- "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
- "It appears that there is some sort of hierarchy to the zombie hordes. Some are more intelligent than most and seem to give them directions. Perhaps our original theories were wrong."
- ― Dr. Einer Saukas, discovering there's a hierarchy in the Zombie outbreak, when he witnessed some of them being smarter and formidable, and also giving the lesser Zombies orders. (They Hunger)
The power to possess the traits of a lord of the Walking Dead. Advanced version of Zombie Physiology. Variation of 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, plan and articulate their actions and motions.
Being the lord of the undead, may give a user undisputed power over all types of lifeless corpse types be it Revenants to Skeletons, Flesh Golems, Mutant Zombies, 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 do so momentarily, and be detained more often.
Applications
- Amortality
- Apathy
- Body Manipulation
- Defunct Physiology
- Health Manipulation: Reversed for degenerative purposes
- Immortality
- Infinite Digestive System
- Lazarus Wave Manipulation
- Meta Regeneration
- Pestilence Manipulation
- Supernatural Condition
- Undead Pulse
- Weakness Resistance
- Zombie Physiology
- Zombie Manipulation
Variations
- Alpha Physiology
- Dark Arts
- 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
- Superior Zombie Physiology: Some Zombie lords possess powers normal zombie not have in usually.
- 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.
- Death Transcendence: The user may gain their immense power through death itself.
- 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
- Army Manipulation
- Calamity Embodiment
- Ghoul Lord Physiology
- Jiang Shi Physiology
- Mass Consciousness
- Omnicide
- Prime Being
- Shifting
- Undead Lord Physiology
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 lesser degrees.
- May start out degenerated when first resurrected.
- Supernatural Hunters are a match against even the strongest of Zombies.
Known Users
- George A. Romero (Call of Duty: Black Ops); Type F
- Ernest Fairchild/Evil Ernie (Chaos!/Eternity Comics); Type F
- Homicide (Chaos!/Dynamite Entertainment); Type F
- Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers); Type F and V
- William Hand/Black Hand (DC Comics); Type PS
- Scar/Scarred Guardian (DC Comics); Type PS
- Calder (Dead Rising 4); Type P
- Zombie Lord (Final Fantasy XII); Type F
- Dr. Edgar George Zomboss (Plants vs. Zombies series); Type F
- Evil Ash (The Evil Dead); Type F
- Lord Samukai (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- The Dark Purveyors (Lollipop Chainsaw)
- Bob Zombie (Monster Madness: Battle For Suberbia); Type F
- Heinrich I (Return to Castle Wolfenstein); Type F
- Oda Nobunaga (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
- Zombie Master (Yu-Gi-Oh!); Type F
Gallery
After becoming the host of the Black Lantern Corps, Scar/Scarred Guardian (DC Comics) had became the lord of the Zombies, except being below William Hand/Blackhand.
William Hand/Black Hand (DC Comics) had become the avatar and commander of Nekron's reanimated armies.
After becoming infected by a green, mysterious man-made pathogen, in conjunction of trying to cure himself, it was all too late, instead, Calder (Dead Rising 4) was turned into a Zombie Lord; therefore retaining his intellect.
Mariska (Lollipop Chainsaw) one of five Dark Purvayors had the ability to command the actions of lesser zombies.
Bob Zombie (Monster Madness) is an undead jamaican hispter rap singer who uses his hoodooistic powers to conjure and command an army of the dead.
Compared with the rest of the Zombies that are by nature mindless and hungry for brains, Dr. Edgar George Zomboss (Plants Vs. Zombies series) is the mastermind behind the reanimations of the Zombies as well as the one ruling them all, in addition to retaining his great intellect and sentient consciousness.
Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
Reanimated for the purpose of tyranny over Europe and reanimating the dead to roam across the Earth, Heinrich I (Return to Castle Wolfenstein) has superior control over the undead.