Draugr

 

In Norse mythology are frightening creatures called Draugr. They're zombies with a difference. They're described as being physical ghosts, with certain powers and diseases that make them pass on their very abilities to others, a contagious form of spreading more like them. These can attack the living and make a person another draugr. These creatures have great strength as they can break every bone in their victims bodies. The draugr gives off a terrible stench of rotting flesh, but they can look like corpses that are deathly pale blue, or even decayed black. Some are even bloated to the size of a bull! Some have been described as huge in size and height, capable of fire breathing and making thunderous roars. They have long black claws to scratch their victims to death. Despite their horrific appearance, the draugr are magical too. They can see into the future and can control the weather. They have the ability to shape-shift into animals, and one such draugr turned into a seal during a storm (perhaps created by one of them) and caused shipwrecks. Also one draugr became a mutilated bull, and another turned into a bloodied horse, while another turned into a monstrous cat who suffocated its victim as they slept. Draugr can enter peoples dreams and are capable of telepathy, as well as cursing people. Although super powerful, the draugr hate sunlight. Protection against draugr is light from the sun or even from foxfire, a bioluminescent fungi. Draugr are immune to weapons but they dislike iron. It's best to remove the head of  draugr and burn them, to stop them coming back. Another tactic against the draugr is to make a corpse door, a type of false room that a draugr can be imprisoned inside. So first leave the corpse door open and when a draugr enters, slam the door shut quickly and then brick it up so the draugr is forever trapped inside. 

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