Guul

Description
A guul (or ghoul/ghouls, in mannish) is quadropedal reanimated corpse of an anthropoid, usually a man in life, that eats carrion. Most guul are hunched and have extended coccyx, shapened nails and carnivorous teeth. Although they run on all fours, they can balance for short periods bideally, and their arms are adapted to be effective forelegs. Their claws carry a black venom that is strong enough to paralyze an adult dwarf.

Being of undead nature, most guul are missing vital organs or body parts. The average guul is missing it's stomach, spleen and the pelvis is warped to allow 90 degree movement for the hind legs in either direction. They almost always have a lacking or shrivled spleen and they are missing the black bile humour.

Algull are covered in protruding bones, similar to spines or quills and bare longer nails on their hands. They can inform other guul to change targets or tactics with their whispy, raspy wails and foul musk.

Most guul are created and reek of magic, baring the sigil of the necromancer that summoned them.

Behaviour
Guul are active at night and hunt in packs no smaller than 3.

The common guul tends to favour circling and flanking enemies, taking quick sweeps or bites. When stressed they tend act more erratic and aggressive.

Alguul tend to lurk behind the ranks of guul, and leap in at weaker enemies, preferring their claws and venom over their bite. Alguul may use their musk to keep the herd of guul in order or to keep them from fleeing a fight.

R'guul

After feeding, guul dig holes to dispose of their food- half processed and bundled in viscera, usually containg what ever the victim was wearing.

Trivia

 * Guul is a dwarvish word, ghoul is a mannish reinterprutation of the word.
 * Other terms for guul may be dybbuk (Solar Elvish), Zombie (Sabian), Necrophage (Acedemic term for "corpse-eater"), Gravier (Nattanarkian).
 * Sabian tales claim that guul prefer to eat specific organs, such as the brain, heart or lungs and may avoid the bladder and liver.
 * According to Clan Firebeard faith, the guul may eat live prey to procreate.