Zin-carla

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In the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons and Dragons, a zin-carla, or "spirit-wraith", is a drow spell of raising and restoring a corpse and imbuing it with part of its former skills and personality, and then compelling it to perform some action. It is Lolth's ultimate blessing to a matron mother; 'zin-carla' is only granted when the result will give Lolth some kind of benefit--entertainment from watching chaos, or personal satisfaction at the destruction of the irreverent. No zin-carla had ever failed in it's mission, save one.

It was performed on Drizzt Do'Urden's father, Zaknafein, and the restored Zak was compelled to pursue his son. Though Matron Malice could compel Zaknafein to kill everything he encountered at his peak fighting skill, Zaknafein eventually struggled against her, gaining control back long enough to throw himself into a pool of acid, above which he had been fighting Drizzt.