Zemidian Undead

An undead is a common monster shared in many stories of horror and fantastique around the continent of Zemides, to the commonfolk it is but a fiend wanting only death to the living, this is not entirely false but it still is to a degree. Many undead were simply former creatures that died with conflicted emotions, maybe they were a temple guard slaughtered by their own general, so he rises from the grave to slay his former general in as a final act of revenge, or he might have been a peasant farmer that wasn't given the chance to live his life as he wished, so he rises to do what he most wished for most in life, whatever that might have been. Technically they are still alive, because their soul is stuck inside of their undead body and killing them releases their soul from it, but there are other ways of releasing their soul. As an example, you could help the former temple guard to eliminate his general, or you can give the peasant the life he always wished for.

In the other cases, these undead are summoned or created by foul magic, such as a curse or necromancy. These creatures are to be slain, no soul is left inside of their hollow being.