Memory:Ed the Undying

A dead, desiccated form, wrapped in bandages and animated by the darkest of magics. All that is left of its mind is an urge to kill anything that intrudes upon its domain... These undead remnants of ancient lives are wrapped in the old dry cloths of their burial ceremony. They lust for life and attempt to steal it from any living being they encounter. They are usually found in places of final rest, but some are known to wander the world seeking some long-missed item or being of lost love. Before this corpse was laid into the grave, the flesh was treated with herbs and unctions that slow decay, and all the rituals have been performed to grant the soul safe passage to the West. A remnant of the spirit has remained in the body, however, to protect the hallowed rest of the dead against all who dare desecrate the grave.