Near Deads

Near Deads are humans, not all that different from Mack MacAvoy, really . . . if you don’t count them being dead and possessed by the evil Pale Queen. There’s also the tiny issue of their powerful and all-consuming hunger for human flesh. Okay, so maybe they’re not all that similar to Mack, after all. With so many of the Pale Queen’s spells layered upon them, Near Deads are almost impossible to kill. You can try slashing at them with weapons or screaming at them with spells, but more often than not, they’ll just keep on forging blindly forward.

Near Deads do have one weakness, though. They aren’t exactly what you would call organized. They tend to just wander around, searching at random for living things to chow down on (preferably human heroes, but they’ve been known to settle for Skirrits or Bowands). But still—don’t underestimate them. They might not be geniuses, but they’re heartless . . . and reckless. Because when you’re already dead, how much more do you have to lose?