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Old 07-31-2018, 09:19 AM   #6
Apollonian
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shoreline, WA (north of Seattle)
Default Re: Roman Empire Zombie Survival

I feel as if you'd be remiss in not making the zombies Cauldron-Born or something like that. There won't be as many as in classic zombie movies, but they'll be a lot tougher.

How about this?

When people dream, they sometimes touch the land of the Fae. This is not a good thing. Desperate magics performed in the north have weakened the wall of sleep, and now the Wild Hunt rides out into the dreams of the invaders. Those it takes in their dream - perhaps to pay the Teind, or the tithe they owe to Hell - rise again as hollow-eyed raveners of the living. These revenants are all but unstoppable, and Roman Britain is now under siege.

The walls of Roman cities offer some protection, as do the rites of priests and prayers to Christ or Mithras or Jupiter. But every one fears that when they sleep, they too will rise to kill their loved ones and devour their flesh.
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