Originally posted by us271934:

Excerpt from the runestone: "But pride cannot be killed entirely and the warriors who fought in that final battle will not surrender until their bodies are dust and the dust long gone. They return as Draugr, unholy walkers in ancient armour, creatures of rust and despair. Break them, bury them, let them know they are dead."

See? Right there it calls them "walkers", not "sprinters", and certainly not sprinters that enjoy some strange physical advantage that manages to elude many of the land-based creatures in the game.

Originally posted by us271934:

People's viewpoint may vary but I don't see much similarity between them and boars, deer or dwarfs.

Well, I'm not arguing that the creatures are visually similar at all; I'm arguing that there's an environmental inconsistency that I, personally, find tiresome.

~People look like people, and they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Boars don't look like people, but they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Deer don't look like people, but they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Dwarfs don't look like people, but they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Wolves don't look like people, but they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Fulings don't look like people, but they walk slowly in higher water, and they swim in deep water.

~Draugrs look more like former people than they look like boars, deer, dwarfs, Fulings, or wolves, but they don't do any of those things.

Originally posted by us271934:

For me (still in Bronze Age & dabbling around the edges of the Swamp) there is value in having to compete against the op nature of undead warriors, leeches and blobs. The Meadows and Black Forest appear to be basic training for the most part now that I've entered the transition to the next biome. I wouldn't doubt that eventually I'll shift my view and see things that were once challenges to my skill transform into challenges to my patience.

Agreed.