Ghoul

Sounds can be heard in darkness, the sound of flesh being torn from bone, the scratching of blood soaked claws against the stone walls and broken bones, the dripping of drool and blood as an blood covered mouth rips, tears and devours the flesh. A unholy shriek echoing against the pitiless cyclopean stones is you only warring as a pale skinned undead giant step into the light and then it is already too late.

It's hard to believe this creature was once human. The Ghoul haunts the ruined halls of the Ruins, the sludge filled tunnels of the Warrens, the twisted paths of the Weald, the dark and dank cavernous holes of the Cove and other places rich with the carrion it hunger for. This terrible creature lurk wherever the stench of death hangs heavy, ready to devour any unwary adventurers.

Ghouls are said to be created upon the death of a living man or woman who savored the taste of the flesh of people, some believe that anyone of exceptional debauchery and wickedness runs the risks of becoming a ghoul, and some say that anyone bitten by a Ghoul are inflicted with a disease called Ghoul Fever and shall become a Ghoul upon their death. These assertions may or may not be true, as the progress of ghoulification is a mystery, but it is clear that the Ancestor’s unholy experiments with necromancy has something to do with it. Whatever causes the transformation from human into a fell thing of the night it warps the body and mind, making once good men or women into cunning and feral creatures with a taste for human flesh.

Behavior
Flesh-eating undead who can be found in Veteran or Champion-level dungeons, Ghouls are often accompanied by Gargoyles, Maggots or Cultists. They have fairly high protection and hitpoints, and can cause bleed and stun along with respectable health and stress damage - not a foe to be underestimated. In particular, watch out for their "Howl" ability, which causes stress to the entire formation, drops the light level, and has a chance of inflicting The Worries on anyone they hit.

Ghouls' resistances are relatively low - try to stun them on the first round while you eliminate their allies, then focus fire on the Ghoul to kill it as quickly as possible. Unlike other unholy opponents, they're also vulnerable to bleed, and stacking it on them will help end the fight that much faster.

Abilities
This enemy does not have an apprentice level

Trivia
When the game was originally released the Ghoul's Rend caused Bleed, while Slavering Ghoul and Insatiable Ghoul's caused Blight.