Category:Undead

Undead is a loose term describing bodies or spirits that rise from the dead.Immortal souls (like those of the Elves or immortal Orcs) usually are drawn to the West to rest in the Halls of Mandos, however if these Souls fear punishment for committed sins or do not repent they can try to escape and hide in the mortal Lands.These spirits are usually incorporeal and exist only within the Spirit World.Souls of Mortals (Men, Hobbits, mortal Orcs) however usually strife to leave Arda and travel to Illuvatar within the timeless Halls, by Black Magic this drive may be delayed or hindered of the spirit can be tied to a part of the substance of Arda (A mighty magical artifact like a Ring of Power, a Morgûl-Blade or the Stone of Erech).These Spirits are also destined to leave to the timeless halls, however they cannot leave until the bane is broken.

A third category of Undead are spiritless Bodies, corpses, that become animated by a powerful will, either of a Magician who forces the dead body to move, or an incorporeal spirit (either of Ainur origin or the fleeing soul of an Elf or immortal Orc) who takes the dead body as his new home.

Finally Undead Spirits also may be simple Illusions, scheme-like memories of spirits long gone.

The Spirits of dead Dwarves usually wander to the Halls of long Waiting within Mandos and cannot be tturned into undead, even by magical artifacts like Rings of power.

Forms of Undead

 * Undead
 * Illusions
 * Corpse-candles
 * Corpse lanterns
 * Corpse-lights
 * Phantoms
 * Fire-Phantoms
 * Corpses
 * Decayed
 * Crawling Arms
 * Creeping Hands
 * Mummies
 * Skeletons
 * Ghosts
 * Ring-ghosts
 * Sand Devils
 * Shades or Fell-spirits
 * Cuthraul
 * Guldur-spirit
 * Oath-breakers
 * Specters
 * swampstars
 * Ta-Fa-Lisch
 * Wraiths
 * Cargûl
 * Castellans of Dol Guldur
 * Cave-wraiths
 * Dîmlokhi
 * Dwimmerlaiks
 * Liches
 * Lithûl
 * Mewlips
 * Ringwraiths
 * Ghouls
 * Gaunt-Men
 * Lesinavi
 * Marsh Ghouls
 * Wights
 * Ashenwight
 * Barrow-Wights, Haudh wights and Tomb-wights
 * Bog Wights, Mornen or Darkwaters
 * Blood-wights
 * Draugar
 * Greater Wights
 * Ice-wight
 * Ironbound
 * Mound-wight
 * Mountain-wight
 * Plague-wight
 * Ring-Wights
 * Zuzarhi or ash-ghouls
 * Werewolves
 * true Wargs