

One of them is even tortured by the Soul Sanctum Scholars. All that remains out of them are their lifeless corpses.

Posthumous Character: Save for the surviving member of their family, all other snail shamans are already dead due to some circumstances.

Planet of Steves: The one who gave you the Vengeful Spirit spell is identified as the Snail Shaman, whose family is collectively identified as the Snail Shamans.Foil: The snails are centered around the void/black magic focused on damaging foes and affecting things in the waking world the moths are worshippers of the light whos powers are typically uncombative and affect dreams.The Snail Shaman makes no mention of a buried relative, but its not out of the question if they are related. A snail's sarcophagus can be found in the Resting Grounds, which gives you the Soul Eater Charm.The fourth aunt in the Crystallized Mound is trapped in a prison of crystal, and upon shattering it and her, gives the Descending Dark upgrade.The Cousin in the Overgrown Mound is dead of some kind of fungus and shrubbery growing on it.It's more or less confirmed when you find the apparently undead snail strapped to a dissection table in an optional area, which - fittingly - gives you the Vengeful Spirit upgrade. You do not get Desolate Dive from a Snail, rather you get it from Soul Master, who likely experimented on one - considering how the Shaman mentions an ill-tempered third uncle.The Shaman never seems to become suspicious and believes they are all voluntary gifts (which may or may not be true in two cases).

Butt-Monkey: A non-humorous example: the remaining snail shaman's family appears to have all died out before the events of the game, and you get their powers from what remains of them.However, nothing ever confirms this or if the snails had anything to do with the Pale King's efforts to keep Radiance away and forgotten, barring the Soul Sanctum experimenting on one in their own efforts. Ambiguous Situation: Visually, the snail shamans appear to have more in common with characters like The Collector and Kingsmoulds, further strengthened by the spells and spell upgrades you get from the remaining snail and his kin being based around the void.Unfortunately, only one of them remains during the course of the game. A tribe of snail creatures knowledgeable about the Soul and capable of channeling spells using it.
