BESTIARY · THE TIDEWRACK NARROWS

The Saltkept Dead

The barrow-interred sea-dead of the Saltsung rite, preserved upright in salt above the tide-mark — unlike the soft drowned faithful below, these reach and remember their duty.

Not drowned. Dried. The old sea-rite packed the shroud with salt and the body with intent: these were navigators and captains given to the rock, not the water, to keep their counsel. The salt cured them harder than stone and the rite bound them to the duty they swore—and they do not tire of it. They do not lurch or moan; they reach with the deliberate courtesy of a host removing a trespasser, and they remember the threshold they keep. The Hessk regard them with more respect than fear, and stay out anyway.

KIND

undead

DANGER

Tier IV

HAUNT

the Saltsung Barrow, salt-cut stone niches

Connected

The Saltsung BarrowPLACE · The saltkept dead stand upright in their burial nich…The Drowned RiteCONCEPT · The saltkept dead are the physical product of the Dr…The Kneeling DrownedFACTION · The Kneeling Drowned regard the saltkept dead as the…

Voices & Sounds

In-Game Render

The real files this entity resolves to in-game (ItemModels / IconKit / EnemyRig), read live — not a copy.

no static preview

body plan — undeadcode-built CreatureKit body plan 'undead' — procedural, no static file (see the Creature bench)

Game Data (1)

Read live off disk from data/content/*.json — the game data itself, not a copy.

data/content/enemies.json

idsaltkept_dead

nameThe Saltkept Dead

difficulty6

rankelite

familydrowned

meshundead

skeletonwarrior

tint0.56, 0.6, 0.62

health1127

damage14

speed2.9

detect_range18

on_hit_statuschilled

resist{"frost":0.6,"poison":0.9,"fire":-0.4,"divine":-0.5}

loot{"id":"saltkept_salt","name":"Saltkept Grave-Salt","rarity":"fine","value":53,"weight":0.4,"lore":"Grey salt crusted on the upright sea-dead of the Saltsung rite; it sings, very faintly, in a shell held to the ear.","type":"ingredient","effects":["restore_fatigue","damage_health","fortify_endurance"]}

kindundead

damage_elementfrost

actions{"id":"claw_grasp","damage":11.9,"attack_range":2.3,"attack_windup":0.4,"weight":3,"cooldown":1000,"postDelay":{"time":200}}, {"id":"heavy_blow","damage":19.6,"attack_range":2.4,"attack_windup":0.6,"weight":1,"cooldown":2400,"postDelay":{"time":350}}

canon_refcreature.saltkept-dead

Type Fields

kindundead

danger_tier4

habitatthe Saltsung Barrow, salt-cut stone niches

behaviorguardian; methodical and unhurried; does not pursue beyond the barrow threshold

dropssalt-preserved shroud fragment, navigator's chart-token (relic)

rankelite

All Relationships (3)

guards

→The Saltsung Barrow — The saltkept dead stand upright in their burial niches and guard the barrow against the unliving and the living alike.

references

→The Drowned Rite — The saltkept dead are the physical product of the Drowned Rite's above-tide salt-burial; they are living (dead) practice.
→The Kneeling Drowned — The Kneeling Drowned regard the saltkept dead as the honored interred of the old rite — not enemies to be fought, but presences to be respected.

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