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. Fire is a way of killing it and prevent its regeneration.
Lights Going Out[]
Walktapi appear for the first time in Lights Going Out.
Your explorers may encounter walktapi while out on a mission.
Exploration[]
When conducting a Scour for Chaos venture, your lead noble may report the following incident:
| “ | <Leader> spent many weeks searching for signs of Chaos. <He/She> got a hunch and rode to a small ravine. The Storm Bull Token began a low growl. A walktapus let out a dense black cloud and tried to escape, but <Leader> charged unerringly through the cloud and struck it down. <His/Her> followers sliced the walktapus to bits and burned it, to make sure it wouldn't regrow itself. | ” |
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | ||
The power of Chaos i the Black Eel Valley is subsequently lessened.
Events[]
The event Walktapus Citadel Attack is centered on a walktapus loose in Berenstead.
A particular Heroic Combat: Skull Clan encounter with an unnamed tentacled and legged creature is very likely a Walktapus.
Walktapi can also appear in the event Chaos Raid.
They also factor into one ending: Loss: Last Stand.
Lore[]
About walktapi, your clan ring has the following to say:
- "A walktapus can squeeze through a hole smaller than a spear haft and is surprisingly fleet. We'll never find it."
- "A walktapus can use its tentacles to fight four enemies at once, or squirt a cloud of poison gas."
- "Eight arms plus two arms equals eight weapons."
- "If you cut a walktapus in two, an hour later you will have two walktapi."
- "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."
- "Walktapi eat the babies of humans and spirits."
- "Walktapi generate their wounds, right?"
Other Stories[]
For more on walktapi, see the Glorantha wiki article here or the King of Dragon Pass wiki here.
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