Draugr

Also called Draug, Aptrgangr.

In Norse tradition, the Draugr is an undead barrow-dweller that rises from its own grave mound, retaining superhuman strength and its jealous grip on buried treasure.

Tradition: Norse mythology
Region: Iceland (place of origin)
Trait family: The Rain-Serpents

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Traits

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Form

Shapeshifts human animal
why
shapeshifting into forms such as a seal, a great cat, or a roiling mass of hide-like darkness
Passes through solid walls
why
the ability to pass through solid earth and rock as though it were open air

Behaviour

Treasure guardian
why
It retains the memory, cunning, and grudges of the person it was in life, and it is driven above all by a jealous attachment to the grave goods and treasure buried with it.

Offensive powers

Superhuman strength
why
A Draugr is typically described as bloated, corpse-black or deathly pale, and reeking of decay, yet possessed of far greater strength than it had in life.
Monstrous growth
why
In some tellings it can swell to an enormous size at will and grow heavier than several men, making its corpse difficult to move even after it is finally subdued.

Utility powers

Shapeshifting
why
The Draugr's powers include superhuman strength, the ability to pass through solid earth and rock as though it were open air, shapeshifting into forms such as a seal, a great cat, or a roiling mass of hide-like darkness, and the power to grow to monstrous size.
Planar traversal
why
The Draugr's powers include superhuman strength, the ability to pass through solid earth and rock as though it were open air, shapeshifting into forms such as a seal, a great cat, or a roiling mass of hide-like darkness, and the power to grow to monstrous size.

Curses

Curse infliction
why
Some accounts credit it with the ability to curse the living, blight livestock and land, and induce a supernatural terror in those who encounter it, sometimes driving victims mad or to death without a mark on the body.