When a sentient Living dies within IDET, it becomes either a Ghost or an Undead.
What they share in common is the absence of life force — in its place, they possess Ghostly Power — and through some means, they are transported to and reside in a place called Enendepete. With the exception of Naturers, their existence cannot be perceived by others. (※ Ghostly Power refers to a special power that only the dead can possess.)
Both share a near-total absence of desire and craving. In particular, they have no trace of the urges for sleep, food, or reproduction that any Living would normally feel, and they display emotional stability with little mental agitation. They operate under the jurisdiction of the God of Death, and only a small number of individuals with especially distinct characteristics are ever granted positions of significant authority.
👻GHOST
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Ghosts are a species formed when the soul that has departed from a deceased Living's body establishes itself as an independent entity.
Because Ghosts have no physical body, they float freely and can pass through all physical objects, and can only make contact with Naturers or things that possess Ghostly Power. Most of them appear as they did in life — though at exactly which point in their life they appear is not always certain. Some individuals have a ghost tail in place of a lower body, and others have legs that fade out, leaving their feet invisible. They are almost always airborne.
The souls of the newly deceased, as well as the Ghosts commonly seen in Enendepete, exist in a state called "Ghostly Essence." Ghostly Essence takes the form of a small, white, opaque sphere with a ghost tail attached, and is always floating. (The small soul seen beside the character in the image above is a Ghostly Essence.) Ghosts residing in Enendepete find the Ghostly Essence state to be comfortable, and are able to shift between their living appearance and their Ghostly Essence state at will.
🧟UNDEAD
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Undead are corpses in which Ghostly Power has taken root.
Because they possess a physically present body, they are capable of making contact with all physical objects, and simultaneously, because they also possess Ghostly Power, they are capable of making contact with Ghosts as well.
An Undead comes into being when, for some reason, a soul fails to depart from a corpse left outside of Enendepete — causing the corpse itself to be transported to and appear within Enendepete. As a result, their appearance in most cases reflects the state of their body after death. Undead are also notably characterized by very low intelligence, and the majority are entirely incapable of coherent speech.