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creature
Valtay Worm
Parasitic worm species Donut proposes as the explanation for Tagg, before Mordecai rules it out.
Story so far
Puzzling over how Epitome Tagg could be living inside Louis's new organs, Donut suggests in Warlord Chat that maybe he is a Valtay Worm.
Mordecai shuts the theory down: worms can't inhabit biomechanical organs, only biological brains. Rosetta agrees, noting that Gondii need wetware while Reavers can isolate processing anywhere in the body — leaving the cyborg explanation as the only one that fits.
Role
Rejected hypothesis for Tagg's survival, eliminated in favor of the cyborg theory.
Relationships
Donut — Proposed them as the explanation for Tagg
Mordecai — Ruled them out as unable to inhabit biomechanical organs
The Valtay — The species the worms are associated with
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 13
- Brain parasite that pilots a host body, occupying the elf shell known as Drick.
Chapter 37
- The Valtay corporation's worm asset, identified by Carl as the thing riding his dead soldiers.
Chapter 39
- Parasitic worms piloting the corpses of compromised mages, hunted down one by one during the incursion.
Chapter 93
- Parasitic worm species Donut proposes as the explanation for Tagg, before Mordecai rules it out.