Editing Ghoul (section)

==Warhammer Fantasy==
[[File:Crypt Ghoul.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|Warhammer Ghoulism: making neuraldegenerative prion diseases look good in comparison]]
In the [[Warhammer Fantasy]] world and the later [[Age of Sigmar]] setting, Crypt Ghouls are corrupted humans and their descendants reduced to cannibalism, something that irrevocably tainted them to the point they are not undead, but close enough thanks to Death Magic flowing through them that they instinctively obey the [[Vampire Counts]]. Mutated feral beings with just enough intelligence to use bones as clubs along with claws and sharp teeth as they hunt down humans, dwarfs, elves, etc for food. Add it all up and you have some decent cannon fodder. Most are drawn to Strigoi who are the Vampiric equivalent of themselves and make any Strigoi into their "alpha male/female", which is why Strigoi Vampires are called "Strigoi Ghoul Kings". In Age of Sigmar, Ghouls are not as rare thanks to [[Ushoran]] wandering the setting and spreading an infectious madness everywhere he goes, making members of all races and allegiances turn into [[Flesh-Eater Courts|packs of delusional, feral cannibals]] that think they're actually [[Bretonnia|Bretonnians]].

A small number serve the [[Lahmian]] Bloodline, specifically a handful of tribes that worship [[Queen Neferata]] as a goddess. They are called The Wretches.

Sometimes Ghouls will drink Vampire blood, usually as a gift from their master. This shortens their lifespan drastically but gives them great power, turning them into gigantic hulks called Crypt Horrors. Horrors regenerate wounds, are far stronger than any mortal being, and are immune to the magic warding of the servants of [[Morr]] and [[Sigmar]] which enables them to invade and desecrate cemeteries so their lesser kin and masters can enter and feast without fear or pain.

There is another creature similar to a Ghoul, called a [[Mourngul]], although its much closer to undead than a Ghoul is.

As of [[Age of Sigmar]] Ghoulism is contagious, as [[Ushoran]] turns out to have survived the destruction of the old setting and apparently is delusional to the degree that not only does he believe he's in a rebuilt Mourkain and meeting nobles while in actuality he's at the center of a roaming horde of cannibals and savage vampires, but that delusion is contagious; anywhere he goes in the Realms (and apparently he goes everywhere, unpredictably) members of any race from any society or faith can be drawn into the same delusion. Mortals become Ghouls as they see themselves wearing finery and politely eating morsels among friends and their lord while in reality they are degenerated monsters shoving fistfuls of manflesh into their mouths and snarling at each other.

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