Revenant

Name	Revenant
Race	Undead
Type	Physical
Faction	Independent
Premiere	Desideratum: Blood Bonds
Relative(s)	None Applicable

In folklore, a revenant is an animated corpse that is believed to have revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word, revenant, the “returning” (see also the related French verb revenir, meaning “to come back”). Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Old Irish Celtic and Norse mythology, and stories of supposed revenant visitations were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. In reality, revenants share some in common with vampires and some in common with draugrs. They are like bloodthirsty zombies that still have a semblance of their former humanity. However, they are obsessed with blood and life, but are opportunistic hunters, staying in dark places and graveyards.

Revenants are shunned by Nightbred because of their habits and appearance. They wear simple rags or even run about nude and do not have a high level of intellect. Their flesh is usually discolored and rotted, and they smell of the grave. Absinthe Van Gothen fought a revenant in Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery when she tried saving Arion and Ayana Bishop from Heloise Laveau. The revenant’s soul was one of the spirits required by Baron Samedi to aid him in opening the way forward.