Revenant

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Revenant is a collective term for corpses that have come back to life as undead, hostile creatures. Other names include the Red Horde/Revenant Horde or The Returned. They mainly serve as the proxies and personal army/servants of REVENANT.
== Overview and Background ==
Revenants are the corpses of humans been reanimated/altered by REVENANT. Revenants vary between having dark, charcoal-like skin, greyish-bluish skin, ghostly pale skin, or even the same skin pigmentation they had when alive. Many of them share blackened eyes with glowing red pupils (sometimes a different color depending on the type), and usually have their lips and cheeks either rotted, ripped out, or spilt, exposing their sharpened teeth. Aside from this, their bodies do not age or decay, even when killed again.
Regardless of their previous human form's condition upon death, all Revenants possess superhuman level strength, durability, and agility. They can easily throw humans around like ragdolls and rip off their limbs, survive multiple gunshot wounds and having their own limbs severed, and even jump high enough to scale walls. Revenants can either shamble/crawl/or sprint towards their targets with average to above average speed, with some even being more sluggish due to being crippled. Revenants typically attack their prey by biting them and trying to tear off their flesh, whether it be human, animal, or possibly even their own kind if they get in the way. It should be noted that being bitten cannot turn a living human into a Revenant, they are only at risk of becoming one if they die within the range of REVENANTS conversion effect or when encountered by certain creatures (more details later). When all humans in the area have been killed, they have been observed to eat the bodies of the dead until they turn. Interestingly, Revenants do not appear to need to actually see their victims, as those with no eyes or blindfolds appear to sense humans through some form of electroreception (similar to a shark, but with a slight difference). While uncommon, some Revenants pick up whatever tools/weapons are nearby to use them at a similar or equal level of deadliness as a regular person. While usually highly aggressive, they're also known to rest by either standing/sitting in place or even lying on the ground as if dead. Though upon any noise or disturbance, they will immediately awaken and attack the source.
While rarer, animals can also be turned into Revenants. They often serve specific roles depending on the converted creature.
Revenants typically attack in large hordes consisting of hundreds to even thousands of them, easily overwhelming any human town, city or encampment, even highly guarded military bases through sheer numbers. Some being so aggressive that they break their own bones in pursuit of their prey. Due to their incredible durability, the best ways of killing any Revenant is to destroy the brain or via decapitation. Severing the spine or destroying the heart may appear to "kill" them, but in reality, it just makes them unable to move until they regenerate, which they cannot do on their own most of the time. Burning them is another viable option, though it's best saved for corpses since setting a living Revenant on fire will make them to go into a frenzy and might occur additional damage or casualties.
Speaking of their regeneration, Revenants seem to have a passive ability to minorly regenerate their wounds, though this typically only fixes minor injuries like broken bones or a lost organ or two. It seems that creatures such as REVENANT and other certain individuals can "boost" their regeneration, allowing them to come back from even injuries such as a destroyed spine or heart, though decapitation or destruction of the brain requires more complex efforts.
A bizarre discovery discovered during investigations of groups and survivors that encountered these monsters is that the flesh of Revenants is safe to eat, so long it has been prepared properly. This extends to both human and animal Revenants. It has to be cooked first, less the consumer gain food poisoning from eating raw, possibly decayed flesh. This is also largely avoided due to it still being considered cannibalism, and desecration and improper disposal of a dead body. But depending on the circumstances (i.e. if it was person's only chance of survival), it can be excused. Plus, strange behavior has been recorded from those who have eaten their flesh. As such, it is considered a last resort in case you find yourself with little to no food but with the means to prepare it and a dead Revenant nearby.
Examination of both living and dead Revenants have yielded a surprising discovery, their body temperature seems to be higher than that of a regular person, which logically should result in an increase in decomposition of the body, and yet it just... doesn't. It seems the larger or more powerful the specimen is, the higher the body temp. This increase in temperature might play a part in another factor of Revenants, their extreme combustibility. Setting a living or dead Revenant on fire seems to cause more flames than setting a human on fire. This might also provide an explanation as to the Bombers origin. During the night, Revenants have been documented as being far more aggressive, with a strange bioluminescent glow coming from under their skin and bones. 
The strangest detail related to Revenants would be "auditory and visual hallucinations, mostly related to trauma, and violent, murderous, and suicidal behavior." Often referred to as Revenant Psychosis, more research is required to better understand this strange phenomena. 
== Creation ==
Revenants only come into existence from dead bodies, mostly humans. When a human dies, or more specially, experiences brain death (which occurs around 10 minutes after the person expires) in the "Sphere of Influence" that REVENANT gives off, they begin the process of turning. The process itself seems to vary, but for most, it takes about 7 hours for a corpse to turn. During that time, the body will show no signs of decay (with the exception of the lips and cheeks splitting rotting in a form similar to a Glasgow Smile to expose their teeth for most variants). Screening has shown that the first organ that shows any activity during this process is the brain around 5-7 minutes after initial brain death, as time passes more organs begin to resume activity as the corpse still remains comatose. Around the 5 hour mark is when the facial mutation occurs which forms their most well-known feature, the terrifying grin which allows their jaws to spilt open unnaturally to encompass an entire human head. The teeth (known as the Revenant Glasgow or J.O.Y. which stands for Jaws Of Ymir) seems to be formed from both preexisting teeth and pieces of the skull that have been sharpened, which can cause some teeth to be pushed out of the mouth with extreme force along with a good mouthful of blood. Just before the teeth conversion, the eyes goes through what is referred to as the "bloom", where black moving lines spread out from the central pupil and eventually the entire optical organ turns black. When the time is up, a red glow emerges from the center of the eye, and it will immediately awaken and attack any living creature nearby. Depending on certain preset conditions, modifications, or environmental factors, a number of mutations or alterations could occur. Dead Revenants, even those who are cut up or have had their brain destroyed, could still be gathered in large piles of corpses that will begin merging and fusing together to create even more disturbing and deadly forms (it's worth mentioning that corpses that have been completely burned to a crisp tend to be avoided in favor of more intact bodies, though they can still be added to the piles).
The only way to prevent this is to either burn the body, or at least immobilize it by cutting off the limbs, removing the head, or destroying the brain. With this in mind, any corpse is at risk of becoming a Revenant if not taken care of.
Though corpses are though to be the only thing that can turn, living people can be converted into Revenants as well. The best example of this is through REVENANT, who, by projecting a special signal, can rapidly convert any human he chooses which is characterized by vomit up blood and teeth as their faces quickly split to form the Revenant Glasgow. He can also do this simply by touching them. 
== Types of Revenants ==
Standard Revenants: 
Wasters 
Ghouls (Ghul)
Bombers
Flyers
Soldiers (Soldat) 
Stalkers
Sirens (Shriekers)
Kolonie (Kolonien)
Fused Mass (Verschmolzene Masse)
Frenzies (Frenzy) (Raserei)
Necromancers (Nekromant)
Animal Revenants (Carrions):
Crows
Wolves
== Ghoul ==
== Overview and Background: ==
Ghouls are the most common type of Revenant encountered. Formed from the mast majority of deceased humans, they are numerous in number, typically recorded in hordes of hundreds or even thousands. They are mindless, rushing toward their target with no regard towards self-preservation, and tearing apart any living creature they get their hands on before feeding on them. 
They mostly use their claws and brute strength, though can occasionally pick up weapons to assist them, but this is uncommon compared to the Soldats or Wasters.
Ghouls will always attempt to pursue their target at full speed, even when one or more of their limbs are broken or lost, typically making shrieking noises. Regardless, a single Ghoul is easy to put down, it's dealing with the entire horde that's the problem.
== Variants ==
Within the ranks of Ghouls exist a couple of subvariants, dubbed the Waster and Soldat (Soldier) respectfully.
Wasters are uncommon, seemly resembling Ghouls but with much lower agility. They often stumble to their target, much like a stereotypical zombie. When close, they will outstretch their arms to try and grab a person before biting them in a lethal area (like the neck). They make quiet groaning and wheezing sounds, making it more difficult to determine when one is near. Still, when spotted, they are much easier to kill due to their slow speed. Although Wasters are well known for picking up weapons more often than Ghouls, so they have the potential to be more dangerous if allowed to get too close. It's believed that Wasters come from Revenants or corpses that are damaged to the point of being weaker.
== Frenzy ==
== Overview and Background ==
A Frenzy is a rare, but highly lethal variant of Revenant. They can be easily spotted among a group due to their behavior and appearance.
== Trivia ==
* The arrival of Revenants/mass resurrections and other phenomena are often marked by the sudden appearance of an glowing red inverted cross appearing in the sky. Why this symbol appears is unknown.
* A sea of blood along with blood rain can manifest where Revenants appear. This seems to be more random concerning Revenants however.
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