Undead Origins

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DLC2: Dragonlance Classics Volume II (2e)
2e
Spectral Minion: Spectral minions are the spirits of humans or demihumans who died before they could fulfill powerful vows or quests.
Even in death, spectral minions are bound to the vows and quests [put] upon them in life.
Spectral Minion Berserker: Some agents of evil in the Tower were driven into a berserker frenzy when the Cataclysm came upon the world. Though quested to find the Khas game pieces. They have rebelled against the task and have no hope of ever being freed from their charge.
Spectral Minion Guardian: At Yarus's death, these minions were quested to guard the ways of the Khas pieces.
Spectral Minion Philosopher: Over the centuries. Philosopher and reveler minions have fallen back into the ways of their lives. Philosophers love libraries and books and can spend decades studying the nuances o f a single book.
Spectral Minion Reveler: Over the centuries. Philosopher and reveler minions have fallen back into the ways of their lives.
Spectral Minion Searcher: These armed (broadswords) minions of evil stalk the halls of the Tower of the High Clerist, forever searching for the Khas game pieces.
Kurnos, refusing to accept defeat, called his minions into the Tower. Only a few of the valiant souls within escaped before Kurnos sealed the Tower. He set them to searching the Tower to find either the spirit of Yarus or the 33rd piece.
Spectral Minion Warrior: ?
The Gray Wraith, Spectre, Guardian, Pair of Luminous Green Eyes Surrounded by Roiling Darkness, Particularly Powerful Spectre: ?
Lord Soth, The Black Rose Knight, Deathknight, Dark Soul, Knight, Death Knight: Soth was an ancient Lord Knight of Solamnia at Dargaard Keep. Through his own acts, he called a terrible doom upon himself and his associates. including his loyal Knights.
During the Cataclysm. his second wife and young child were slain by the gods as punishment for Soth's crimes, and he sank into bleak despair. Withering to a hopeless end he has become animated in his present hideous form.
Virkhus, The Horn of Dawn, 33rd Piece, Undead Knight, Ghostly Form, Ancient Lord Knight of Solamnia: ?
Lord High Cleric Yarus, Old Yarus, Undead Cleric 23: A great pillar in the Hall of Yarus fell as they played. It struck Yarus from behind, crushing his body and pinning one hand at his side. Thus did Yarus find himself powerless and dying.
Kurnos, sitting placidly in his chair despite the destruction, looked silently for a moment at Yarus. then smiled. Slowly rising to his feet, Kurnos swept all the pieces to his side of the board. "Your men are mine! I have won!"
With his free hand, Yarus gestured: All his Khas pieces disappeared from the board. With this gesture, Yarus died. Yet as the fire burned in Kurnos's eyes. Yarus's voice filled the domed hall: "I will return to finish our game when the 33rd piece is come."
The Crown of Yarus is an artifact that dates to the time of the Cataclysm. Broken when Yarus was struck by a falling pillar, the three pieces of the crown were scattered about the Tower of the High Clerist. Some came under guard, others fell into forgotten rooms and places.
This was unfortunate, for it is only through the power of the crown that Yarus could reenter the world and finish the game that bound so many souls to the Tower.
If the crown is placed on Yarus's skull, it slowly floats off the floor, followed by Yarus's scattered bones. All settle with great serenity into the form of a skeleton seated at the Khas board. A moment later, a ghostly blue aura surrounds the bones.
Placing the crown on Yarus's skull causes his skeleton to float upward from under and around the pillar. The fallen chair rights itself before the Khas board. The cleric's ethereal form appears
Spectral Minion, Minion: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill A Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demiuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill A Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill A Quest: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demihuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill A Quest: ?
Spectral Minion, Minion Cleric, Bright Figure, Cleric, Caretaker: ?
Spectral Minion Cook, Crazed Ghostly Figure, Ghostly Figure in a Tall Hat and White Apron: ?
Spectral Minion Philosopher, Philosopher Minion: ?
Spectral Minion Philosopher, Spectral Figure: ?
Spectral Minion Reveler, Spectral Woman in a Gown: ?
Spectral Minion Reveler, Spectral Young Man: ?
Spectral Minion Reveler, Spectral Being in Elegant Dress, Woman in Evening Dress: ?
Spectral Minion Reveler, Spectral Being in Elegant Dress, Well-Dressed Ghost: ?
Spectral Minion Searcher, Minion of Evil: ?
Spectral Minion Searcher, Searcher, Ethereal Figure in Rags, Evil Creature: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Good Warrior Minion, Spectral Minion Warrior of Good Alignment, Good Spectral Minion Warrior, Good Warrior, Ghostly Apparition, Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Evil Warrior Minion, Evil Minion, Evil Warrior, Spectral Minion Warrior of Evil Alignment, Ghostly Apparition, Evil Minion, Spirit, Minion of Evil: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Leader, Leader of Minions: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Worshipful Knight, Ghost of a Warrior in Full Armor, Spectral Minion Warrior of Good Alignment, Knight: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Ghost of a Solamnic Knight, Ghostly Knight, Good Warrior Knight, Ghost of a Knight: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Ghost of a Solamnic Knight, Ghostly Knight, Good Warrior Knight, Lord Knight Minion: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior of Good, Ethereal Solamnic Lord, Lord Knight, Ghostly Knight, Knight: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior of Good, Ghostly Knight, Knight: ?
Undead: ?
Banshee, Groaning Spirit: ?
Banshee, Personal Guard: ?
Death Knight: ?
Ghost: ?
Local Ghost: ?
Elegant Ghostly Figure, Minion Grandee: ?
Ghoul: ?
Lich: ?
Phantom: ?
Shadow: ?
Skeleton Warrior: ?
Spectre: ?
Spectre, Moaning Figure: ?
Spirit of Valiant Knight: With the return of the 33rd piece to the board, the Legions of Virkhus, the spirits of valiant Knights risen from the catacombs of the Clerist Tower, join side by side with the Solamnic Knights to defeat the intruders.
Wraith: ?

 

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DLC3: Dragonlance Classics Volume III (2e)
2e
Lord Soth, Death Knight: Soth was an ancient Lord Knight of Solamnia at Daargard Keep. A Knight of the Rose prior to the Cataclysm, Lord Soth committed a long series of vile crimes before the end of his life.
Undead, Undead Creature: ?
Coffer Corpse: ?
Crypt Thing: ?
Ghost: ?
Ghostly Phantom: ?
Ghoul: ?
Ravenous Ghoul: ?
Ghast: ?
Ravenous Ghast: ?
Ghoul Lacedon, Aquatic Ghoul: ?
Ghoul Lacedon, Dead Servant, Dark Sinister Shape: ?
Groaning Spirit, Banshee: These are the spirits of the elven clerics who remained behind in the mistaken belief that they could gain true power from the Dragonarmies. Their spirits are condemned by Cyan to patrol the land, bringing death to any who now move among the dream.
They have been condemned to dance upon the water and relive the pain they inflicted on the living.
The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
Groaning Spirit, Spirit of an Elven Cleric: ?
Groaning Spirit, Elfmaid: ?
Groaning Spirit, Elven Woman: ?
Groaning Spirit, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?
Lich: The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
King Lorac Caladon, Speaker of the Stars, King of the Silvanesti, Lich, Great Lord, Ruler, Elf King, Dead King, Dragon Highlord: ?
Lich, Dark Figure: ?
Lich, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?
Gorzaug, Lich, Minion: ?
Revenant: The revenants were knights destroyed suddenly by the Cataclysm while protecting their masters. Their thirst for vengeance against whoever provoked this death is so great that they have remained all these years to determine who is at fault and to exact justice for these deaths.
T heir life force remains because of the revenants' burning need for justice.
Under exceptional circumstances, some who die a violent death return from beyond the grave to wreak vengeance on their killers. The Cataclysm killed the inhabitants of this region (see Chapter 13) and now they seek revenge.
Shadow: ?
Skeleton: The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
Skeleton, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?
Skeleton Dragon, Skeletal Dragon: ?
Skeleton Dragon Highlord: ?
Skeleton Warrior: ?
Spectral Minion: Spectral minions are the spirits of humans or demihumans who died before they could fulfill powerful vows or quests. Like ghosts, spectral minions do not fully exist on the Prime Material plane. Even in death, they are bound to the vows or quests placed upon them when they were alive.
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demihuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Quest: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demihuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Quest: ?
Guardian Spectral Minion: Guardian spectral minions were guards who died at their posts.
Spectre: ?
Lord Howwan, Spectre: In the middle of this cavern lies a large stone sarcophagus. This is the grave of an elven lord who died while attempting to defeat the King of the Deep. He was the owner of the giant slug in area Pl. After slaying the lord, the monster ordered its minions to build the elf a grave. Then the King of the Deep enchanted the stones and called the lord's spirit from the dead. The elven lord is now a spectre, under the control of the monster
Virtus Brightblade, Lord of Vingaard Keep, Spectre, Revenant King, Dead Lord: Their life force remains because of the revenants' burning need for justice.
Lady Amalthia Brightblade, Spectre: Their life force remains because of the revenants' burning need for justice.
Lonely Spirit: ?
Dead Spirit: ?
Jasala, Good and Kindly Spirit, Spirit of Compassion and Goodness: ?
Good Spirit: ?
Spirit of a Human: ?
Spirit of a Demihuman: ?
Undead Beast: ?
The Feaster, Grotesque Beast: ?
Great Undead Beast: ?
Clockwork Juggernaut: ?
Monstrous Undead Whale: ?
Vampire, Blood-Drinker, Powerful Creature: ?
Wight: The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
Wight, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?
Wraith: The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
Wraith, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?
Zombie: The dead servants of the queen rise from their uneasy rests and walk the streets of Neraka, beginning with Event 82. Sensing the nearness of their release from torment, these spirits walk the streets of Neraka from midnight until 2:00 AM every night of the adventure.
Zombie, Dead Servant, Spirit, Undead Spirit: ?