Darkborne

The Darkborne is a race composed of risen members of other races. Hence, "Your living counterpart" refers to the race that you are a risen version of. (A Darkborne dwarf's living counterpart being an ordinary dwarf and so on).

**Ability Score Increase:**You gain the same increase as your living counterpart

**Age:**Immortal, as risen from the dead, you can no longer die of age. You also do not physically age.

**Alignment:**Can choose from the same as a living counterpart.

**Size:**Same as your living counterpart.

**Speed:**Due to *"Patience of the dead"* your speed is 5ft slower than your living counterpart.

**Languages:**Same as your living counterpart.

**Undead counterpart:** You gain the same feats/perks/racials/boons and so on as the living counterpart of your race. In addition, you gain the following perks:

**Darktouched:**Resistance to cold and necrotic damage.

**Immunity of the grave:** You gain no negative effects from hunger, thirst, tiredness/exhaustion and sickness. You can no longer die from hunger, thirst, sickness or being suffocated.

**Patience of the dead:** You are 5ft slower than your living counterpart.

**Sluggish reflexes:** -2 to initiative and reflex saves (int- and dex saving throws)

#### **Personality:**

As a darkborne, you are slower than your living counterpart, both physically and mentally. You can also supress your feelings to a much higher degree. The Darkborne are seldom very impulsive, oftenmost they are also more bitter than their living counterpart and if nothing else have a harder personality, feeling less guilt and compassion than they did in life. Many darkborne turn to despair when risen (more often if they are risen against their will), some also looses most of their memories of their time as living (depending on how long the person was dead).

#### **Physique:**

The hair of a darkborne oftenmost either whitens or blackens. It's very rare with a darkborne with something else than either white or black hair, even if some exist.The darkbornes eyes lights up with low illuminating clear color, oftenmost either blue, green, white or yellow. The skin color becomes paler, depending on how long the person was dead, also the person seem skinnier. The darkborne also loses all ability of traditional reproduction.

#### **History:**

Through the action of a dark wizard Morgan Kjyph an undead army was risen in the central part of the world. Although through events, a group of the risen broke free from Kjyphs control and formed a race of their own, the Darkborne. Thus, the darborne is formed with undead counterparts to most of the other races. Exceptions has shown, races that share immortal blood (Elves and Devas) or those that share the blood of the dragon (Dragonborne and Dreggari) cannot be ressurected as a Darkborne.

A risen human solidier named Lilly Duff, which through heroic actions in the defeat of Morgan Kjyph, were chosen as the leader of the Darkborne. As she previously was the right hand of Kjyph, she posseses larger powers than the rest of the darkborne, and is able to, as well as teaches other, to rise more dead as darkborne. At the current time, there are slightly above two thousand Darkborne in the world.

The Darkborne, as a race of undead creatures, are hated by many, fighting only to have a peaceful afterlife into eternity. They are said to be Hel's people in the world by some, revered as thus, other say she denied them entry into her kingdom, saying that their crimes were too severe, and cultists of Hel therefore hunt them to end their existance. Most others look upon them with sorrow or with pity.