Unburied

Unburied
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The unburied are formed from human corpses that were flung into mass graves without a proper burial. This hideous amalgamation of bodies decomposes together into one being, bound by some foul magic. For all my knowledge, I could only flee from it... and I would expect any other sensible person to do the same.

— Abd al-Hazir

Something is dreadfully wrong. Fear is in the air; I can feel it. I was but days out of Tristram when I saw a screaming ball of flame rip across the sky. Surely enough, soon after witnessing this harbinger of doom, I stumbled upon a badly mangled traveler. He was barely able to spit out the tale of the cursed monstrosity responsible for his broken body as his life drifted away. He called his killer "the unburied".

Months ago, when I wrote of the undead blight upon our land, I thought them the gravest of threats. But they are nothing compared to the new undead creature described to me by this poor fellow.

He was a law officer of sorts, a local guard out looking into the depraved handiwork of a crazed individual, the sort we seem to be seeing more and more of in these dark days. When the guard happened upon a mass grave dug by this sick fool, a massive, horned, disgusting behemoth was digging itself out. The dying traveler described this loathsome beast – or, as he termed it, the unburied – as being comprised of bloated parts from many fetid, rotting corpses, with a multitude of disfigured heads and slobbering fanged mouths. He was fortunate that day, but when he returned with several men to help him deal with the creature, they found to their horror that the undead spawn was too much for even their combined efforts. They fought valiantly to the last man, sacrificing themselves to keep the beast from rampaging across the countryside and taking who knows how many innocent lives. He was the last survivor, and before he passed on, he proudly told me that they were successful in eradicating the foul unburied creature.

Being born out of pits of human misery, these beings feed on human suffering. Wherever bodies are dumped together unceremoniously, the unburied may rise. I cannot help but wonder if this be some sort of cosmic justice for our inhumanity to our fellow man. But what is the catalyst? What animates these things? What makes them so horrendously different from the run-of-the-mill zombies or "normal" skeletal undead?

Some days I truly feel that the end of humanity must be at hand. Certainly our world is home to assorted disturbing and unsettling creatures, but every dawn seems to bring news of more wretchedness we must endure as a people. The darkness is coming, my friends: mark my words.

- From the writings of Abd al-Hazir

Abilities

• Slam

  Slams the ground sending party members directly in front backwards.

Variants

Normal

• Unburied
  • Cathedral Level 2
  • Cathedral Level 4
  • Decaying Crypt Level 1
• Uninterred
  • Lost Mine Level 1
  • Lost Mine Level 2
• Disentombed Hulk
  • Decaying Crypt Level 2
  • Halls of Agony Level 1
  • Halls of Agony Level 2

Rare

• Unburied
  • Cathedral Level 2

Unique

Image	Name	Affixes	Variant	Location	Notes
	Cudgelarm Undead Mauler	Molten	Unburied	Cathedral Level 2	Random spawn in zone. Required by A Unique Collection achievement series.
	Manglemaw Horror of the Crypt	Knockback Vortex	Unburied	Defiled Crypt Level 2	Spawn at the exit of Defiled Crypt Level 2 as part of A Shattered Crown.
	Tormented Behemoth Horror of the Pit	Orbiter Poison Enchanted	Disentombed Hulk	Halls of Agony Level 2	Part of A Stranger in Need event. Must be killed to complete event.

Trivia

In the spotlighted StarCraft II map Undead Assault 3, the maker uses the Unburied model for the Gargantuan and Cacauman bosses.

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