Nul Animated Dead, Sentient, Sky Sailor
Occasionally, a ship may come across a Nul cloud and be under-equip to survive the encounter. Creatures caught in the cloud, who die via its life-draining effects, return as the reanimated dead. Clinging onto sentience and the vestiges of the personality that once occupied the body, these creatures are beings of hunger and malice, sailing the Skies in search of their next meal. For to maintain their grip on reality and not become mindless undead, these creatures must regularly feast on living flesh, absorbing their victims elemental magic. The source of the meat is irrelevant, although sentient creatures (particularly spellcasters) often have a higher concentration of magic within them, allowing the reanimated being to persist much longer than they would off of the corpse of an animal.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Nul animated dead, either sentient or not, resembles a rotting corpse, with sallow skin, missing limbs/appendages, thinning hair, and grievous injuries. Older animated dead are more skeletal in form, although generally they still have some "meat" on their bones.
Non-sentient undead are usually more visually degenerated.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Nul animated dead generally keep the name of their living body.
Common Dress Code
Nul Animated Dead tend to wear clothes similar (if not outright the same) to those that they wore in lie. Sentient undead tend to prefer wearing fresh clothes when they find them, but are generally incapable of preserving them in any meaningful way.
Lifespan
So long as they have meat, nul animated dead can maintain their "life" indefinitely.
Conservation Status
Generally, nul animated dead of any kind are "kill on sight" when encountered.
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