Zombies were reanimated Undead corpses driven by an insatiable hunger for the living. They moved with slow, plodding steps, though some retained fragments of their former strength, allowing brief bursts of surprising speed. Their flesh was often decayed or torn, and a sickly stench clung to them, marking the passage of time since their death. These creatures were mindless, responding only to instinct and the presence of life.
They rarely acted alone and were drawn to sound, movement, and the scent of blood. While vulnerable to conventional injury, they were relentless in pursuit, and even crippling wounds rarely halted them entirely. Zombies arose through necromantic Spellcraft, Curses, or the spread of unnatural diseases, such as the Saprophytic Plague. The process left them soulless, stripped of memory or personality, though occasionally a fragment of their former self lingered, manifesting as fleeting gestures or murmurs.
Though individually weak, zombies were dangerous in numbers. Communities struck by their appearance often found survival dependent on barricades, fire, or decisive strikes against their source. Some spread their curse through their bite or claws, while others focused only on consuming, but all zombies were far hardier than the creatures they had emerged from.