One thing worth noting, despite their portrayal as evil in many modern, the Chthonic (underworld) deities of Greek Mythology likely all fall in the Neutral scale of the alignment. In Greek myths, Chthonic deities represented an inevitability - death was an absolute certainty that would take everyone, and the deities represent that. Hades, for example, is hardly the cartoonish villain of Disney--the myth of the abduction of Persephone is not a great look, but it is worth noting other myths describe Hades and Persephone as ruling as equals, with Hades also appearing far more loyal to his wife than his two brothers. Otherwise, Hades' role tends to be one of order and a strict adherence to the rules of life and death--take, for example, the Orpheus Myth, where his one condition for freeing Eurydice is that Orpheus cannot look at her while she is still in a state of death. Based on the Orpheus myth, you could probably build some "Hades does not want death and life to mix" lore that satisfies your first question.
If you are looking for some evil-aligned characters, you are going to want to look at those imprisoned in Tartarus - your titans, various kings and other figures who are being punished for some truly awful crimes. They are not technically death deities themselves--but they do fall within the realm of the Underworld and likely will work.
First and foremost: What Greek Death Deity would find the undead to be a crime against the natural order of life and death?
Next: What alignments would the deific residents of the Greek Underworld be?
Few notes on this, if you are looking for official D&D Lore on the deities, all the Greek gods are technically in the lore. As are all the Egyptian ones and Most gods from human history.. minus the gods that count as active and large populations who can hurt sales if their god was done dirty in D&D. So No Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu gods.
However if you are making a homebrew setting, you can just take your ideas and name them based on who you think works best. ie your description is the Raven Queen but you might want to call her Persephone - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/pərˈsɛfəniː/pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, Persephónē), also called Kore (/ˈkɔːriː/KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, Kórē, 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld, who would later also take her into marriage.
Melinoe was the daughter of Hades and Goddess of the Restless Dead, Makaria is her twin and Goddess of Blessed Death. Their older brother Zagreus was the Prince of the Underworld. All three are also rumored to have been the children of Zeus by Persephone not Zeus.
So Makaria might be the answer to your question. Hades himself would likely have found the undead to be an affront to his power.
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For a campaign I'm creating:
First and foremost: What Greek Death Deity would find the undead to be a crime against the natural order of life and death?
Next: What alignments would the deific residents of the Greek Underworld be?
One thing worth noting, despite their portrayal as evil in many modern, the Chthonic (underworld) deities of Greek Mythology likely all fall in the Neutral scale of the alignment. In Greek myths, Chthonic deities represented an inevitability - death was an absolute certainty that would take everyone, and the deities represent that. Hades, for example, is hardly the cartoonish villain of Disney--the myth of the abduction of Persephone is not a great look, but it is worth noting other myths describe Hades and Persephone as ruling as equals, with Hades also appearing far more loyal to his wife than his two brothers. Otherwise, Hades' role tends to be one of order and a strict adherence to the rules of life and death--take, for example, the Orpheus Myth, where his one condition for freeing Eurydice is that Orpheus cannot look at her while she is still in a state of death. Based on the Orpheus myth, you could probably build some "Hades does not want death and life to mix" lore that satisfies your first question.
If you are looking for some evil-aligned characters, you are going to want to look at those imprisoned in Tartarus - your titans, various kings and other figures who are being punished for some truly awful crimes. They are not technically death deities themselves--but they do fall within the realm of the Underworld and likely will work.
Few notes on this, if you are looking for official D&D Lore on the deities, all the Greek gods are technically in the lore. As are all the Egyptian ones and Most gods from human history.. minus the gods that count as active and large populations who can hurt sales if their god was done dirty in D&D. So No Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu gods.
However to find info on them you will have to read 1st, 2nd, and 3rd era books or find entries in wikis. ie: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Deities_and_Demigods and https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Olympian_pantheon
However if you are making a homebrew setting, you can just take your ideas and name them based on who you think works best. ie your description is the Raven Queen but you might want to call her Persephone - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
1: Zeus. He is the god of order and hates his brother hades, king of the dead
2. I did not understand the last one
Melinoe was the daughter of Hades and Goddess of the Restless Dead, Makaria is her twin and Goddess of Blessed Death. Their older brother Zagreus was the Prince of the Underworld. All three are also rumored to have been the children of Zeus by Persephone not Zeus.
So Makaria might be the answer to your question. Hades himself would likely have found the undead to be an affront to his power.