Zombie Apocalypse

Since the Mage Wars, there have been twelve major zombie apocalie recorded throughout the Known Worlds. These are of course all caused by Necromancy, and are one of the major factors leading up to the Necromanic Wars; though it is important to note that Necromancers have never been directly and malicously responsible for a zombie apocalypse. At best their involvement could be considered "criminal negligence" - though given the losses of life sometimes involved this is quite bad.

Known Worlds Zombie Event Scale

In A.Y. 1484, Pendragon Genghis Sater ordered the creation of the Known Worlds Zombie Event Scale. This classification system was invented to measure and quantify the effect of necromancy on the common peoples. It was also helpful when dealing with the backlash against the Necromancer community.

A number of criteria and indicators are defined to assure coherent reporting of zombie events by different official authorities. There are seven nonzero levels on the KWZES scale: three incident-levels and four Apocalypse-levels. There is also a level 0.

The level on the scale is determined by the highest of three scores: off-site effects, on-site effects, and defense in depth degradation.

Level	Classification	Description	Examples
7	Major Apocalypse	Description	Examples
6	Serious Apocalypse	Description	Examples
5	Apocalypse with Wider Consequences	Description	Examples
4	Apocalypse with Local Consequences	Description	Examples
3	Serious Incident	Description	Examples
2	Incident	Description	Examples
1	Anomaly	Description	Examples
0	Deviation	No safety significance. A minor deviation from expected behavior of the undead, such as a misstep or a sneeze	Examples