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Nickeris86:
I have reached a point in my story where I have introduced one of the mane characters who happens to be an undead minion. His characterization is pretty straight forward since he is more like a very loyal dog in a humans body. His type of undead are constructs made of several corpses molded together, like the Frankenstein monster. My problem is that I have no idea what to call this type of undead. Most of the traditional names, like revenant, don't work because I am using them for other creatures already or they don't inspire the correct mental image for me. The most irritating thing is that I had a good name, but wrote it down in a journal that I unfortunately was forced to leave in the US when I moved out of the country. I am hoping that discussion will reawaken the name or help come up with something new.
trboturtle:
A Flesh Golem, maybe?
Craig
DragonEyes:
You could call it a Construct or one of the Returned. Maybe a Draugr. It's not entirely the same concept, but Draugr can adjust their bodies to be much larger than their fleshy selves. There is also the Leich or Lich, but I think DnD has overplayed that name so its original ambiguity is kind of lost. How about a Ghast?
You could also call him an animus, if you don't mind all of the psychology students snickering every time. Animus refers to the latin term for a soul, but its your world. Do as you will.
Then there are the words that deal with what they do rather than are, like calling them Ravagers or Reavers.
Let's see, since you mentioned Frankenstein's monster, he was described as an ogre, wretch, creation and fiend. Not very descriptive or unique, though. You could call him a Promethean, after the name of that book.
All I got for now.
shades of grey:
What about calling them Mixes as they are mixture of different people, or maybe dogsbodies as an insult?
Aminar:
Or just make the reference and call them Steins ot Steinies. Or Franks.
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