Flowery Nonsense

Creature: Soloist

"It is said that when the great minstrel Taeleya Hinszin passed, her soul became bound to her instrument, and she became a soloist for eternity. Her music can still be heard in her manse, echoing forever between empty walls: a song of death, and mourning of her own lifetime as one of the most influential musicians of her era."

Bardic remains. A soloist is born when a great musician passes into the afterlife, but their soul hangs on. Usually the object of their desire to stay is their instrument, which becomes imbued with their own undead energy, and begins playing again when the soul has finally found its resting place in the plane of the living. The undead spirit bound to the instrument is usually benign, only wishing to spend the rest of eternity playing its music, but the tune they play is so hauntingly beautiful that it can have a malignant effect on the living people that surround it. Those who hear a soloist's ghostly music are caught in a stupor and lose control over their bodies.

Malignant minstrels. Those bards or minstrels that chose a darker path in life, seeking fame for money or treating those around them with condescension and disdain, may become malignant soloists upon death. Their spirits are corrupted by greed or pride, and will use their music to lure unsuspecting victims to them, where they will make them serve the soloist for the rest of their lives.

Undead nature. A soloist doesn't need air, food, drink, or sleep.