Valteil

Valteil, the Enlighted One, is a New God and major boss in Fear & Hunger.

Location & Behavior
He resides in the deepest part of the grand libraries, behind the doors of the mannequin puzzle. When the player walks within the room where he resides, Valteil will be standing at the edge of a giant library shelf. After a short period, he will jump down. Should the player follow him all the way down, the fight will begin.

He shows himself as a large pale head with an exposed brain. He has a third eye that will slowly grow from the middle of his brain during combat, acquiring the shape of an erect penis.

Lore
Valteil is an extremely knowledgeable New God that spent his life in studies, obsessed with the idea of creation of artificial life - he believes this to be the key to true godhood and would close the gap between the new gods and the old gods.

His aim is to create a working class being, similar to the clay figurines in Ma'habre, who are seemingly eternal beings. However, because he didn't like the idea that his creations could eventually outlive him, he decided to create artificial life from flesh to limit their lifespan. He ended up creating the Lord of the Flies and also a mechanical lifeform named Uterus for his past-time pleasure.

He possesses the enlightened soul, one of the three souls required to enter the Temple of the Gods.

If Nas'hrah is in the party, he will have a special interaction with Valteil, showing his usual disrespect to him.

Later, after being defeated in combat, players can return to the library to discover Valteil has hung himself. If Nas'Hrah is in the player's party, they will comment that Valteil deserves what he got and suggests he was a pedophile.

Strategy
Every turn, both sides of Valteil's brain will either spend the turn thinking, or attack the party. It is important to focus on the left brain (right side) first, as this is the main damage source - the "creative" section that casts spells, such as Hurting (capable of destroying limbs) and Black orb. His right brain (left side) only uses Headbutt, which afflicts the whole party, but with relatively low damage. The head should be targeted last, as it will become completely harmless once both sides of the brain are killed.

The third eye only attacks when fully formed (4 turns) and has the smallest amount of HP from all the body parts, so it doesn't have to be the main priority. When fully formed however, it will cast Whispers of Gro-goroth, a unique spell that makes the target more vulnerable to spells and begins a death timer, which will kill the character in a few turns.

The Player can deal with the encounter in different ways.

The god responds well to physical damage and is very weak to poison and burning, as his parts have low defense.

The player can talk with the God, which will make him communicate a question to the player - mostly concerning Fear & Hunger lore and information found within the books in the game. If answered correctly, all his body parts will recieve 500 damage. Answering incorrectly doesn't cause anything. This doesn't work during extra turns.

Valteil carries 2 Soul stones, which can be obtained via Stealing.

Questions & Answers

 * "The original god of destruction... One of whom is the very prime ingredient for existence... Like shadow to light... Who is his counter-part?" [ Sylvian ]


 * "Among us... the new gods... I am Valteil to the enlightenment as Francóis is to the domination. Who is torment...?" [ Chambara ]
 * "We, the new gods... While still walking among men...Our fellowship, when did we embark on our journey to ascension?" [ In the year 809 ]


 * "As Valteil the enlightened one... Who preceded me here at the grand libraries?" [ Nas'Hrah ]
 * "Alll-mer the ascended one... The last of the older gods. What year marks the birth of his new self?" [ Year 0 ]
 * "The character who walks among men... Called the Pocketcat. Is he the servant of which older god?" [ The Trickster moon god ]
 * "The dark continent.... whence the darkness slowly leaks to the western world... Where the day only shines..... eternal darkness and grey gloom.... What is it called among the people of Europa?" [ Vinland ]
 * "Rher the god from the unknown beyond the blue skies... He has an effect to feeble humans, what is it called?" [ It's called moonlight cancer. ]