Miner Spectre

Miner Spectre is a spectral enemy encountered in Fear & Hunger.

Location
The Miner Spectres can be found roaming around in Level 6 Mines, particularly in the narrow hallways of the caved-in area leading up to the location where Le'Garde is found. If they spot the player, they will slowly chase him, making this a very difficult to avoid encounter, as the narrowness of the location and the way they're spread across makes it very difficult to avoid them.

One Miner Spectre can be found in the Level 3 Basement, behind a locked door leading to the Level 3 Silent Corridor. If one grabs the Bone Shears weapon out of the decapitated corpse at the end of the corridor, a howling-like scream will be heard and the spectre will appear from behind bars, chasing the player at high speed, as if the spirit of the corpse is angry at the defilement the player just put them through.

Lore
"'Those ghastly figures are but echoes of the people that dwelled those dungeons before. Many of them saw end when the current reign in the dungeons ended just a brief time ago.' - The New Gods, when asked by the Miner Spectres."The poor souls have died within the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger. Considering that they are mostly found within the Level 6 Mines, they have most likely died from cave ins or from mining accidents, as seen by the Mines being abandoned and there are many ruined mine cart tracks and pathways. Taking into account what the New Gods said about them, there might have been a civilization of humans that lived within the Dungeons. Or perhaps the Miner Spectres are ghosts of cavedwellers that died, since the cavedwellers lived nearby and are humanoid in appearance.

They have never found respite and have many regrets they have yet to come to peace and terms with, and so they wander the Mines, attacking anything living with a mindless attempt to suck away any life essence they have within them.

Strategy
Spectres are a spectral enemy (like the Assassin Spectre and the Spectre Knight), which means they cannot be harmed by physical attacks, only magic or cursed weaponry. If one lacks both, they must avoid the spectres at all cost, as they can stall the player, making them unable to escape.

It has higher HP than one would expect, and it usually takes at least two spells/attacks to take it down. It uses the unique attack "Ruin", which does not damage the affected party member, but instead lowers their mind and causes their portrait (found in the pause menu) to be visibly unnaturally wretched and old. This effect will intensify if the spectre attacks the same character again, and will kill them of a heart attack if attacked the third time. Spectres disappear upon death, not dropping anything.