The Laboratory Lich began as Dr. Alistair Finch, a brilliant but unethical researcher obsessed with cheating death through an experimental serum. The serum triggered catastrophic cellular decay, preserving his consciousness while his body rotted into a toxic undead state, eternally binding him to the laboratory's failing infrastructure.

Laboratory Lich appears as a skeletal figure in a tattered lab coat, with glowing green eyes that pulse with malevolent intelligence. His touch causes rapid decomposition in organic matter, and he can manipulate electrical systems to induce surges and failures. He is immune to conventional weapons, only vulnerable to extreme purification, and his presence induces dread and confusion in those nearby.

The Laboratory Lich acts as a puppeteer of the contamination, directing the spread of toxic materials and coordinating the attacks of other experiments to transform the forest into his undead kingdom.