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==Revenants in folklore==
Revenants in folklore are walking corpses (or ghosts that have a more physical, visible form) that have their minds and personalities intact. Usually, they rose from their graves to spread terror among the living; in life revenants were often wicked, vain, wrongdoers or [[Heresy|unbelievers]]. These creatures often were linked with [[Nurgle|spreading diseases]], and in order to have them stay in their graves for good, people would often do exhumations of them and decapitate them, or rip out and burn their heart. Some stories even had revenants drink blood, a trait also associated with [[vampire]]s (especially since both were rooted in the then-unknown process of decomposition where the corpse would swell with all manner of nasty dark fluids). 

Another example would be the Aptrgangr (more popularly known as the Draugr) from Norse Myths. These were essentially revenants with the addition of magical powers (like a [[Lich]]), and could also walk in broad daylight as opposed to the traditional revenants and their restriction to night walks only (not to mention having immunity to conventional weapons). Said magical powers include size-shifting and a life-draining "death field" which can be extended at will. They are also in full possession of their memories and intelligence, and, as many are former warriors, combat experience. This made them very dangerous, but luckily most of the time they would stay in their burial mounds.