The returned cause intense unease in those who become aware they are undead.

A returned has every power it had in life, exactly as it was in life. They have all their memories, skills, and experiences. They are physically, emotionally, metaphysically, and mentally indistinguishable from what they were in life. Only an examination of their True Name would betray what they are.

They also have three powers (which they keep hidden) in undeath: they can steal a mortal's reflection by touching the back of a mirror the person was the last to look into; they can cause intense physical pain in a mortal who they have a piece of (lock of hair, tooth, finger- or toenail, etc.), and they can hear and choose to block the prayers of any faithful within 100 yards of them.

Once the price of their undeath is paid, they bleed from every orifice and go on a killing spree, gaining the power to gain power from blood-drinking and the ability to throw webs from their mouth that binds and drains people of lifeforce.

The Triplets of the Webweaver will return a mortal to "life" in exchange for a specific price paid either by the returned or the person who invoked the Triplets (or both). The power to create a returned is significant (32), but the power to summon the Triplets is not so significant (16). The ritual to summon the Triplets requires three sacrifices: the blood of a follower of an Alabaster or Fulgent Divine (blasphemy), the flesh of an innocent child (cruelty), and the looks of a beautiful person (vanity) (usually invoked by slashing someone's face). The Triplets will appear in a circle made of blood and ash if these three things are invoked under the dark of night. If the ritualist agrees to the price, the returned appears at dawn.

To control a returned, one must know their secret and have power over the price they must pay, withholding their access to it. To summon one, one must have a dispensation from the Triplets themselves. To capture and draw power from one, one must use gossamer light (25) to bind them.