Stirring Corpse

Caretakers of the Catacombs of Calathis once prepared bodies with carefully measured burial oil to keep cloth from sticking and to honor the dead. If a body soaked too long, or if anointing rites were interrupted by violence, the residue could cling to the corpse like a second skin. Over time, that residue might wake a dead attendant into a dull, obedient revenant. Such creatures are not hungry in the usual sense. They are possessive. They remember the chamber, the shelves, and the order of the dead, and they react violently to anyone who breaks that order.