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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8259115" data-attributes="member: 2209">Tome of Horrors Swords and Wizardry UpdateSwords & WizardryThe Horned Lord: Countless millennia ago, a monarch sought to build the greatest empire that the world had ever known. In doing so he made deals with many gods and wielded vast magical power, and as his power grew, so did his arrogance. When at last he had achieved his goal — a vast and unconquerable empire with him at its head — he was blinded by his pride and declared himself greater than the gods and turned his back on them. The emperor was to be the realm’s only god, and all the deities of the past were to be forgotten, their priests slaughtered and their temples overthrown. As one might guess, the gods were displeased and struck down the emperor, cursing both him and his realm. Soon his proud empire crumbled to dust, and barbarism ruled the land.But the gods had not finished with the emperor, so great was his transgression. He was transformed into an undead thing, doomed to be reborn again and again, consumed by the desire for conquest — a desire that can never be fulfilled. Always would the Horned Lord see his dreams crumble and perish among the ruins of civilization. Always would he return with the same dreams of conquest, only to be crushed and forgotten.Hybrid Revenant: Hybrid revenants occur when two or more creatures, at least one of them humanoid, die on the same spot, in similar throes of torment.Shadow Captain: These creatures may be the undead remains of the Horned Lord’s old followers, but some have suggested that they are equally wicked individuals from other lands and eras, cursed to serve him for all eternity. A few have even gone so far as to speculate that the shadow captains are actually undead entities sent by the gods to further the Horned Lord’s torment, acting ostensibly as his minions, but also adding to his misery and the realization of his unending doom.Skeletal Knight: ?Undead Swordsman: ?Basilisk Zombie: Zombies can also be created from many different corpses, as illustrated by the deadly basilisk zombie and the demonic vrock zombie.Zombie Behir: A zombie behir is the animated remains of the serpentine monster.Plague Zombie: ?Purple Worm Zombie: ?Pyre Zombie: Pyre zombies are the sad, tortured remains of those who were killed just before being burned alive. When the soul departed, their bodies were taken over by some malignant spirit. The spirit fortified the body from destruction by the fire, and the undead form escaped the pyre to wreak vengeance on the living.Vrock Zombie: The body of a slain demon animated with unholy power.Zombies can also be created from many different corpses, as illustrated by the deadly basilisk zombie and the demonic vrock zombie.</blockquote>

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