Zombie (Evenicle)

"For similar creatures from the Rance series, see: Undead."

Zombies are a paranormal being from the World of Eve, whose history is tied up in the history of Hamlet. Early in King Arthur's pilgrimage from the land of Central, the people came to the poison swamps of the continent that would later be called "Hamlet." There, some of them contracted the "Zombie Virus," which caused them to die, only for their bodies to rise again as cannibalistic "Zombie Seeds." These seeds then spread the plague through lesser zombie agents. The pilgramage was eventually able to push back the zombies with a powerful spell, but the spell required intimate knowledge of the soul, which was not recovered until Croix Eden was zombified and later restored to life through a series of unlikely events.

Without direction, zombies continue their routines from life, attacking anyone who might inadvertantly attempt to interrupt them. When commanded by a Zombie Seed, they could potentially be very dangerous, but thankfully Zombie Seeds are usually as unintelligent as their spawn, though the Snake Crest once arranged for a very dangerous exception.

Zombies are a constant menace to the people of Hamlet. Someone once developed a "Z-Bomb" that would destroy all zombies in a two-kilometer radius, but its cost was prohibitive. Zombies are also vulnerable to holy water, although "holy water" in the World of Eve is not necessarily what it sounds. Thankfully, Bolonius was able to develop a cure for the Zombie Virus during his research on Adan's Blood, so the millenia-long threat of zombies may soon be at an end.