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Zombie (The Elder Scrolls)
The standard risen corpse of the Elder Scrolls games. They are products of necromancy, a craft the setting treats as a profession with its own apprenticeships, and they have appeared since the first game in the series.1
First appeared
1994
The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)Source work
The Elder Scrolls (series) (1994)
Bethesda SoftworksMade in
USA
What causes it
Sorcery
Corpses raised by necromancers through ritual; certain diseases can also produce them.How you become one
A necromancer takes a body to a suitable place and performs the rites; an untreated bite can also turn a victim.
Intelligence
Mindless
When did it first appear?
Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1994The Elder Scrolls: Arena (1994)
field notes
What the sources say
1
Raising a zombie is a traditional test piece for an apprentice necromancer1
2
Seen in every state of decay, some headless or missing limbs1
3
Carriers of a long list of diseases1
4
'Worm Thralls' are zombies made by Mannimarco's Order of the Black Worm1
5
Appear in games from Arena to Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls Online1
Sources
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