Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

Start worldbuilding today with World Anvil!
Visit worldanvil.com/?c=ThoughtPotato
or use code POTATO for 51% off ALL new yearly subscriptions!

After a long hiatus from investigations of this kind, and spurred by reports of living dead in the rural regions of Scandinavia, our beloved doctor Zeiger appears to have returned.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the ‘World of Cryptobiology’ on World Anvil!
▷ World Anvil: worldanvil.com/w/the-cryptobiologist
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All characters appearing in this work are fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any human character images are AI-generated with no reference input.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The incredible artwork in this video was provided by Senrouk. Check out his work here: artstation.com/senrouk_arts
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Legend and Myth
3:44 - Background of study
6:01 - The Psychrophilic Necrovirus
7:13 - World Anvil
8:51 - Viral Entry and Spread
10:06 - Acute Phase
12:46 - Reanimation Phase
13:51 - The Draugr Transformation
21:58 - Comparison to HVV and HZV