Most spirit walkers learn of their unique natures during puberty. Elder tauren have been known to develop spirit walker powers sometimes only days before their deaths. Such children sometimes refuse their destiny, but almost all give in eventually. Some tribes consider a tauren born with a white pelt to be destined to become a spirit walker.
The stress of handling so many souls turns a spirit walker's pelt or hair snow-white over the years. Elderly spirit walkers sometimes lose all memories of their original selves, slipping from one spirit to the next without warning or control. When speaking to a spirit walker one can never be entirely certain that only the spirit walker responds, for they speak with the voices of the ancient ancestors. His mind roams freely, and countless personalities enter his memories and his thoughts. A spirit walker lives only partially in the mortal world. Tauren and orcs hold spirit walkers in near reverence, yet they also fear them. They can use tauren halberds and tauren totems. A spirit walker strong enough to bear the weight of so many souls achieves a mystical transcendence, embodying the collective will and experience of the generations that are reaching out to him. Spirit walkers are often looked upon with awe and fear by their brethren. Their bodies are vessels, conduits from the realm of the dead to the world of the living. The eyes of a spirit walker are ancient and shine with the light of a thousand souls. Capable of channeling ancestral spirits through their body, spirit walkers are revered in tauren and orc societies for the history and wisdom they carry within them. Spirit walkers have a powerful connection to their ancestral heritage. The spiritwalkers of the Feltotem tribe turned to necromancy after joining the Burning Legion. When a Highmountain spiritwalker begins communing with spirits, their eyes gloss over with white.
The Highmountain tauren of the Broken Isles have spiritwalkers as well, though they appear to be slightly different from those of the Kalimdor tauren as they lack the white fur. Fargaze Mesa is a sacred place for them and come there to commune with ancestors. They can travel into the memories of the dead to glean clues about the past. Spiritwalkers maintain the balance between the world of the living and the spirit realm. Believed to be the ill omen of a coming age, white tauren are held in near reverence by their people, often becoming reclusive priests who wander the land in search of kindred spirits. They can enter an "Ethereal Form", allowing them to avoid physical damage. Spiritwalkers or spirit walkers are mystical, white-furred tauren casters. For the Challenge Mode title, see Spiritwalker (title).Ī spirit walker in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. For the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne unit, see Spirit Walker (Warcraft III).
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