i’m trying to get unstuck from my recent creative funk

so, here’s my newest concept
twig zombies
essentially, the concept these infected were based around was norse mythology and some verse in corinthians
the reason they’re called draugr is cause in norse myth, draugr were soldiers who died in battle, but when the valkyiries attempted to take them to valallah they were too stubborn and stayed on the mortal plane, left as wandering souls simply looking for a fight. and in the bible there’s some verse about the dead being raised imperishable
so, the infected are immortal, in some sense
how?
the infection regrow a woodlike structure to replace injured or destroyed tissue, so after 25 years of battles, injuries and decay they eventually become nothing but wood, turning into what I like to call twigs
they’re incredibly strong despite how thin they are, and are incredibly sensitive to sound. their immortality can be ended permanently with a headshot, thankfully

in a nutshell: heh heh funny wooden zombie