The Curse '''Plague zombies''' are victims of Unbelief has appeared in a virulent and deadly infection known as the underhives of '''''"[[NecromundaZombie Plague]] and in [[Chaos]]-influenced regions "''''' or the '''''"Curse of the [[Segmentum Obscurus]]. It is a spiritual as much as physical contagionUnbelief"''''', afflicting those lacking in utter faith. The disease which is one of the multitudes of foul contagions spread by the plague fleets of Nurgle; most notably the warships minions of the warlord Plague God [[TyphusNurgle]]. Not only do the afflicted die as the result of the disease but they return as undead, mindlessly devoted to adding their former comrades-in-arms to their number.

==Overview==The Zombie Plague is one of the multitudes of foul contagions spread by the plague fleets of Nurgle; most notably by the warships of the warlord [[Typhus]]³. The disease is a spiritual contagion as much as physical one - afflicting those lacking in utter faith. Plague zombies act very much like the archetypal zombies in films of today, - mindless, shambling and cannibalistic. The main thing about plague zombies (and zombies in general) is that ; they are hard to kill and generally require an accurate shot to the head to kill them.It has been observed that some [[Psyker]]s appear to be able to control the actions of the zombie hordes.¹

'''''"You probably keep killing the same one",'''''Throne, don't they ever stop?' gasped replied [[Tarik TorgaddonGarviel Loken|TorgaddonLoken]]. ' I must have killed a hundred or more of '' '''''"If you don't destroy the damned thingshead, they get back up again."'''''|}

''You probably keep killing ===Necromunda===The "Curse of Unbelief" is known to be rife in the underhives of the sprawling [[Hive World]] [[Necromunda]].⁵ The [[Rogue Psyker]] and [[Heretic]] [[Karloth Valois]] is known to have been able to exert control over those afflicted with the curse.² ===Siege of Vraks===Hordes of plague zombies were seen during the conflict on [[Vraks]] - the same one", replied [[Garviel Loken|LokenDeath Guard]], 'If you don't destroy sub-faction the head, they get back up again[[Apostles of Contagion]] are thought to be responsible for these outbreaks.''"¹ ===Thirteenth Black Crusade===The Death Guard champion Typus is known to have unleashed hordes of plague zombies during this conflict.³

*¹: [[Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three]] pg. 142 *²: Necromunda: Outlanders Rulebook p 81, 82*³: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=cat440347a&aId=3400020*⁴:[[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] by [[Graham McNeill]], p. 149*⁵: [[WD198|White Dwarf 198]]