Changes: Wight

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Wights are an unusual species of undead used occasionally by the Scourge. In some cases, wraiths will keep extraordinary enemies alive, preferring to turn them into wights and spread the plague to other "capable" individuals.Template:Cite They most closely resemble a zombie, but their bodies have grown to monstrous sizes and are horridly deformed. It is unknown how this transformation occurred.

They are mostly employed in places of importance: Magistrate Barthilas protects the key to the city of Stratholme, while two other wights (Feugen and Stalagg) act as the bodyguards of the flesh titan Thaddius. In addition, The Ravenian is one of the six bosses that must be defeated to summon Darkmaster Gandling in The Scholomance.

With their flat heads, and bolts implanted in their neck, they have a very similar design to Frankenstein's Monster. They are frequently quite intelligent, and seem to retain the mind that they had in life. This cumbersome and beast-like movement combined with human wit furthers the parallel with the monster portrayed in the Frankenstein novel, however it distances the similarity to the popular conception of Frankenstein.

Trivia

Wights share the skeleton and animation models of dire trolls.

Types of Wights

Apart from the wights described here, the Manual of Monsters Appendix Three another type called Barrow Wights appears, but the validity of the source is disputed.

Notable wights

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-[[image:Wight.JPG|thumb|right|Wight]]
+[[Image:Wight.JPG|right|Wight]]
+'''Wights''' are an unusual species of undead used occasionally by the [[Scourge]].  In some cases, [[wraith]]s will keep extraordinary enemies alive, preferring to turn them into wights and spread the plague to other "capable" individuals.{{Cite|MoM|150}} They most closely resemble a [[zombie]], but their bodies have grown to monstrous sizes and are horridly deformed. It is unknown how this transformation occurred.
-Wights are an unusual species of undead used occasionally by the [[Scourge]].  They most closely resemble a [[zombie]], but their bodies have grown to montrous sizes and are horridly deformed.  It is unknown how this transformation occured.  They are mostly employed in places of importance: [[Magistrate Barthilas]] protects the key to the city of [[Stratholme]], while two other wights act as the bodyguards of the [[flesh titan]] [[Thaddius]].  In addition, [[Ravenian|The Ravenian]] is one of the six bosses that must be defeated to summon [[Darkmaster Gandling]] in [[Scholomance|The Scholomance]].
+They are mostly employed in places of importance: [[Magistrate Barthilas]] protects the key to the city of [[Stratholme]], while two other wights ([[Feugen]] and [[Stalagg]]) act as the bodyguards of the [[flesh titan]] [[Thaddius]]. In addition, [[Ravenian|The Ravenian]] is one of the six bosses that must be defeated to summon [[Darkmaster Gandling]] in [[Scholomance|The Scholomance]].
-With their flat heads, and bolts implanted in their neck, they have a very similar design to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein's_Monster Frankenstein's Monster].
+With their flat heads, and bolts implanted in their neck, they have a very similar design to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein's_Monster Frankenstein's Monster]. They are frequently quite intelligent, and seem to retain the mind that they had in life.  This cumbersome and beast-like movement combined with human wit furthers the parallel with the monster portrayed in the Frankenstein novel, however it distances the similarity to the popular conception of Frankenstein.
+==Trivia==
-It is only assumed that these creatures are called "wights" due to the fact that their model is called a wight.  They have only appeared so far in the form of named bosses, two of which were called wights in an article about the Thaddius fight.
+*Wights share the skeleton and animation models of [[dire troll]]s.
+==Types of Wights==
-"As your group falls into disarray and scatters, caught unaware and slaughtered one by one by the two gruesome wights that descended from platforms higher up in the room, you wonder to yourself what kind of twisted nightmare spawned this monster."
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight|Small}} [[Mindless Wight]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight|Small}} [[Monstrous Wight]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight|Small}} [[Putrid Wight]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight|Small}} [[Living Monstrosity]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight|Small}} [[Hulking Corpse]]
+Apart from the wights described here, the ''[[Manual of Monsters]]'' [[Manual of Monsters/Appendix Three|Appendix Three]] another type called [[Manual of Monsters/Appendix Three#Barrow Wight, Blood Bones, Bog Mummy, Demiurge, Shadow, Lesser Shadow, Zombie, Juju Zombie|Barrow Wights]] appears, but the validity of the source is disputed.
+==Notable wights==
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Feugen]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Griegen]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Koragg]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Magistrate Barthilas]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Professor Putricide]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Shambles]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Squire Edwards]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[Stalagg]]
+*{{RaceIconExt|Wight}} [[The Ravenian]]
-==Notable Wights==
+{{undead}}
-* [[Magistrate Barthilas]]
+[[Category:Wights| ]]
-* [[Ravenian|The Ravenian]]
-* [[Feugen]]
-* [[Stalagg]]
-[[Category:Undead]]