It is not only horses that can be brought back from the dead (16.16.04) by the secretive priests of Baron Autumn (like The Sorcerer of Tarengael Town). If the stripped bones of a man or woman killed by black magic are placed in a bag of human skin, a child crawls from the bag.
These sack children are, like the cauldronborn (23.16), vague and distracted. They often accompany the sorcerers who created them, protecting them and assisting them with their sorcery, as well as performing menial tasks on their behalf.
While black magic is required to slay the subject of the ritual, the actual creation of a zombie is not considered black magic. Some white wizards take great pleasure in animating the victims of sorcerers and assisting the victim in slaying their murderer.
Connections
- Lord Alevari is a zombie. His wife is trying to do something about that.
- The Skinsack Shed (16.18) contains bags of skin for creating sack children.
Hooks
- Who in the Shrouded Lands is a zombie?
- Does the process work on non-humans?
- What does Baron Autumn ask in return?
- How aware and intelligent are the zombies?
- Are the zombies truly undead? If so, are the horses?
- What is the connection between this process and that of the cauldronborn?
- What happens to most people after death?