The Riven Lands

A dignified Darakhul woman who appears as a devoted priestess until close inspection reveals the subtle signs of undeath - skin that never warms, breath that never fogs, and eyes that reflect light like a nocturnal predator's. Her religious vestments are genuine but subtly altered with necromantic symbols hidden in the embroidery. Wears jewelry made from "memorial" gems that are actually phylactery fragments containing the trapped souls of her victims, each piece pulsing with trapped spiritual energy.

Maintains the outward compassion of a death priestess while calculating maximum profit from every interaction with grieving families. Her undead perspective allows her to feel genuine sympathy for loss while remaining emotionally detached from the moral implications of exploiting that grief. Views her criminal activities as providing realistic spiritual guidance about the meaninglessness of death in a world where corpses walk and gods ignore mortal suffering.

A revered priestess who dedicated her life to death rites and funeral services, Constance died while performing last rites during a necromantic plague but rose with her faith twisted into something darker. Her undead transformation revealed the hypocrisy of her former congregation - wealthy families who demanded elaborate funeral rites while their poor neighbors were burned in mass pyres. Now she uses her religious authority and intimate knowledge of funeral customs to orchestrate elaborate schemes that turn funeral services into profit-generating enterprises, selling false comfort while collecting payment for services to gods who no longer answer prayers.