Valteil

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

Lore
Valteil is a member of the Fellowship alongside Francóis, Nilvan, the Tormented One, and the Forgotten One that sought out to become one of the new gods. Said Fellowship embarked on their journey in the year 809. They entered Ma'habre and ascended to become New Gods. Valteil became 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.

Specifically, Valteil aimed to create laboring beings to serve him, similar to the immortal clay figurines of Ma'habre. Based on these figurines, Valteil creates the Uteruses, mechanical lifeforms resembling pregnant women, for his personal pleasure. However, Valteil disliked the idea of his creations outliving him and decided to create beings out of living flesh with a limited lifespan. His research resulted in the creation of the Lords of the Flies, which roamed the deserted streets of Ma'habre in the sixteenth century.

Valteil possesses the enlightened soul, one of the three souls required to enter the Temple of the Gods. After being defeated in combat, Valteil hanged himself. Nas'hrah, who deeply hates Valteil, comments that the new god deserves what he got and suggests he was a pedophile. He can be seen in the hall of New Gods with other inactive entities, meaning his reign indeed has come to an end.

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.

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 right brain (left 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 left brain (right 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 receive 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. ]