It is implied that Karin's Moonscorched form is inspired by the concept of guilt. Her profession profits from wartime, which could make her feel like a vulture preying on the corpses of young soldiers, a viewpoint shared by many commonfolk. However, Karin also tries to rationalize her work as a way of honoring the fallen, similar to the role of a valkyrie. As a result, her Moonscorched form could be a fusion of both the vulture and the valkyrie, reflecting her conflicting feelings about her career.
Valkyrie: “Kaaaa... Join... The flight of the valkyrie...”
Player: “You can actually talk?”
Valkyrie: “I immortalize those fallen and perished... Kaaa... They will forever live in our memories...” The valkyrie doesn't seem to react to your words in any way.
Player: “Stay back beast!”
Valkyrie: “I immortalize those fallen and perished... Kaaa... They will forever live in our memories...” The valkyrie doesn't seem to react to your words in any way.
Player: “Come an inch closer and I'll clip those wings.”
Valkyrie: “I immortalize those fallen and perished... Kaaa... They will forever live in our memories...” The valkyrie doesn't seem to react to your words in any way.
Player: Nevermind
Valkyrie: “I immortalize those fallen and perished... Kaaa... They will forever live in our memories...” The valkyrie doesn't seem to react to your words in any way.
Interactions
“The monstrosity is down...”
Action
Result
Flavour text
Use Brain flower
Failure
“The head of the creature has got hardened naturally growing armor. You cannot penetrate it and lay down your seed...”
Use Heart flower
Failure
“The head of the creature has got hardened naturally growing armor. You cannot penetrate it and lay down your seed...”
Beat it
Nothing
“The body of the valkyrie feels very muscular and tense even after its death.”
“The creature seems to have a mixture of human and bird physique. The fusion looks so perfect that you cannot tell which is the point of origin in its transformation. You suspect the creature used to a human originally, just based on the monstrosities you've seen in the area so far. Upon closer inspection, the armor on the creature looks organic. It's exoskeleton-like growth. It's very hard and sturdy.”
Valkyrie's design was initially made for VaatiVidya'sart competition with intentions of later using it in Termina development. The name of the entry was "Val'eatar".
Gallery
Gallen-Kallela painting that influenced the design of Valkyrie.
Orange's comment.
Original design that was used in VaatiVidya's art competition.
