Wight

A wight was an undead creature given a semblance of life through sheer violence and hatred. They could drain the life energy out of victims by touch, turning them into new wights upon death. Wights appeared as a weird and twisted reflections of the forms they had in life.

Variants

 * Slaughter wight: These were wights that have been specially touched by the dark gods, giving them a vicious hate for all life that far outclasses the normal undead's.