At times, the Black Mist reaches across the seas - and hungering spirits of the dead go with it. The Harrowing strikes most frequently in Bilgewater, but the Black Mist has been known to strike all across the known world. Those slain by the spirits during the Harrowing are damned, their souls dragged back to the Shadow Isles when the Black Mist retreats. While there are many whose lives have come to an end as a result of a Harrowing, the Black Mist brings life to a select few. If the body of someone who is slain during a Harrowing isn't destroyed, there's a chance that a soul - either the original or another - may take refuge and reanimate the body as a Mist-Touched.
  Those that are reborn in this matter are nearly indistinguishable from others. Physically, they retain the bodies of the host regardless of what soul entered the body, with some showing a green glint in their eyes reminiscent of the Black Mist. Those with more sensitivity to magic may also pick up the stench of necromancy that lingers around them, another reminder of their death.