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[[File:Gail McIntosh - Peril Returned.jpg|thumb|[[Gail McIntosh]] - ''Peril Returned'']]
{{quote|For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.|[[Éowyn]] to the [[Witch-king]]<ref>{{RK|Battle}}</ref>}}

'''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.

==Groups==

*[[Barrow-wights]]
*[[Oathbreakers]]
*[[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]]

==Other names==
The undead were known by many names:
*[[Dwimmerlaik]]
*[[Ghosts]]
*[[Phantoms]]
*[[Spectres]]
*[[Wights]]
*[[Wraiths]]

==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
: The Undead is a class of monsters, which includes Ghosts, Skeletons, Ghouls, and many others.<ref>{{ICE|2012}}</ref>

'''2007-: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
: [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>

==See also==
*[[Demons]]
*[[Spirits]]
*[[Unseen]]
==External links==
*{{WP|Undead}}
{{references}}
[[Category:Servants of Sauron]]
[[Category:Undead]]