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Note: not all powers and weaknesses listed. For instance, I didn't bother listing that all vampires drink blood (and thus, drain ashar), or that all undead are weak to death/holy energies. See Raesianism for sending difficulties.
Undead Type Sphere Appearance Special Powers Special Weaknesses NotesSorted ascending Notes
Shade Phantasm Undeath Translucent image if visible at all None      
Fetch Phantasm Undeath Translucent image Frightening appearance      
Hitodama Phantasm Undeath Translucent image with blue or green flames and burning tails Frightening appearance      
Bhoot Phantasm Undeath Pale, white-clad images with backward feet; can turn into animals; no shadows; nasal voices; float above the ground Frightening appearance; physical assault; unease Water, steel, burnt turmeric, and the ground weaken them.    
Hupia Phantasm Undeath Translucent image with no navel and aura of unearthly light Unease, panic/pain touch      
Drosoulite Phantasm Undeath Translucent image surrounded by white fire Ashar drain      
Obambo Phantasm Undeath Ragged, wounded phantasms Deadly unease presence When an obambo visits, that night the village women can dance and sing, and next day visit the obambo's grave to make some sort of fetish or idol. Then, they need to erect a small shelter near the home of the obambo's relative with whatever the obambo should have been carried to the grave with and dirt from the local graveyard. Drape white cloth over the door, then the obambo will be sealed in.    
Sluagh Phantasm Destruction Translucent image with no legs Physical assault      
Myling Phantasm Undeath Children that grow and grow Crushing weight      
Noppera-bo Phantasm Undeath As anyone at all until they wipe off their faces Luring weeping; horrifying facewipe      
Funayurei Phantasm Filth Translucent image under water Water control; physical assault      
Chindi Phantasm Pestilence Clockwise dustdevils, or invisible Disease; dustdevil form If someone dies outside, their chindi will not be able to grab onto anything and will pass on.    
Gaki Phantasm Famine They are like their former selves, but with sunken, mummified skin, narrow limbs, enormously distended bellies and long, thin necks (or invisible or shapeshifted) Terrifying shapeshifting; physical assault only on the object of their desire If freely given food & drink out of kindness or pity, they will be, effectively, sent.    
Poltergeist Phantasm Chaos Twisted versions of themselves Mimicry; random minor assaults; breaking/throwing objects; terrifying laugh      
Dybbuk Phantasm Undeath Translucent image Possession      
Ghost Phantasm Undeath Translucent image Frightening appearance; souldrain; ashar drain      
Duppy Phantasm Despair Translucent image but twisted Souldrain touch; mounrful wail; hideous appearance      
Cuco Phantasm Nightmare Anything Cause nightmares; eat children whole      
Chir Batti Phantasm Undeath Translucent image with aura, or ball of light Ashar drain; powers from life      
Wraith Phantasm Undeath Grey and white smoky light beings with red glowing eyes and black claws and fangs Freezing presence; intense unease; ashar drain      
Cyhyraeth Phantasm Undeath No body; just voice Words of power      
Hantu Raya Phantasm Undeath Look like their owners Possess others, kill others within visual range, and cause stillbirths to women in visual range; give powers to master      
Shambler Corporeal Undeath Rotting corpse Physical assault      
Skeleton Corporeal Undeath Fleshless skeleton Physical assault; cannot be killed by dismemberment      
Zombie Corporeal Undeath Paler version of self Gives powers to creator Salt can be used to send a zombie. Zombies have a time limit of 3 years before their souls wither away and the controller loses them. A sangoma healer can use their arts to send a zombie.    
Ro-langs Corporeal Undeath Stiff, ambulatory corpses. They can be spotted by the fact that they always wave their tongues at their victims. The whites of their eyes are blue. Can be turned into a sword of great power if tongue is cut out (body will turn to cursed gold); physical assault A ro-langs cannot speak or bend over. Low doorways will prevent them from entering a dwelling. There are give kinds of ro-langs: lpags-langs (skin zombies, who die by the breaking of their skin), khrag-langs (blood zombies, who die when they bleed), sha-langs (flesh zombies, who die by deep cuts), rus-langs (bone zombies, who die when their bones are broken), and rme-langs (mole zombies, who die if their moles are struck).    
Nukekubi Corporeal Hatred Rotting humanoid Physical assault; regenerate by eating flesh; headshots don't destroy them      
Iannic-ann-od Corporeal Filth Drowned, rotting corpse Stench; physical assault; stunning touch; wail that, if repeated, can teleport them and let them instakill their target      
Bokkenrijder Corporeal Undeath Rotting corpse, on rotting goats or ghost ships Painful touch; stench; Name of the Bone-Mother can be spoken      
Nachzehrer Corporeal Undeath Very badly rotting corpse Deadly breath; jarring touch      
Gjenganger Corporeal Undeath Very pale and fanged versions of self Frightening appearance; ashar drain; disease pinch Crosses terrify them. Mundane weapons can destroy them.    
Revenant Corporeal Hatred Twisted rotting corpse Sense killer; possession; paralyzing gaze; pain touch      
Hanged Tom Corporeal Despair Twisted rotting hanged corpse Sense killer; ashar drain; terror gaze; pain touch; possession; create new gjenganers; seeing hanging scar can kill      
Leanasche Corporeal Envy Pale fleshed female Ashar drain; possession; inspiration      
Gashadokuro Corporeal Undeath 90' skeelton that can be invisible when near you Physical assault      
Toyol Abomination Stillbirth Undead baby Luring wail; physical assault      
Marionette Abomination Cacophony Fleshly puppet Stonebreaking voice      
Wiederganger Abomination Envy Featureless husk Ashar drain      
Jack O' Lantern Abomination Filth Rotting plant Terrifying voice; inner light; physical assault; poisons or curses      
Void Anima Abomination Void Rotting irritobios Void control      
Heartless Abomination Darkness Rotting corpse with gaping hole in the chest Sense beating hearts; pitch dark zone; demonfire once a new moon; repulsive voice; frightneing appreance; pain touch; stronger ones can rip souls; immune to fire; shadowsteal      
Returned Abomination Darkness Indistinguishable from life Powers from in life; must pay the price of Return to Triplets of Webweaver      
Pugot Abomination Undeath A black, giant, headless being. It usually takes the form of a pig, dog, or mortal, but other forms are possible. Physical assault      
Spearfinger Abomination Famine A crone of a woman in a stone dress with one long fingernail that is as strong as a spear Stone dress protection; spear fingernail      
Nightmarcher Abomination Nightmare Dead warrior Deathly visage or touch      
Pocong Abomination Filth Any object Unease; animation of object Some try to prevent the pocong from coming by wrapping the dead in a special shroud and binding it, capturing the soul in the shroud. When they come to unbind the shroud, the pocong is sent.    
Knight of Kael'Ras The Damned Undeath Skeletal knights with no eyes; often ride shambler horses Entrancing hum; killing sword; pain touch; fear presence; shambler control; empowered by blood They are blind.    
Eternal Godless The Damned Blasphemy Rotting corpse Faith drain; bone sword Faith.    
Iele The Damned Envy If they are visible, they appear to be young, beautiful, voluptuous women with disheveled hair covering their naked breasts. They carry candles and wear bells on their ankles. Powerful ones wear chainmail shirts. Some have wings or burning chariots. Entrancing, silencing song; sleep dance; flight; delirium dance Anyone who celebrates Rusaliile, a festival nine days after the start of spring, will be impervious to the iele.    
Mummy Tomb Guardian Undeath Desiccated bodies, often wrapped Msawhat control voice; terrifying visage; drying touch Fire.    
Draugr Tomb Guardian Undeath Pale or blackened corpse Physical assault      
Grey Ferryman Tomb Guardian Undeath Cloaked skeleton on a raft Dominating will      
Vampire Vampire Undeath Pale person with fangs; can shapeshift Varies Weakened by being further from their graves. Sunlight weakens them. They hate garlic. They can't cross running water or enter a building uninvited. They hate silver.    
Langsoir Vampire Stillbirth Rotting corpse of a woman with a mouth on the back of her neck. Some take the form of owls. Physical assault      
Strigoi Vampire Destruction Generally appear as they did in life, but with red hair and blue eyes; can shapeshift Ear breaking scream

They must be defeated by being stabbed through the heart(s) with a sickle or piercing object. One can drive a strigoi away by burying a bottle of wine near their grave, waiting six weeks, then drinking said wine. Anyone who has some of the wine is protected. Furthermore, piercing a body with a needle will seal it in its grave. Candles, coins, and towels placed in the hand of a corpse can keep the curse off them. Burning hemp weakens a strigoi, and they have a love for whiskey that will render them harmless.

Garlic, rosewood or aspen stakes, burning, removal of the hearts, decapitation, and crossroads burials all have profound affects on strigoi. They dislike light, but mundane light will not harm them. 		   
Obayifo Vampire Void Appear to be either normal mortals or balls of light. They have shifty eyes, and their armpits and behinds glow. Control of others via void Magic.    
Manananggal Vampire Chaos Generally, they appear as a beautiful, older woman (though men are possible) who are capable of severing their upper torso. When they do this, they reveal huge bat-like wings and a proboscis. Their guts just hang out of the top of their bodies. Random powers Garlic, ash, and salt can harm them. Daggers, light, vinegar, and spices irritate them. The tail of a sting ray will destroy them. When they separate halves, their lower half is especially vulnerable. If they cannot rejoin halves, they die at dawn. They will not allow their livers to slide on the ground, so lying low can help avoid them. Killing their chick will destroy them, but if the chick survives, even sealing their lower half in salt will not permanently destroy a manananggal.    
Mullo Vampire Hatred As in life. Sense people and things they knew in life Iron needles in a corpse's heart and steel in their mouth, over their eyes, ears, and between their fingers at the time of burial will seal a mullo in their grave. Hawthorn in their sock or a hawthorn stake through their legs will bind it. Stakes in the ground, boiling water over a corpse, decapitation, and burning also can stop a mullo from leaving its grave.    
Estrie Vampire Envy Beautiful women with long, flowing hair who can transform into owls, cats, or other animals Regeneration; immunity to some holy things An estrie is under the control of whomever controls her hair. If wounded, an estrie must eat the bread and salt of the one who harmed her. Though they prefer the night, they are not harmed by daylight. A defeated estrie's mouth must be filled with earth when she is buried. Decapitation and burning would also keep them down.    
Adze Vampire Pestilence Firefly or as in life. Possession; cause sickness during possession      
Nosferatu Vampire Darkness Hideous versions of life. Shapeshifting; shadow form; dark creature control Light.    
Soucouyant Vampire Famine Elderly individual with heavily wrinkled skin or a ball of flame with great wings Flame form; skin stealing Soucouyants must pick up every grain of rice they see lying on the ground, so scattering rice will drive them to distraction. To destroy one, one must put salt in the mortar containing its skin, forcing it to be unable to return to the skin.    
Jiang Shi Vampire Ice Appear to be corpses in various stages of decay, with greenish-white furry skin and long, white hair all over their heads. They can be the corpse of any sort of animal, intelligent or not. Hopping vampires. Freezing touch; ashar drain; physical assault; breath sense Writing a magic word on a piece of yellow paper and placing it on the forehead of a jiang shi will but it to sleep. Specially built thresholds keep them out as well, and sticky rice can stun them. The blood of a black dog and chicken's eggs can also drive them away.    
Tlahuelpuchi Vampire Nightmare Appear to be normal for whatever race they have infected, but they have shapeshifting powers. While shifted, they glow. Cause nightmares; physical assault; shapeshifting If a tlahuelpuchi does not have blood at least once a month, it dies. Garlic, onions, and metal repel them.    
Pichal Peri Vampire Deceit Appears to be a mortal female with its feet turned backward. It is alluring to behold, drawing powers from the Hells from which it came Very fast; shapeshifting; vanishing Holy verses inscribed on paper and the true names of saints can harm them. Holy books also deter them.    
Baobhan Vampire Despair Pale skinned, beautiful women in green dresses with deer hooves Seductive dancing; physical assault Baobhan can be sealed in their graves if a cairn is built over it. Iron and daylight can harm them or drive them away.    
Kukudhi Vampire Oppression Pale, fanged, and muscular. Varies but dominant Staking, decapitation, and cremation are required to utterly destroy it, and hamstringing one will make it powerless.    
Asanbosam Vampire Misfortune Short, hairy creatures with iron teeth, iron hook feet that point in both directions, and long legs. Its eyes are huge and bloodshot Bad luck aura; entangling legs      
Peuchen Vampire Agony Shapeshifters, but their preferred forms are that of a human, that of a great flying snake, or that of a common bat Paralyze gaze; whistling movement causes pain Machi medicine women are known to be able to destroy them with a word.    
Tunda Vampire Filth Appear to be women with a wooden leg shaped like a whisk-like object called a molinillo, but they have shapeshifting powers. In any form, the molinillo will be present, but they are very clever in hiding it. Pacyifying breath if ingested      
Kyuuketsuki Vampire Cacophony Pale corpse with fangs. Varies      
Bash Tchelik Greater Undeath Rotting corpse Varies, only killable if you destroy their soul jar Destroy their soul jar.    
Grey Saint Greater Undeath Grey-tinged self Powers from life; command undead      
Necrarach Greater Undeath Gigantic, bulbous spider monster with the upper body of a person Control undead; souldrain webs      
Elden's Son Aeonian Undeath Flesh around a swarm of moths Ashar drain moths; souldrain moths; swarming; whip that paralyzes      
Bramiel Aeonian Undeath A one-eyed, worm-haired woman with eight breasts, grey skin, and a skeletal wing structure, plus the tail of a fish where her legs should be Mindbreaking visage; undeadly shadow; shriek that causes soul damage; ashar draining tongue; worm command; infinite flight      
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