#so now hes a wraith possessing his own reanimated corpse

[symbioticsimplicity]

I love vampire!Eddie as much as the next fantasy nerd, but I have two alternate takes on what kind of ghoul he could come back as.

The first is a banshee. A creature known for ear piercing, sorrowful wailing meant to warn others off of death and danger feels ridiculously on brand. He'd be pale and empty eyed, bound to serve a master he would despise if only he could remember himself well enough to know that. He'd be more spirit than flesh.

The second is both worse and better: A wraith.

They're a class of undead that do not sleep, or eat, or drink, they exist solely to hunt indiscriminately. They're spirits of the recently departed that cannot move on due to unfinished business, and I'll be damned if that boy didn't have some unfinished business.

Also it would be in keeping with his love of LOTR while not being a direct rip of the lore. I'd love if he were the type of wraith to retain just a glimmer of his humanity, enough that though he might harm a member of the Party, he cannot kill one. The Party immediately sees this for what it is, and come up with a plan to remind him who he is and what he really stands for.

This could lead to a touching moment with Dustin that echoes him trying to talk Eddie down from hurting Steve in the boathouse. Imagine the spectral form of Eddie flickering between this newer, more hostile form, and how he looked the last time they saw him.

Imagine a whisper of sound, softer than a breeze, "Henderson?"