Dracolich

Draolich are dragons who have chosen the path of the lich. Dracoliches are supremely powerful undead, as they retain all of their dragonoid powers coupled with the benefits of being a lich. While dragons retain their identity and sense-of-self, they are often viewed with hatred by the other dragonflights, and hunted down as abominations by mortals. As a result, dracoliches tend to hold resentment for outsiders and ally themselves with other undead.

Overview
Dracoliches are supremely powerful individuals. The knowledge bestowed unto them by the titans when coupled with necromancy, produces staggering results. A single dracolich is capable of managing an entire world of undead, with a psychic reach that, with training, can extend beyond the surface of a planet into other realms.

Dragons were built with an innate sense to nurture lesser species. An instinct that carries over into lichdom. Dracoliches tend to view their undead minions as children to be guided, rather than mindless slaves to be used and discarded. They often pursue research into undeath in an attempt to free undead from their mindless state, and create an independent 'undead nation'; unable to be cowed and controlled by necromancers.

Dracoliches act as psychic beacons for the undead, drawing them like moths to flame. While dracoliches can prove to be powerful allies, earning their allegiance is next to impossible as a mortal. Oftentimes, a dracolich will meet outsiders with hostility as a means of self defense. Whether justified or not.

Despite their power, dracoliches are extremely rare. Many dragons view lichdom as unnecessary, as the power granted to them by the titans is more than enough. They are effectively immortal; immune to age, disease, poison, and mundane weaponry. Still, dracoliches cite the imperfect immortality of the dragons as inferior to the pure immortality given to them by becoming a lich.