Zombies are the various Slugterrans who have been hypnotized by any wielder of a Cryptogrif, like Mr. Saturday, to do his or her bidding.
Biology[]
Contrary to what the name suggests, they are not undead, but are normal people under the Cryptogriff spell. If someone has been hypnotized by a Cryptogriff Slug, their skin turns a green-white tone and their eyes become red, matching the colour and pattern of the Cryptogriff'. They lose their ability to speak, only making an eerie groaning noise similar to that of the undead. The biology of the hypnotized person will imitate the person before he or she was hypnotized. For example, a hypnotized strong person will create a strong zombie; a weak person will create a weak zombie; a fast person will create a fast zombie; a slow person will create a slow zombie and so forth. Being hypnotized seems to imply any one or thing that has the ability to reason can be hypnotized.
Behaviour[]
When someone becomes hypnotized they lose their free will and become a servant to the hypnotist. The Zombies never talk, just groan and when they move, they walk around in a stiff fashion but when acting on an order or fighting non-zombies they spring to life with great speed and strength, though they are still generally mindless. They have enough intelligence to understand orders. An example of this was when Mr. Saturday told them to get him more cushions and drinks, they knew what he was talking about, possibly through the connection between Mr. Saturday and his Cryptogriff, and the one between the Slug and the hypnotized people.
The only known way to free the hypnotized victims is to reverse the ghouling process on the Cryptogriff Slug, turning it back into a Hypnogrif, or, in Mr. Saturday's case, as he channels the process through his Control Staff/Blaster, make the Control Staff/Blaster's barrel spin in the opposite diction it is supposed to spin in, which can be achieved through the use of a Tormato Slug.
After being freed, hypnotized individuals do not remember anything that happened while they were under the spell of the Cryptogriff.
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