Zombie

A Mantorok Zombie

A Chattur'gha Zombie

A zombie is a human corpse reanimated by the power of one of the Ancients. Zombies are aligned to a specific Ancient and this affects their appearance and abilities. Zombies of a conflicting alighnment will fight each other, use this to your advantage to sneak by unharmed, mentally stable, and mildly amused.

Ulyaoth Zombies are blue and leathery. After taking some damage, they will begin to 'charge', signified by throwing their arms wide, their heads back, a low constant moan, and a growing sphere of blue energy in their chests. This glow will spark to any other Ulyaoth zombies in the area, causing them to charge as well. When finished, the zombies explode in a pulse of blue energy, damage the protagonist's magickal energy and health. This process can be halted immediately by decapitating them. In Maximillian Roivas' autopsy journal, on the section for the Ulyaoth Zombie, this attack of theirs is called "singing".

Xel'lotath Zombies are greenish and partly covered in flammable cloth, which makes them susceptible to torches. They are able to grow "phantom limbs" if their arms or head are removed, and this has a particularly negative affect on the player character's sanity if they are hit with the ethereal limbs. Cutting off one's head most times results in death anyway, so if a zombie still manages to live a decapitation, cutting off the arms should be the next order of business.

Chattur'gha Zombies are red, muscular, and more resistant to damage. They are also able to regrow body parts if given enough time. Cutting off the head and arms and then hacking away at the torso is the most common method of bringing them down.

Mantorok Zombies are black and maroon, and the only creature directly identified as being aligned to Mantorok. They are, however, the weakest zombies, appearing thin and frail compared to the others and having no remarkable abilities. They are also dessicated, and therefore vulnerable to torches. Why Mantorok zombies are hostile to the protagonists, given that Mantorok is as much in favor as stopping the ancients as they are, is not known. This is probably due to the Binding of Mantorok weakening his hold over his own minions. Mantorok zombies are not summonable creatures.

Behaviour

All zombies will shamble towards their enemies and attack either with a wildly swung arm, or by grabbing hold of their opponent and attempting to gnaw on them.

Method to Kill

Zombies move slowly, and so are easy to take out. Some methods work better on differently aligned zombies, however.

• Decapitation: Chattur'gha-aligned zombies will walk around randomly, attacking at intervals with much greater ferocity. Mantorok and Ulyaoth-aligned zombies will stand still and attack directly forward at intervals. Xel'lotath-aligned zombies will generate a phantom head and be mostly unaffected, although cutting off their head most times results in the death of the zombie anyway.
• Burning: Mantorok and Xel'lotath-aligned zombies are vulnerable to a well swung torch, and will immediately catch fire and be knocked to the ground. A finishing move may still be performed on an enemy while they are in this state, but you must switch to a weapon that is capable of performing a finishing move (i.e. anything that isn't the torch or your bare hands.) Note that hitting a Chattur'gha or Ulyaoth-aligned zombie with the torch, while not resulting in instant death, still has the effect of temporary stun, so that you may evade them and switch to a better weapon.