 Once the Practical Incarnation had recruited Xachariah, he got him drunk and forced him to sign a Death Contract with the Dustmen, which would mean that when he eventually died, he would be condemned to a lifetime of servitude as a zombie.Xachariah traveled with the Nameless One to the Fortress of Regrets, and was mortally wounded there.He took to drinking and died of his wounds soon after and, because of his contract, was assigned to Mortuary work as a zombie.