[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by b-dog

Mostly I was curious about how undead would form in that kind of setting. I assume there are many different types of undead in each of the different cultures around the Silk Road. So I was wondering if Chinese people would turn into Chinese undead, Tibetan people turn into Tibetan undead and so on based on ancestry or would it be more of a location based thing where the location determines the type of undead. Or maybe a mixture of these.

Chinese are ancestor venerators and so their undead-if that is the word-are more likely to be dead of the clan gone on ahead that are paying a visit to check up on their kids back in the world of the living. I would picture them as more like giving advise and occasionally meting out discipline then doing "hauntings" like your normal undead. In fact they sound rather charming fellows. Of course if they were given a miserly funeral it might be different. Someone else more up on Chinese lore might have a better picture. But it seems rather like ancestor venerators would just come up with a nicer picture.