Mummies

An embalmed corpse sometimes wrapped in bandages to preserve it further, a practice that distorts their faces from the great pressure. They retain their skin which is leathery and brown but other organs have been removed to prevent them from decaying. Mummification is practiced by several of the sentinent races, namely the elves, dwarves and humans, and mummies are thus fairly common undead although they are generally well confined in their tombs.

Mummies are traditionally clad in medium or heavy armor as their higher status compared to other undead creatures warrants this. Given their extraordinaty strength they are almost exclusively equipped with two-handed weapons of some sort.

Bandaged mummy
The dwarves create mummies of their nobles and kings along with their most valued servants. A ritual is then performed to have them rise should anyone disturb their tomb except for members of their own family.

Having inherited their practices of mummification from the dwarves, the human practice is similar to theirs. Since human society is more flowing than the dwarven society other wealthy classes such as merchants have also assumed the practice.

Elven mummy
Elven mummification does not involve any bandaging, nor do they remove the internal organs from the bodies. Instead they perform the very difficult task of preserving the entire body and as a result elven mummies look almost alive, the only difference being that the eyes are removed and the eyelids sewn together. Elven mummies are created for the sole purpose of defending sites sacred to the elves. The mummies are created to rise if anyone but an elf should trespass in such a place.

Alchemy
Mummy remains can be used as common quality alchemical ingredients.