The Wanderers

The Wanderers are the middle-stage between The Wild Ones and The Shadow Mothers.

Description
When a Wild One dies, they don't instantly become a Shadow Mother and enter the ether. There's a middle stage in the lifecycle, where they are Wanderers. Wanderers are essentially decaying corpses that wander around The Forest. They are not sentient and will gradually lose the ability to recognize people until they fully decompose and become a Shadow Mother.