Gaki

Gaki are undead creatures which appear in Wyrd Games’ Malifaux universe.

Description
The restless spirits of those possessed of an incurable jealousy or greed in their mortal days, Gaki manifest as small humanoids clad in tattered rags who roam the badlands of Malifaux. There, they spend their time trying to fill the ache in their souls left over from their mortal days by consuming as much as they can. A Gaki is capable of expanding its toothy maw - which occupies its entire face - up to three times its regular size in order to consume a victim, and what it consumes matters little: as long as it is - or at least was -sentient and moving, a Gaki will try to eat it. Pack hunters by nature, groups of these undead wretches are capable of bringing down prey many times their own size when in groups and, if no other meal presents itself, are not above indulging in cannibalism.

Gaki are unusual spirits in that they are not incorporeal creatures; they are as susceptible to physical weapons as any other creature of the wild. Indeed, a Gaki which has recently gorged itself on living flesh will be a bloated, slow-moving target, and an easy victim for those trying to rid their territory of such a blight.