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You are a Hellwalker, an Orc bestowed with Demonic Blood.

Hellwalking is a rite afforded to orcs who have reached a certain level of attunement. As such, all Hellwalkers are attuned. For more information on attunement in general, type 'help attuned'.

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Hellwalking is the process of taking advantage of latent demonic blood in one's veins in a vampiric manner: one augments one's own demonic blood with power stolen from demons and other eldritch beings. For reasons poorly understood, the only known species that can safely perform this process is the orcish one. Speculative theories purported to explain this include orcs being some sort of distant and diminished demonspawn, orcs bearing some special divine favour or duty, or orcish blood bearing some sort of intrinsic natural property that makes it suitable to mix with demonic one merely through some strange accident of nature.

As a Hellwalker you are afforded the same innate blood-magicks as any demon, though at a diminished rate. The rest of your powers depend upon stealing supernal energies from beings who have it, and upon making your body and spirit into an appropriate conduit for this theft. One does the latter by altering one's spirit to be like that of demons -- chaotic and unholy -- while at the same time keeping a large enough ordered and holy aspect of your spirit to keep one's demonic aspect in check and under control. One does the former by fighting and killing demons and other supernal beings with one's bare hands; the transfer of supernal energy occurs automatically under such conditions.

There are more people in the world who know how to recognize demonic blood that who know about the existence of the Hellwalkers. Even those who do know of the Hellwalkers are often ignorant or fearful of its nature, and treat any Hellwalker as a demon. Even worse, many, especially other orcs, consider the entire rite a defilement of the highest order. Those who do tend to consider Hellwalkers are worse than demons.

There is, strictly speaking, no ethic to the Hellwalkers beyond that of Attunement. But due to the extreme and potentially damning nature of Hellwalking, all Hellwalkers bring their own ethic; whatever it is that led them to becoming half-Hellspawn and to commit to an endless confrontation of beings with supernal power is typically a more exacting obession than most deities demand.

Once one has become a Hellwalker, there is no known way of going back: one is forever committed to coping with demonic blood.

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How to Join

here are several prerequisites to joining the Hellwalkers

Be an Orc
Be a member of the Attuned
- Obtain a minimum level of 75 attunement (visualize Hanoma)
Know enough Qlippotic Lore (16 is enough apparently)
Be courageous (got in with 31)
Bring the heart of a demon to Nagima
- Quasit, Oni and Zenun hearts have been proven to work.
  - You can find a couple of fairly easy Oni in the Shadow Tower in the southwest cell of the fifth floor.
  - And some fairly easy Quasits on the third floor of the Shadow Tower in the southwest cell too

NB: The process of joining deals severe damage - when I joined, I lost all of my limbs and died soon after from bleeding out. Having a friend nearby with several scrolls of limb regeneration and a decent first aid skill is recommended if you'd like to avoid the death.

You assert, o I want to become a Hellwalker o in lyrically-accented Kyotsugo.
You feel the otherworldly blood in your veins augment your body and senses.
You feel the otherworldly blood in your veins augment your speed.
You are now a first-degree specialist in Archaen, chaos affinity, qlippotic affinity, and sephirotic affinity.
You are now a second-degree specialist in goetia resistance and supernal durability.
Nagima asserts, ->) Let's get it over with then. (<- in Kyotsugo.
Nagima sits at the Organ of Asmodai, poises his hands over the keys, and begins to play.
A haunting, almost choral sound steadily rises from the pipes of the Organ of Asmodai.
You are entranced by the hellish melody.
You hear demonic whispers rise from your black blood.
The blue glyph on your throat is catabolized and is blasted.
The orange glyph on your lower abdomen is dissociated and is smitten.
The sahasrara chakra above your head is catabolized and is blasted.
The muladhara chakra between your legs is disintegrated and is damned.
The manipura chakra on your solar plexus is dissociated and is smitten.
The anahata chakra on your chest is dissociated and is smitten.
The ajna chakra on your forehead is catabolized and is blasted.
You are drained dry of blood, though you resist the attack slightly.
You have been mortally wounded and will die soon if not aided.
Your right arm is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
Your square oaken shield is torn from your grasp.
You drop your square oaken shield.
Your left arm is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
Your right hand falls off.
Your ashwood ring of flight is torn from you.
You cease to float in the air.
Your left hand falls off.
You lose your ashwood ring of flight with your left hand.
Your right leg is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
Your left leg is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
Your right foot falls off.
Your left foot falls off.
Nagima ceases playing and stands.
Nagima asserts, ->) It is done. (<- in Kyotsugo.

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Location

The Temple within Hanoma (-1, 0, 0) [ni]

Give the heart to Nagima, an orc found in the lower section of the temple. To descend you must "succumb". To exit "rebel".

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Specialty Requirements

I tried to exclude Attuned skills that may already be included. Order affinity is left on the list since it is an important affiliation skill.

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By Skill

Min Attr Skill
1   Wil  Chaos Affinity
1   Wil  Order Affinity
1   Wil  Qlippotic Affinity
1   Wil  Sephirotic Affinity
2   Con  Supernal Durability

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Bonus specialties

As a Hellwalker, you receive 2 bonus specialties to Goetia resistance and 1 to Archaen.

NB: Hellwalkers are forbidden to specialize in torture

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Damage Type

When attacking demons/monsters with Supernal Durability, the damage dealt will be henosis (qlippotic / sephirotic / chaos / order / goetia). This only works with bare hands and certain weapons (runed weapons for example). Keep in mind that this affects all unarmed maneuvers, including Chi strike and others that deal esoteric damage.

Creatures to take advantage of are:

Sinbyen posessed
Saint Paedric's Monastery acolytes/spirits/demons
Ice Wraiths in the Vargan tunnels.
Arnedio Shrine monkeys.
Balrogs
Some Dakshin under Jhan
Gogtzul
Avatar of Kali
Yog-Sothoth
Cthulhu
Tiamat

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Runed Weapons

Arldond on the 9th floor of shadow tower in the North East cell will sometimes load a runed Greataxe.
A runed greataxe can be acquired from Tommog's crew in the fancy bar in the Undercity of Leah's Hill. Be careful though as some/all of them are Attuned so prepare to be punished if you kill them with your Hellwalker.
Hellwalkers in Corna.

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Lifesave

Your veins pulse with shifting scarlet energy.

Not sure if this is actually a HW feature, it seems like it is, but is very rare if so.

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Specialty Access

Min  Max  Bon  Specialty
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     +5        Antagonism
 1   +5    1   Archaen
     +5        Axe
 1   +5        Chaos Affinity
     +5        Elder Lore
     +5        Exoma Fieldcraft
 2   +10   2   Goetia Resistance
     +5        Killer Instinct
     +5        Massive Blow
 1   --        Order Affinity
     +5        Pain Tolerance
 1   +7        Qlippotic Affinity
     +5        Qlippotic Lore
     +5        Rune Lore
     +5        Sanguiphrasty
 1   +6        Sephirotic Affinity
     +5        Sephirotic Lore
 2   +2        Supernal Durability
     +5        Tenacity
     +5        Theology
     +5        Unarmed Combat

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 deities demand.
-Once one has become a Hellwalker, there is no known way of going back:
+Once one has become a Hellwalker, there is no [[Operation Successful|known]] way of going back:
 one is forever committed to coping with demonic blood.
 *Be an [[Orc]]
 *Be a member of [[the Attuned]]
-**Obtain a minimum level of attunement (Visualize Hanoma)
+**Obtain a minimum level of 75 attunement (visualize Hanoma)
-*Know enough [[Daemonology]]
+*Know enough [[Qlippotic Lore]] (16 is enough apparently)
-*Be [[Courage|courageous]]
+*Be [[Courage|courageous]] (got in with 31)
-*<strike>Resist Chaos, Order, Unholy and Holy damage types</strike> -- Removed in [http://lostsouls.org/changelog/removed-resistance-reqs-from-hellwalker-join Change 4360]
 *Bring the heart of a demon to [[Nagima]]
+**[[Quasit]], [[Oni]] and [[Zenun]] hearts have been proven to work.
+***You can find a couple of fairly easy Oni in the [[Shadow Tower]] in the southwest cell of the fifth floor.
+***And some fairly easy Quasits on the third floor of the [[Shadow Tower]] in the southwest cell too
+NB: The process of joining deals severe damage - when I joined, I lost all of my limbs and died soon after from bleeding out. Having a friend nearby with several scrolls of limb regeneration and a decent [[first aid]] skill is recommended if you'd like to avoid the death.
+ You assert, o I want to become a Hellwalker o in lyrically-accented Kyotsugo.
+ You feel the otherworldly blood in your veins augment your body and senses.
+ You feel the otherworldly blood in your veins augment your speed.
+ You are now a first-degree specialist in Archaen, chaos affinity, qlippotic affinity, and sephirotic affinity.
+ You are now a second-degree specialist in goetia resistance and supernal durability.
+ Nagima asserts, ->) Let's get it over with then. (<- in Kyotsugo.
+ Nagima sits at the Organ of Asmodai, poises his hands over the keys, and begins to play.
+ A haunting, almost choral sound steadily rises from the pipes of the Organ of Asmodai.
+ You are entranced by the hellish melody.
+ You hear demonic whispers rise from your black blood.
+ The blue glyph on your throat is catabolized and is blasted.
+ The orange glyph on your lower abdomen is dissociated and is smitten.
+ The sahasrara chakra above your head is catabolized and is blasted.
+ The muladhara chakra between your legs is disintegrated and is damned.
+ The manipura chakra on your solar plexus is dissociated and is smitten.
+ The anahata chakra on your chest is dissociated and is smitten.
+ The ajna chakra on your forehead is catabolized and is blasted.
+ You are drained dry of blood, though you resist the attack slightly.
+ You have been mortally wounded and will die soon if not aided.
+ Your right arm is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
+ Your square oaken shield is torn from your grasp.
+ You drop your square oaken shield.
+ Your left arm is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
+ Your right hand falls off.
+ Your ashwood ring of flight is torn from you.
+ You cease to float in the air.
+ Your left hand falls off.
+ You lose your ashwood ring of flight with your left hand.
+ Your right leg is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
+ Your left leg is rendered useless by loss of vital fluids.
+ Your right foot falls off.
+ Your left foot falls off.
+ Nagima ceases playing and stands.
+ Nagima asserts, ->) It is done. (<- in Kyotsugo.
 ==Location==
 The Temple within Hanoma (-1, 0, 0) [ni]
-You will know what to do when you find the place.
+Give the heart to Nagima, an orc found in the lower section of the temple.
+To descend you must "succumb".
+To exit "rebel".
 ==Specialty Requirements==
  Min Attr Skill
 Wil  [[Chaos Affinity]]
-Int  [[Daemonology]]
+Wil  [[Order Affinity]]
-Int  [[Elder Lore]]
+Wil  [[Qlippotic Affinity]]
-Wil  [[Holy purity]]
+Wil  [[Sephirotic Affinity]]
-Wil  [[Order affinity]]
+Con  [[Supernal Durability]]
-Int  [[Rune Lore]]
-Int  [[Sanguimancy]]
+===Bonus specialties===
-Con  [[Supernal durability]]
+As a Hellwalker, you receive 2 bonus specialties to Goetia resistance and 1 to Archaen.
-Wil  [[Unholy Taint]]
-===By Attribute===
+NB: Hellwalkers are forbidden to specialize in [[torture]]
- Attr Amount
- Con  2
+===Damage Type===
- Wil  4
+When attacking demons/monsters with Supernal Durability, the damage dealt will be henosis (qlippotic / sephirotic / chaos / order / goetia). This only works with bare hands and certain weapons (runed weapons for example). Keep in mind that this affects all unarmed maneuvers, including Chi strike and others that deal esoteric damage.
- Int  4
+Creatures to take advantage of are:
+*[[Sinbyen]] posessed
+*[[Saint Paedric's Monastery]] acolytes/spirits/demons
+*Ice Wraiths in the [[Vargan]] tunnels.
+*[[Arnedio Shrine]] monkeys.
+*[[Balrog|Balrogs]]
+*Some [[Dakshin]] under [[Jhan]]
+*Gogtzul
+*[[Avatar of Kali]]
+*[[Yog-Sothoth]]
+*[[Cthulhu]]
+*[[Tiamat]]
+===Runed Weapons===
+*Arldond on the 9th floor of shadow tower in the North East cell will sometimes load a runed Greataxe.
+*A runed greataxe can be acquired from Tommog's crew in the fancy bar in the Undercity of [[Leah's Hill]]. Be careful though as some/all of them are Attuned so prepare to be punished if you kill them with your Hellwalker.
+*Hellwalkers in [[Corna]].
+===Lifesave===
+ Your veins pulse with shifting scarlet energy.
+*Not sure if this is actually a HW feature, it seems like it is, but is very rare if so.
+===Specialty Access===
+ Min  Max  Bon  Specialty
+ ------------------------
+      +5        [[Antagonism]]
++5    1   [[Archaen]]
+      +5        [[Axe]]
++5        [[Chaos Affinity]]
+      +5        [[Elder Lore]]
+      +5        [[Exoma Fieldcraft]]
++10   2   [[Goetia Resistance]]
+      +5        [[Killer Instinct]]
+      +5        [[Massive Blow]]
+--        [[Order Affinity]]
+      +5        [[Pain Tolerance]]
++7        [[Qlippotic Affinity]]
+      +5        [[Qlippotic Lore]]
+      +5        [[Rune Lore]]
+      +5        [[Sanguiphrasty]]
++6        [[Sephirotic Affinity]]
+      +5        [[Sephirotic Lore]]
++2        [[Supernal Durability]]
+      +5        [[Tenacity]]
+      +5        [[Theology]]
+      +5        [[Unarmed Combat]]
 [[Category: Affiliations]]
 [[Category: Associations]]
-[[Category:Atheist (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Atheist (affiliation types)]]
-[[Category:Initiate (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Conspecific (affiliation types)]]
-[[Category:Outlaw (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Initiate (affiliation types)]]
-[[Category:Wanderer (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Ordered (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Outlaw (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Pariah (affiliation types)]]
+[[Category: Wanderer (affiliation types)]]