Draugr (Witches of Midgard-verse)

* Lara
* Colborn

The **Draugr** (plural: **Draugar**), also known as **Wights**, are undead beings that featured in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*.

## Description & Characteristics

Draugar are reanimated corpses characterized with bluish gray skin (which tone depends on their complexion in life), glowing purple eyes, superhuman strength and resilience, unmistakable stench of decay, and intelligence, powers, and memories in life. It is said that any mean, nasty, or greedy person would return from his/her grave as a draugr if he/she was not buried in proper manner (usually by placing their remains not in horizontal position) or having his/her burial mound exposed to necromatic/corrupting forces such as tainted magic drawn from Helheim or Eitr. Draugar usually haunted treasures that buried with them during their burial, torment and/or killing those who wronged them, or simply wreaking havoc on mortals.

### Variations

In addition of regular draugar, there are other two variants:

#### Haugbui

**Haugbui** is a type of draugar which, unlike their regular counterparts, cannot leave their grave site and only attack those who trespass upon their territory. While it's possible to summon them with magic far from their grave, a haugbui won't stay at their summoner's side for long before eventually drawn back to it. In appearance, a haugbui is much more ghost-like due to his/her mortal remains have been reduced into nothing more than bits of bones, with his/her tattered armor and ectoplasm give him/her visible form.

#### Eitr-Walkers

Arguably the rarest yet deadliest of draugar types, '*Eitr-Walkers* are draugar that reanimated through exposure to eitr be in liquid or gas form. Unlike other variations however, eitr-walkers are not exclusively mean or unpleasant individuals in life – those who died in great sorrow or rage can also return as one, as in the case of Lara. They are distinguished by paler skin tone compared to other draugar, hair that turned white upon reanimation, and glowing icy blue eyes with black sclerae, regardless of their complexion and color of eye and hair in life.

Eitr-walkers are much more powerful than other draugar types due to enhanced by the very substance that brought them back to life. Unlike ordinary draugar or haugbui, they can regenerate their undead husk through either sufficient flesh consumption or sheer willpower, able to move so fast that they appear as distorted blur and without a sound, lack of stench of decay, and temporarily revert to their mortal form for better blending in among the living. However, the reanimation process also fractured their mind, overwhelming them with negative emotions they had during their death prior. To add to the threat they represent, some eitr-walkers not only managed to somehow restore their sanity, but also channel said emotions to dramatically bolster their overall abilities, most notably regeneration to the point of capable of putting themselves back together after being reduced into particles — not even Holy Magic, the craft fueled by the caster's belief in the good and divine that can effectively harm demons and undead, able inflict lasting damage on them. As magically binding such eitr-walkers' body is merely a temporary solution, the only way to stop them at that point is by emotionally influencing them so they can get a closure, allowing them to move on to the afterlife.

## In Norse Mythology

The **Draugr**, also called **draug**, **dréag**, **draugar**; **draugur**, **dreygur**, or **draugen**, is an undead creature from Norse mythology. The Old Norse meanings of the word are **Revenant**, **undead man**, and **ghost**. Draugr live in their graves, often guarding treasure buried with them in their burial mound. They are reanimated corpses - unlike ghosts, they have a corporeal body with similar, physical abilities as possessed in life.

One of the best-known draugur is Glámur, who is defeated by the hero in Grettis saga. After Glámur dies on Christmas Eve, "people became aware that Glámur was not resting in peace. He wrought such havoc that some people fainted at the sight of him, while others went out of their minds". After a mundane battle, Grettir eventually gets Glámur on his back. Just before Grettir kills him, Glámur curses Grettir because "Glámur was endowed with more evil force than most other ghosts", and thus he was able to speak and leave Grettir with his curse after his death.

## Notes and Trivia

* The concept of eitr-walker was inspired by thralls, undead beings from *Tomb Raider: Underworld*.

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