Changes: Archetype:Alpha Zombie

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"They say the Zombie Master controlled these foul creatures even before his own death, but now that he is one of them, nothing can make them betray him."

― "Zombie Master" card flavor text, Magic: The Gathering

The power to possess the traits of a lord of the Walking Dead. Advanced version of Zombie Physiology. Variation of Mythic Lord Physiology and Undead Lord Physiology.

Also Called

Alpha/King/Lady/Lord/Master/Mistress/Queen of the Zombies
Homo Necrosis Dominus Physiology (Humans Only)
Zombie King/Progenitor/Queen/Zero Physiology
Zombie Lordship

Capabilities

The user is or can become an all but unstoppable Zombie Lord; one of the most powerful forms of undead. As king of the undead they retain their rational sense of self-awareness, being able to think and plan and articulate their actions and motions.

Being the lord of the deadmen, may give a user undisputed power over all types of lifeless corpse types be it Revenants to Skeletons, Flesh Golems, Metazombies, Mummies, Ghouls, Liches, even Zombie Hybrids may fall under their sway. Like any alpha of a species the Zombie Lord has greatly superior physical attributes, most prominently the corpse in question will be moved by powerful forces that give them phenomenal and malefic powers.

A Zombie Lord is incredibly difficult if not impossible to truly dispatch, their ability as such is their all but unassailable tenacity. No matter what one does with them they can never truly be stopped forever they can only, momentarily, and be detained more often.

Applications

Variations

Alpha Physiology
Dark Arts
- Voodoo
  - Necromancy
Dark Lord: The Zombie Lord has the potential to become a powerful dark sovereign.
Death Aspect Manifestation: Become and command the myriad of life extinguishing possibilities.
Demonic Conduit
Enhanced Resurrection Roulette
Esoteric Element Manipulation: Zombie Lords are receptacles for vast arcane forces they can release at will.
Post-Mortem Power Absorption: Absorb the powers of those you've slain and/or eaten.
Post-Mortem Shapeshifting: Assume the forms of those you've slain and/or eaten.
Ritual Magic
Transcendent Undead Physiology: Strongest of the lords can become godlike nonliving beings.
- Death Transcendence: The user may gain their immense power through death itself.
  - Afterlife Lordship: Hold power over the Afterlife.
  - Death Empowerment: The more that dies the more powerful one becomes.
  - Killing Empowerment: The deaths caused by ones own hand or by those of others strengthens them.
  - Life-Force Absorption: Leach away the energies of the living.
  - Subordination Manipulation: As others die ones power grows in scope.
Underworld Lordship: Have dominion over the land of the dead and all the souls therein.
Unholy Vessel
Warping Presence: The very being of zombie lords can cause odd happenings to occur.

Associations

Limitations

Deprivation of their otherworldly energies can weaken the vessel.
Due to being soulless corpses users are especially vulnerable to Possession.
May possess the weaknesses of a Zombie but to much lower degrees.
May start out degenerated when first resurrected.

Known Users

George A. Romero (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
Earnest Fairchild/Evil Ernie (Chaos!/Eternity Comics)
Homicide (Chaos!/Dynamite Entertainment)
Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
William Hand/Black Hand (DC Comics)
Scar (DC Comics)
Calder (Dead Rising 4)
Zombie Lord (Final Fantasy XII)
Evil Ash (The Evil Dead)
Lord Samukai (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
The Dark Purveyors (Lollipop Chainsaw)
Bob Zombie (Monster Madness: Battle For Suberbia)
Heinrich I (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
Oda Nobunaga (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
Zombie Master (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

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