Forsaken

Forsaken vary in height, given their capability to be as short as a human female to as tall as a High Elf male. A safe estimate would be anywhere from five and a half feet to nearly seven (1.67-2.13m).

A Forsaken retains the ability to consume meals and are primarily seen eating the bodies of foes instead of conventional food. It seems likely that this reinforces the magic that threads through their body and animates them. They have also been known to eat mushrooms of various types. It is currently unknown if this sustains them in any fashion.

Forsaken are gifted with a unique and potentially self-destructive trait. Due to their lack of a functionally living body, they do not have to concern themselves over little things like oxygen or lactic acid. This leads them to be much stronger than the humans that are their living counterparts due to a lack of natural inhibitors. However, the possibility of overexertion and tearing muscle is also present and must be avoided, as Forsaken are incapable of repairing themselves through natural means. While it is possible to simply stitch an undead back together, doing this without arms could prove something of a challenge.

This ability also lends itself to the incredibly useful field of trauma resistance. A Forsaken has no ‘vital’ organs besides the head, meaning it can fight on until it can no longer physically fight on. Pain seems to be a non-issue. Coupled with their frightening resistance and inhumanly human strength, this makes Forsaken dangerously tenacious enemies.

Forsaken cannot repair their cells through any conventional means. However, all healing magics do apply to them - with one caveat. It is an excruciating process to even channel the Light and similarly to be healed by it. Thus frontline soldiers that are supported by priests as well as the priests themselves willingly and consistently put themselves in the path of absolute agony.