forgotten, Wraith, Powerful Wraith: ?
The Forgotten, Specter: ?
Shadow: The shroud instantly becomes a shadow after it deals a total of 12 damage.
If a non-evil humanoid dies from [a shroud's life drain] attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.
Hulking Wraith: ?
Malevolent Undead: ?
Restless Undead Spirit: ?
Shade: ?
Shrieking Specter: ?
 
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Warlock Lair 51: Casting the Longest Shadow
5e
Darkness Ghoul: Found in Courts of the Shadow Fey, these ghouls are infused with the essence of the Shadow Realm.
Andovarr, Darkness Ghoul, Ghoulish Raider: ?
Undead: ?
Ghoul, Creature With Long Claws Sharp Teeth and Pitch-Black Eyes, Ravenous Ghoul, Ghoulish Raider: ?
Lesser Ghoul: ?
Shadow: ?
Warhorse Skeleton, Skeletal Horse: ?
 



Warlock Lair 56: The Glowing Ossuary Part 1
5e
Skeletal Sentry: ?
Tormented Soul: ?
Skeletal Sentry, Skeletal Remains, Skeleton: ?
Naz'Vaza Nosmadi the Soulless, Death Knight, Profane Underdeveloped Death Knight: However, this maliciousness would be his undoing. A revolt was led against him the following day, and he was stoned to death by his own workers. However, he had become an adept necromancer in the latter years of his life and planned ahead to make the most of his inevitable demise, so in death, he was only brought more power.
His return to un-life was swift, and his wrath even more so.
Skeleton, Skeletal Laborer: ?
Bloody Hybrid of Bone and Repurposed Flesh: Naz'Vaza has combined his knowledge of necromancy and his dabbling in blood magic in an attempt to fuse together new bloody hybrids of bone and repurposed flesh.
Undead: ?
Vampire: ?
Skeleton: ?
Ghoul, Wise Ghoul: ?
Skeletal Undead Doppelganger: If they gaze into these mirrors [in the Hall of Harrowing Reflections], they see rotting, undead versions of themselves bathed in a putrid green glow, staring back with empty eyes. Any character that looks into a mirror, even if only for a second, will spawn a doppelganger of themselves into existence.
Skeletal Undead Doppelganger, Rotting Undead Version, Undead Self: ?
 

Warlock Lair 57: Heart of the Damned (Glowing Ossuary Pt. 2)
5e
Bone Legion: ?
Naz'Vaza, Skeletal Figure With a Horrific Upside-Down Visage: ?
Skeletal Sentry: ?
Tormented Soul: ?
Bone Legion, Floating Sphere of Quivering Bones, Massive Orb of Skeletal Remains: ?
Skeletal Sentry Flesh Puddle Hybrid: ?
Skeletal Sentry Flesh Puddle Hybrid, New Creation, Skeleton, Skeletal Sentry: ?
Skeleton: ?
Spirit of a Dwarf: ?
Skeletal Minion: ?
Hemlig, Vampire, Undying Dwarf, Dwarf With a Haggard Gray Beard, Dwarf Blacksmith: ?
Lady Galena, Dwarven Vampire Heiress: ?
Skeleton, Angry Dwarf Skeleton: ?
Undead: ?
Emperor Nicoforus, Lord Nicoforus: ?
 
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Wizard's Wake
5e
Mage's Echo: When a spellcaster dies, sometimes a part of their soul lingers behind with the body rather than moving on to its final resting place.
These imprints are called mage’s echoes.
Captain Lissan Malto, Captain's Echo, Translucent Figure: The imprinted echo of Wizard Wake’s captain who was, in fact, a wizard.
Mage's Echo, Imprint: ?
Mage's Echo, Translucent Mage's Echo: ?
Ghoul: ?
Churchgrim, Hunting Hound, Supernatural Cemetery Guardian: ?
 

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