Vampire, Jiang-Shi

Minister Of Tumult (Creature 14), Minister Of Tumult (Creature 14), Provincial Jiang-Shi (Creature 11), Provincial Jiang-Shi (Creature 11)

Jiang-shi typically arise from priests or holy workers who have died but chose to make their way back from the afterlife. While in a state of repose, a jiang-shi is haunted by dream visions of the netherworld. Many recall endless privations and instinctively seek to share their agonies while awake. Some recall humiliation and swear none shall master them again. A few even glimpse the multiverse's secrets and plot to drain the heavens dry.

Unlike their blood-drinking cousins, jiang-shi subsist on mortals' breath and vitality in the form of qi, also known in some regions as ki.