Lifeless

Lifeless are a specific type of awakened creature from Warbreaker. When an awakener infuses a skeleton of a living being (preferably a human) with a breath, as well as with a specific mixture of alcohol, that creature then becomes animate without becoming fully alive. This creature is then able to follow specific commands much like any other awakened creation. Lifeless are useful due to the fact that they do not feel pain as soldiers and require very little maintenance. Furthermore, the Lifeless retains a measure of the skill that it possessed when alive, thus making it exceedingly economical to reuse one's dead soldiers as lifeless, thus saving money on training costs as well as upkeep.