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Ghouls

Ghouls are the foot soldiers of Hezekiah's undead army: the risen dead, three times as strong as an ordinary human, with a bite that poisons whoever it touches.

The risen dead

Every Marked One who dies rises as a ghoul. Their bite carries a venom with no known cure: a deep bite kills within a day, a tiny one within a month. Only the Mark itself can stop it.

Ghouls can sniff out the trails of the Marked. They roam the Outside World in Undead Patrols of more than a hundred, hunting those who try to escape.

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The Undead Patrol that comes through the dead portal travels with something else: an unseen creature whose victims freeze in terror, die, and rise as ghouls.

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ImmortalHezekiahThe Immortal Lord, who leads the Necromancers and their undead armies, and whom no one has ever managed to kill.CurseThe MarkHezekiah's bargain: accept the Mark and live a little longer, but rise as a ghoul when you die.WastelandThe Outside WorldEverything beyond the City: a scorched wasteland under the rule of Hezekiah's Undead.MansionThe Abandoned MansionA supposedly abandoned mansion on a hill, where the Swordmasters hunt the Masked Assassin and far more is hidden than it seems.EventThe Black Night IncidentThe night the City's mercy toward the Marked ended in disaster.
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