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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9316974" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://paizo.com/products/btq01zof?Starfinder-Alien-Archive-3" target="_blank">Starfinder Alien Archive 3</a>StarfinderDriftdead: When an intelligent creature dies in anguish while in the Drift, its tormented spirit forms a new body from that plane’s energies, becoming an undead creature called a driftdead. When a mortal creature dies within the Drift while consumed with a strong negative emotion, it might become a driftdead, a restless undead spirit bound to that plane, unable to escape the confines of the Drift and reach its final judgment. A driftdead leaves its mortal remains behind and forms a new undead body out of the mingled planar energies of the Drift—just as the Drift contains material snatched from countless planes. This body, however, is inextricably linked to the Drift. Though humanoid driftdead are the most common driftdead, Drift travelers sometimes report encounters with undead entities created by the death of non-humanoid beings—indeed, driftdead can spawn from any sapient species. Driftdead Amalgam: Occasionally, multiple driftdead gather near Drift beacons or other entry points to the Material Plane that radiate life energy. On rare occasions, these lost souls fuse together into terrifying amalgams that are far more dangerous and powerful than a solitary driftdead. Sutured together by a combination of the planar energies of the Drift and its constituents’ powerful emotions, driftdead amalgams are far more likely to make their way into the Material Plane in search of living creatures. Tzitzimitl: Tzitzimitls are enigmatic undead beings unleashed in some forgotten time to visit death and darkness on the galaxy. Some say the lightless gulfs between the stars—the ultimate nothingness on the Material Plane—birthed tzitzimitls. Others claim tzitzimitls are the avatars of a death god they themselves murdered. Other legends abound. One is that these undead behemoths were titans who were banished from their home plane and thrust into the void on the Material Plane. Another claims that tzitzimitls come from a massive planet orbiting a binary star deep in the Vast, where a dying race created them to enact revenge on an ancient enemy. That these skeletal undead tower over most humanoids has led to the belief that giants must have populated this lost world. A variation on this tale of a planet of giants speculates that tzitzimitls are what remained when the titans there cast off the evil within themselves and became immortal, luminous beings. A similar, if less grandiose, story posits tzitzimitls are the improperly buried dead of this theoretical species of titans. Varculak, Soul Wight: Varculaks, also known as soul wights, are undead that occur when a humanoid dies with an intense desire to continue living. The longing turns to anger as life slips away, but the varculak’s will is strong enough that the soul doesn’t pass on into the River of Souls for Pharasma’s judgment. Instead, a portion of the mortal essence passes away, leaving behind a soul with little memory of who it once was, and locked inside a half-living body. What remains is grim determination and rage. Among occult scholars, this state is known as “the Curse of Varcul.” The legendary first varculak, once a human named Varcul, supposedly existed thousands of years before the Gap. Some say he still does, and varculaks make a deal with him to continue living—a bargain they don’t remember. A varculak looks much as they did in life, except limbs and sensory organs outside the human norm wither away and turn to dust. Lashuntas, for example, lose their antennae, while kasathas lose their extra arms and strix lose their wings. (Some speculate this effect is related to the fabled Varcul and his erstwhile humanity, or he requires his “offspring” to make these sacrifices.) Varculak Marauder: ?Varculak Noble: ?Vorthuul, Singularity Wraith, Undead Vorthuul: Vorthuuls are created when a living creature perishes inside a black hole. While it is unknown exactly what happens to any starfarer unfortunate enough to be pulled into a black hole, most scientists are certain that nothing can survive the multitude of gravitational forces that batter anything that passes the event horizon. However, reports of strange undead creatures appearing on starships and space stations near these deadly cosmic phenomena have led kasatha mystics aboard the Idari to conjecture that the terrible agony undergone by those consumed by a black hole sometimes allows their spirits to escape the phenomenon and continue on to wreak havoc among the living. The kasathas call such entities vorthuuls, though they are sometimes referred to as singularity wraiths by others. A vorthuul is a strange apparition that appears to be composed of two intertwined forms: one a squat, obsidian skeleton that emanates calm, the other the phantom visage of a creature eternally screaming in unbearable pain as it is stretched to impossible lengths. Neither of these forms ever separates from the other, though one spirit always seems to have dominance at any given moment, pulling along the other with its whims. Kasatha sages suggest that these two entangled spirits were once a single living creature that suffered the extreme misfortune of being pulled inexorably into the mouth of a black hole. In this moment, where time and reality get twisted, the black hole creates two versions of the same creature: one that is tortuously extended vertically while being compressed horizontally, and the other that is crushed into infinite density as it is drawn into the singularity. Both versions of the original creature are horribly killed, of course, and their spirits are linked to one another through quantum entanglement. While no one knows precisely how these two versions of the same creature’s spirit combine to form an undead vorthuul, those who travel the void know the true dangers these creatures present. Some solarians believe that many vorthuuls were once members of the same tradition who became disproportionately attuned with graviton forces. Their connection with the cosmic forces of gravity and light became imbalanced, contributing to their rebirth as vorthuuls, and they now seek out living solarians to completely destroy them. Driftdead, Restless Undead Spirit Bound to the Drift, Solitary Undead, Lost Soul: ?Humanoid Driftdead: ?Driftdead Amalgam, Terrifying Amalgam, Howling Horror: ?Tzitzimitl, Enigmatic Undead Being, Undead Behemoth, Skeletal Undead, Malignant Creature, Undead Titan: ?Tzitzimitl, Avatar of a Death God: ?Tzitzimitl, Manifestation of the Truism That as Long as Life has Been a Concept Death has Followed: ?Entomed Tzitzimitl: ?Awakened Tzitzimitl: ?Active Tzitzimitl: ?Varcul, Legendary First Varculak: ?Varculak, Creature of Deep Passion: ?Vorthuul, Strange Apparition That Appears to be Composed of Two Intertwined Forms: One a Squat Obsidian Skeleton That Emanates Calm the Other the Phantom Visage of a Creature Eternally Screaming in Unbearable Pain as it is Stretched to Impossible Lengths, Horrifying Sight: ?Vorthuul, Avatar of the God of Infinite Destruction: ?Undead, Undead Creature, Undead Entity: Tzitzimitls who accept devotion raise fallen servants as undead, which are far more suitable for operations in the vacuum of space. Evil Intelligent Undead: ?Strange Undead Creature: ?Life-Hungry Undead Creature: ?Ghost, Incorporeal Danger: ?Ghoul: ?Bone Sage: ?Bone Trooper: ?Borai: ?Corpsefolk: ?Necrovite: ?</blockquote>

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