Walter

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It's nice to be finally collecting information about the Distortion directly from the source instead of having to get my hands dirty engaging with those lowly Syndicates.

– Walter


Walter is the Director of Section 6 of the ZweiAssociationIcon.png Zwei Association's Southern Branch. He is first heard in the introduction story of UrbanMythIcon.png Urban Myth, and is formally introduced during UrbanLegendIcon.png Urban Legend, in Episode 3 of the Zwei Assocation.

Appearance

Walter has short black hair along with a goatee. He wears a yellowish collared shirt with a black tie under a black coat and pants, along with black gloves and shoes. Over all this, he wears a marine blue Zwei overcoat. In combat, he wields a large black Zwei sword.

Personality

Walter maintains a stoic attitude in his work, acting in his supposed role as a "shield" of the Zwei Association. He seemingly espouses the values of the Zwei, but is also willing to resort to backhanded means like collaborating with the Stray Dogs to advance his mission. According to Salvador, Walter also has a habit of asking rhetorical questions, and tries to act clever while his actual thoughts are merely "one-dimensional." Salvador goes as far as implying that Walter is nearly talentless, only barely holding on to his position due to either his social skills or just pure luck.

Story

Background

Walter has been a member of the Zwei Association for many years, and was a colleague of Salvador before the latter left the Zwei. Despite reaching a relatively high position as the Director of South Section 6, he is still attempting to climb higher, and seeks to complete only whatever missions his Section is officially given as quickly as possible to maximize his chances. As a result, he is willing to resort to shortcuts and relatively unscrupulous means, such as brokering deals with Syndicates and Backstreets criminals. Currently, this mission is to gather information on the Distortion Phenomenon; as such, Walter made a deal with the StrayDogsIcon.png Stray Dogs for information on the Distortion in exchange for giving them a floor plan of Lobotomy Corporation's Nest. Walter is also known to avoid field work himself and instead have his subordinates deal with it, which makes it all the more unprecedented when he chooses to personally enter the Library.

Urban Myth

In the introduction of UrbanMythIcon.png Urban Myth, Walter is heard asking for updates on the DistortionIcon.png Distortion Phenomenon from his subordinate Isadora. She replies that Zwei Section 1 and the HanaAssociationIcon.png Hana Association have listed the Laundry of Dreams, Yesterday's Promise, and The Church of Gears as potential suspects. After she adds that the Library, only an Urban Myth at the time, is also being considered as a suspect, Walter scoffs at his superiors' seeming cluelessness and use of "random guesses."

Zwei Association

In Zwei Association Episode III, Walter is seen meeting with Isadora, who reports on the failure of Julia and San to return from their expedition into the Library. She then requests to send more manpower to the Library, insisting that she believes it is connected to the Distortion Phenomenon. Walter refuses on the grounds that Isadora is merely acting out of a desire for revenge, though he secretly also simply sees it as a distraction from Section 6's mission. This changes after he finds an Invitation to the Library in his desk, on which the DistortionIcon.png Book of the Distortion is offered. Walter then immediately reverses course and takes Isadora and several other Zwei Fixers to the Library, intending to capitalize on the opportunity to get a lead on his Section's mission, advance his own career, and also satisfy Isadora's request all together. When Angela greets them, he replies in a seemingly amicable way but then goads her over her false human appearance and her true robotic form.

However, Walter falls during the Reception (along with Isadora and several other Zwei Fixers) and is turned into the ZweiAssociationIcon.png Book of Walter. As a result of his death, he is unable to fulfill his end of his deal with the Stray Dogs. The Syndicate views this as a betrayal and targets Section 6, massacring many of its remaining Fixers. They then use an Invitation to enter the Library, intending to use the Book of Walter to gain the information they need.

Key Page story

Walter’s Page

The Associations handle requests often made for Fixers such as security, combat, assassination, intel, patenting, and trades. When there is money, there are Associations. The Associations follow the demand, not the other way around. Demand equals requests, and requests equals profit.

It may seem too materialistic to you, but seeing how the Associations work, you’ll have to agree that money is their prime objective. For instance, the Associations sort and classify every single notable event in the City. Urban Myths, Urban Legends, Urban Plagues, Urban Nightmares, and Stars of the City… Risk is not what determines their grade. The only question that matters is how much people are willing to pay to have the threat eliminated.

Combat Info

Walter
Walter appears in Episode III of the ZweiAssociationIcon.png Zwei Association chapter, entering during Act 2 along with Isadora and a generic Zwei Crewmember.
Stats
WalterCombatIdle.png
HPIcon.png 42 StaggerIcon.png 19 SpeedIcon.png 3~5
SlashEndureIcon.png Endured

PierceNormalIcon.png Normal
BluntWeakIcon.png Weak

SlashStgEndureIcon.png Endured

PierceStgNormalIcon.png Normal
BluntStgWeakIcon.png Weak

Passive Abilities
SkillPurpleIcon.png Speed
Speed Dice Slot +1 (Cannot Overlap)
SkillPurpleIcon.png Your Shield
Defensive Dice Power +1
Drops
Zwei South Section 6 50% 33% 0% 0%
Book of Walter 50% 66% 100% 100%
Count 3 3.2 3.6 4
Combat Bookshelf
CardGuardianArt.png
Guardian ×2
CardSuppressArt.png
Suppress
CardAvertArt.png
Avert ×2
CardRetaliateArt.png
Retaliate
CardLawandOrderArt.png
Law and Order ×2









Combat Dialogue
Combat Entrance
  • We’re nothing like the ones that came here before us. It won’t be as easy.
  • Ensure that you never put down your own shields. And ensure that you never let others put your shields down.
  • We are not fighting as a joke.
Victory Cry
  • This is what happens when a measly Urban Legend dares to challenge the Zwei Association: an obvious defeat.
  • This was the obvious outcome. I will make good use of the books you gave us.
Death
  • Perhaps I underestimated my opponents…
  • I was certain that I would succeed…
On Ally Death
  • This is a common occurence.
  • How unfortunate. But someone’s got to live.
  • What a waste of time. You shouldn’t have been a hindrance.
On Kill
  • This is how you do it; take out your opponents one by one.
  • That wasn’t difficult at all to handle.
  • You’re a disorderly group of weaklings, aren’t you?



Receptions Zwei Crewmembers - Zwei Association Ⅰ - Zwei Association Ⅱ
Characters Julia - Isadora - Walter
Key Pages A Zwei Fixer’s Page - Julia’s Page - Isadora’s Page - Walter’s Page
Combat Pages Law and Order - Avert - Your Shield - Retaliate - Blade Whirl - Suppress - Fence - Combat Preparation - Guardian
Main Story Angela - Roland - Malkuth - Yesod - Hod - Netzach - Tiphereth - Gebura - Chesed - Binah - Hokma
CanardIcon.png Canard (Pete - Lenny - Mang-chi) • (Finn - Yun - Eri) • (Mo - Consta - Arnold) • (Taein - McCullin - Naoki)
UrbanMythIcon.png Urban Myth (Pierre - Jack) • (Mars - Lulu - San)
UrbanLegendIcon.png Urban Legend (Walter - Isadora - Julia) • (Dino - Gyeong-mi - Zulu) • (Olga - Mika - Rain)
UrbanPlagueIcon.png Urban Plague (Alpha - Beta - Gamma) • (Sayo - Yang - Gin) • (Tamaki - Stephan - Liwei) • (Philip - Salvador - Yuna) • (Dalloc - Alloc - Bono) • (Meow - MuMu - Oink) • (Oscar - Pameli - Pamela) • (Tommy - Merry - Jae-heon - Elena - Tomerry) • JikanHanafuda
UrbanNightmareIcon.png Urban Nightmare (Valerie - Lyla - Anton) • (Yujin - Valentin - Tenma - Thelma) • (Oswald - Emma & Noah) • (Jin - Mi - Wang) • (Rose - Sen - Lesti) • DanteBamboo-hatted Kim
StarCityIcon.png Star of the City (Kalo - Katriel - Denis - Boris) • (Lowell - Cecil - Mei - Xiao - Miris - Chun) • (Nemo - Bada - Martina) • (Nikolai - Maxim - Rudolph - Myo) • (Yan - Esther - Hubert - Gloria - Moirai - 얀샋ㄷ요무) • Dong-hwanAllenBayardIrinaYae
ImpuritasIcon.png Impuritas Civitatis (Mirinae - Harold - Olivier) • (Zena - Baral - Luda)
Colors The Blue ReverberationThe Purple TearThe Red MistThe Black SilenceThe Vermilion Cross
The Reverb Ensemble The Conductor - Church of Gears Leader - Yesterday's Promise - L'heure de Loup - The 8 o'Clock Ringmaster - The Crying Children - The Puppeteer - Blood-red Night - The Eighth Chef - The Musicians of Bremen
Others The PianistAngelica • (Ayin - Carmen - Enoch) • ??? • (Astolfo - Ogier - Naimon - Renaud)
The Distortion Detective City Inhabitants:
Moses - Ezra - YuRia - Vespa Crabro - Han Hee-joon - Dias
Distortions:
The Photographer - The Mock Exam - Laundry of Dreams - The Human Thunderbolt - Marksman of the Mist - Larierre