Mourner

The Mourner, alike the Dreamrunner, is a spirit who is unable to pass on to the afterlife. Typically presented as beautiful women with long hair, they haunt areas of great tragedy, usually when there has been recent death involved. Though normally docile, they will become immensely hostile if approached by anything with a pulse. It's best to leave these ones alone.

Appearance
The Mourner appears much like they did when still alive, and it is incredibly easy to mistake them for being among the living. They typically appear as frighteningly tangible women with faces hidden in long hair, and their body hunched over, grieving over the death of a loved one or close companion. It is strongly advised not to approach them, as Mourners are in a fragile state of mind and can become easily triggered into a more bestial state. Mourners usually have disfigurements, as most cases of Mourners involved a grieving widow or mother committing suicide over the loss of someone close to them. Being in a state of perpetual undeath has only seemed to worsen these life-ending wounds, which appear as lengthy scars or constant bleeding. When enraged, they show no restraint in relentlessly assaulting the one who disturbed their mourning. Eyes glow red and fingernails elongate into claws. If a Mourner has been enraged, leaving them alone for an extended period of time will allow them to eventually regress back into their passive state.

Diet
As spirits, Mourners lack any bodily function that would deem consumption of any substances necessary. Mourners exist entirely off of their own grief, and can subsist upon it for decades.

Habitat
Mourners are drawn to death, typically those of people who were related to them in life. Depending on where they died and the circumstances of the Mourner's creation, the grieving spirit can and will appear there. If a Mourner has taken residence in an inconvenient spot, there are a few ways to deal with them. The easiest is to leave them alone; keeping distance away from a Mourner will keep them passive and docile. They can also be exorcised through holy rituals, as they are technically hostile spirits, although only in certain circumstances. A third and more difficult way is to somehow have the Mourner make peace with whatever individual they mourn over. If the Mourner is able to overcome their grief, they will be able to pass on to the afterlife, and disappear for good.