Channeler

Channeler
Tier	1
Total Rice	30
Total Water	50
Total Training Time	35
Hitpoints	180
Melee	Piercing
Missile/Ranged	Piercing
Strengths	Fire (-75%)
Weaknesses	None
Prerequisite	Lotus Peasant trains at Aviary.
Passive	Healing: The Channeler uses ravens, instead of stamina, in granting health to allies.

Secrets beyond both Gods and men are mine to keep; from my lips, they shall never take flight.

— Channeler

The Channeler is a unit of the Lotus Clan.

Overview

The channeler is an anomaly among the Lotus. By the laws of the Forbidden Path, Channelers are the only women allowed to rise beyond the ranks of the peasantry. Their studies are not the Path at all, but rather an even more ancient and secretive religion passed down from mother to daughter. Only those who devote themselves irrevocably to this religion could ever learn its true nature, and the elder practitioners of the Forbidden Path - even the awful Lord Zymeth - know better than to prey into its riddles, which is far older than the Lotus Clan itself.

Of all the Lotus adepts, only the Channeler is able to truly mend the wounds of another. She is bonded to three raven familiars, but must snap the brittle neck of one of them in order to fuel her dark spells of regeneration. A sibling from the aviary eventually replaces the sacrificed raven, but there is invariable a period of mourning before this happens. Despite this, a Channeler's ravens will fight for her if she must stand to battle.

Trivia

• This is the only trained unit that doesn’t acquire any Battle Gears.
• This is also the only healer that runs to heal allies, unlike Geisha and Fan Geisha who walk to heal their allies (unless manually ordered to run).
• Another Channeler's feature is not using stamina for healing, instead she uses ravens for that, as long as they are spawned.
• The Channeler is one of the three Lotus rangers whose damage is situational. The more ravens the Channeler has when she attacks, the more damage the attack would inflict.

Gallery

Channeler Concept Art

The early concept of Channeler which may be seen during the orginal WOTW installation.

Quotes (Move)

• "With the wind"
• "My pets will follow"
• "Feathers of the Wind!"
• "I fly"
• "We're moving"
• "We go!"

Quotes (Attack)

• "Wings take flight!!!"
• "Beaks of fury!!!"
• "ATTACK!!!!"
• "A swift assault!"
• "NO MERCY!!!"
• "Death from above!"
• "Talons through flesh!"

Quotes (When engaging in melee combat)

• "Balance!"
• "Steady!"
• "Feather!"

Quotes (Heal)

• "I am grateful!"

Quotes (Death)

• "The raven fall ....ugh"