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{{quote|For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.|[[Éowyn]] to the [[Witch-king]]<ref>{{RK|Battle}}</ref>}}<br />
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'''Undead''' were beings who once had been alive (often [[Men]]) but which had been bestowed with an unnaturally prolonged existence, sometimes by work of necromancy. All such creatures seem to have been associated with Evil.<br />
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==Groups==<br />
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*[[Barrow-wights]]<br />
*[[Oathbreakers]]<br />
*[[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]]<br />
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==Other names==<br />
The undead were known by many names:<br />
*[[Dwimmerlaik]]<br />
*[[Ghosts]]<br />
*[[Phantoms]]<br />
*[[Spectres]]<br />
*[[Wights]]<br />
*[[Wraiths]]<br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''<br />
: The Undead is a class of monsters, which includes Ghosts, Skeletons, Ghouls, and many others.<ref>{{ICE|2012}}</ref><br />
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'''2007-: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
: [http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Category:The_Dead The Dead] is a category of creatures, which includes wights, spirits, skeletons, and many others. A related category is [http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Category:Unseen The Unseen], which includes the Nazgûl and related shadowy figures. One case of a non-Evil undead exists in the ghost of [[Arvedui]] in [[Forochel]].<ref>https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Arvedui</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Demons]]<br />
*[[Spirits]]<br />
*[[Unseen]]<br />
==External links==<br />
*{{WP|Undead}}<br />
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[[Category:Servants of Sauron]]<br />
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