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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9035579" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/335992/The-Black-Iron--A-5th-edition-Grimdark-Setting?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">The Black Iron - A 5th edition Grimdark Setting</a>5eUndead: ?Ghost of a Vile Elf: ?Ghost: ?Ghoul: ?Lich: The marsh has a quality that seems to bring back those that die within its waters and bogs as wraiths and living dead. The rivers that formed the marsh do pass by the holy city, and many presume that whatever powers were used there infected the rivers and lakes nearby, whether this is true or not the fact remains that the marsh is corrupted in a way that brings back the dead.Lich, Living Dead, Restless Dead, Servant of Nicran: ?Marsh Wraith: The marsh has a quality that seems to bring back those that die within its waters and bogs as wraiths and living dead. The rivers that formed the marsh do pass by the holy city, and many presume that whatever powers were used there infected the rivers and lakes nearby, whether this is true or not the fact remains that the marsh is corrupted in a way that brings back the dead.It is believed that a Wraith begins as a single corpse like a Lich that gets caught up in the vegetation of the marsh and gets stuck, unable to move just collect anything that floats by, corpses, sticks and other detritus, until eventually they become a Wraith.Marsh Wraith, Servant of Nicran, Pile of Detritus, Living Thing of Bones and Jellied Flesh, Pile of Leaves and Mud, Deadly Killer: ?Dead That Walk: ?Nicran, Lord of Death and Rot, Blood Lord, Lord of the Wights, Master of Wights: No one knows from where Nicran came; some believe he was a hunter that was in the forest when the Black Iron fell, others that he was a Chimeer from the shackles that was washed upon the shores of the marsh before the sea turned to ice. Either way, Nicran became a Blood Lord and master of Wraiths.The idea that Nicran was a Chimeer comes from multiple sightings of the Blood Lord and his wings, a trait brought about from the melding of man and beast, in this instance a bat of some kind. Others more loyal to the Blood Lord say he was an angel sent by the gods to protect those he feels worthy or to give a home to the restless dead.Nicran seems not to venture far from the Marsh he calls home and is content to allow his wraiths free reign to guard their home from intruders and to deal with them as they see fit. Unfortunately, this includes any travelling to the Ash Plains via land and have to pass through the marshes. Also in recent years, it is rumoured that the marsh holds secrets, towers and forts once occupied by the elves, and these places have become of interest to both the mages guild and scavengers alike.The truth is that Nicran is himself dead in some way and relies on his wraiths to gather victims from which he can feed. He was also indeed a Chimeer that was washed up on the mainland when the Shackles were hit with the Tsunami after the fall. Surviving on corrupted meat and poisoned waters of the Marsh he soon changed into what he is today.Normal Living Corpse: But these are no normal living corpses created by sorceries and blood magic, but cunning creatures, not dead but also not quite alive.Ghul: Amongst the frozen remains of the great war against the elves a new threat emerged, some say they are the living corpses of the fallen brought back by magic, others that they crawled from beneath the land to feast on the remains of the dead. But these are no normal living corpses created by sorceries and blood magic, but cunning creatures, not dead but also not quite alive.Barston, Lord of Salt and Rust, The Herald of the Blood Lords, The Fish King, The Lord of the Ocean, The Herald, Lord of the Preserved Dead, The Salt Lord, Ghul, Blood Lord, Fish God: It is said that Barston was once a Pirate captain and scourge of the waters around the Pale Lands and that his ship was struck by a piece of the Black Iron causing it to sink. From the wreckage, he crawled changed, twisted bearing the marks of corruption.Ghul, Living Corpse: ?</blockquote>

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