A walktapus loose in Berenstead.
A walktapus is a Chaos creature with a bulging, tentacled head—much like that of an octopus—and the body of a human. The plural word for walktapus is walktapi. They eat human beings and spirits alike.
Walktapi are indomitable creatures. With eight arms, they can keep four human warriors at bay, they can squirt poison gas, and regenerate the extent that cutting one in two may eventually yield you two walktapi. Despite this, they are surprisingly nimble and difficult to hunt. They can skitter and climb on both walls and roofs and can squeeze through tight spaces.
Lights Going Out[]
Walktapi appear for the first time in Lights Going Out.
Your explorers may encounter walktapi while out on a mission.
Lore[]
About walktapi, your clan ring has the following to say:
- "If you cut a walktapus in two, an hour later you will have two walktapi."
- "A walktapus can use its tentacles to fight four enemies at once, or squirt a cloud of poison gas."
- "A walktapus can squeeze through a hole smaller than a spear haft and is surprisingly fleet. We'll never find it."
- "Walktapi generate their wounds, right?"
- "Walktapi eat the babies of humans and spirits."
- "Orlanth did not know what to make of Urox, until Storm Bull killed a walktapus for him."
- "The creature will be hard to find, and formidable if caught."
- "Eight arms plus two arms equals eight weapons."
Events[]
The event Walktapus Citadel Attack is centered on a walktapus loose in Berenstead.
Walktapi can also appear in the event Chaos Raid.
They also factor into one ending: Loss: Last Stand.
Other Stories[]
For more on walktapi, see the Glorantha wiki article here or the King of Dragon Pass wiki here.
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