Oath: Starkindred

== Description ==
Oath: Starkindred is one of the 16 obtainable Oaths in Deepwoken. It allows one to take advantage of the anomalies that appears on one's body after drinking the blood of a Celestial. It is a balanced Oath, having good options for both Combat and Agility, unlike Oaths like Dawnwalker and Jetstriker, which almost entirely focus on one.
The Starkindred Church is a malevolent cult that worships Celestials and believes that they are capable of "transcending" by consuming parts of them. This very Oath is a result of drinking the Holy Ichor, the blood of a Celestial, and cannibalizing several Starkindred. Drinking the Ichor Seems to give the consumer some form of higher awareness but leaves their body in constant agonizing pain. It is the Celestial equivalent of becoming a Deepwoken.
== Obtainment ==
#Have 40 Strength and grip any player. (Chime of Conflict does not count)
#Talk to Samael, located in the Derelict Highchurch above the Voidzone in the Ancient Rotlands.
##Walk up to the stairs to the Songseeker Temple and take a left, you'll see a broken bridge. Jump over the bridge to get to the church. Or, if you have Union Hook, there are two hooks on the backside of the Church that lead directly to it.
##When inside, there is a trapdoor behind the podium. Go down the ladder and walk around the library interacting with a red book on a bookshelf; one of them will open a room.
#Kill Iblis, The Fallen Angel, located above the Starfield Grove Voidzone in Starswept Valley. The angel will only be here if you have the quest active.
##If you lack the Union Hook, careful parkour on the right of the Starfield Grove (outside of it) can allow you to reach the higher parts of it. There is also a long, sloped rock that you can go up from the left of The Lordsgrove that leads you directly to the Voidzone.
#Return to Samael to get the Oath.
For a more in-depth walkthrough, consider watching this video.
Starkindred cannot be reobtained if you Oathbreak it.
==Progression==
To progress the Oath and obtain its mantras, you must kill the 3 Sinners spread around the East Luminant. These will only appear if you have the quest active.
*Abaddon, Sinner of Ice at Starfield Veldt. 
*Minos, Sinner of Flame right next to the inn/guildhall at Summer Isle. 
*Astaroth, Sinner of Wind, at Songseeker Wilds, at the twin derelict bastions.
You will get a Mantra for each kill, and a chest containing Songseeker loot.
The order of Mantras goes as follows: Ascension, Sinister Halo, Celestial Assault.
Alternatively you can use 10 knowledge to obtain all mantras and talents if you already fully progressed this on another file
==Effects==
This Oath grants 2 Combat Mantra slots and 8 Health. Additionally, the Flamecharm Mantra Fire Blade is modified by this Oath, causing the user to periodically rise into the sky, and unleash a screen shaking, heavily modified, multi-hitting Fire Blade, several times the size of the original. This effect can be disabled with the use of a Reversal Spark. As for appearance, aside from the wings which appear anytime you utilize a starkindred mantra, a white collar with 4 spikes connected to it will continuously circle around the user's neck. 
Starkindred Visual.gif
== Abilities ==
*Wings - Innate
**Using Ascension, Celestial Assault, Sinister Halo or cancelling your Air Dash will grow two pairs of wings on the user for 60 seconds. Chrysid, Ganymede and Vesperian will all have different wings instead of what it is usually. Moth wings for Chrysid and beetle wings for Ganymede/Vesperian
**While active, Air Dash goes much further in any direction, however the effectiveness is reduced if going horizontally.
**Starkindred mantras have slightly faster cast time while the wings are out as you do not repeat the wing growing animation.
**If undyed, comes in the color of your aspect's hair color.
**The mantra Fire Blade now launches the user upward before releasing a large plume of flames, to remove this effect apply a Reversal spark to Fire Blade.
File:Starkindred Wings.gif|Starkindred Wings
File:Starkindred Dash.gif|Air Dash with wings out
File:Starkindred Fireblade.gif|Fire Blade with wings out
File:Fire Blade Reversal Spark.gif|Fire Blade with Reversal Spark
* Ascension - Combat Mantra
**Take to the skies for a devastating strike.
***The user rises into the air before swooping in.
***This attack cannot be parried or blocked, indicated by a sound effect and a red eye icon.
*** Applies hard knockdown on hit.
*** This attack cannot be modified. Wayward Gem will not proc.
*** Can knockdown any enemy ingame.
File:Ascension.gif
* Celestial Assault - Combat Mantra
**Use your wings and deliver two critical blows.
***Deliver a vertical slash (that launches the user and target up) and a horizontal slash (that pushes the target).
File:Celestial Assault.gif
* Sinister Halo - Combat Mantra
**Emit a spinning ring of celestial energy, trapping and shredding any who steps before its wake. 
***Similar to the Galebreathe mantra Tornado, but instead of it manually aiming, it will head forward until it hits an opponent, stopping where it hits.
File:Sinister Halo.gif
* Death From Above - Talent
** Upon cancelling your Air Dash, reveal your wings and strike your enemy. 
*** Cancelling an Air Dash without your wings grows your wings without having to use any Starkindred Mantras.
*** Cancelling an Air Dash with your wings out makes you perform three large slashes with your weapon.
File:Death From Above No Wings.gif
File:Death From Above.gif
==Gallery==
StarkindredCA.png|Concept art
Ganymede Starkindred.png|Ganymede/Vesperian Wings
Chrysid Starkindred.png|Chrysid Wings
Ganymede Starkindred (Dyed).png|Hair color = ElytraDown Feathers = Wing Veins
Chyrsid Starkindred (Dyed).png|Hair color = Lower WingDown Feathers = Upper Wing
Bluehalo.png|Halo, dyed blue
Star.png|Old icon
==Trivia == 
*It is recommended to kill Astaroth, Sinner of Wind first, Minos, Sinner of Flame second, and Abaddon, Sinner of Ice last, due to their locations.
*The best way to kill the Iblis, The Fallen Angel and the Sinners is to parry trade until you flourish them.
*Starkindred's mantras scale with Strength.
*According to an NPC named Ezra in Songseeker Wilds, Starkindreds claim to worship the Celestials, yet they scavenge and desecrate their artifacts for their own gain; they also have a long history of bloodshed in the name of their faith.
**This "history of bloodshed" is elaborated on by the existence of the Pale Briar.
*This Oath has a few religious references in the names of the angels, and the most obvious being the entity on a modified cross.
*The Oath's icon resembles the Suncross (also known as the Sun, as opposed to the Moonseye being the Moon)
*The wings will occasionally bug, causing them to disappear before the full duration ends. This is purely a visual bug, and air dash will still behave as if the wings are active until the duration actually ends.
*Stratus Stones and Cloudstones cannot affect Starkindred mantras such as Fire Blade variant and Sinister Halo.
*The requirement for this Oath was accidentally leaked by a tester before Verse 2, this presumably caused it to be increased to 50 Strength from the original requirement of 40, though this was reverted a few months after Verse 2.
*The Halo, upper, and lower feathers are all dye-able.
*You can Dye the Upper Feathers by dyeing your Primary Hair, If you want to have your wings as a different color from the hairs you have on, make this your Hair 1. (First Hair slot at the Barber) (14022927544) It is a Buzz Cut that can hide underneath most hairs.
*Using the canteen, you can collect the ichor of the celestial. This is crucial for obtaining the Saltchemist Oath. However, drinking it will simply make you vomit.
*Updated on 25th August 2024 to be affected by Ganymede, Vesperian, and Chrysid.
*The color of the Hivekin wings do not change based on its variant, Instead you will have to dye your hair.
*Typing "I will never be a memory." or anything containing the phrase toggles your right wing off/on, this is an easter egg referencing Sephiroth.
**This does not work with the Hivekin aspects
*The Talent "Death from Above" is a reference to the skill Sakura Dance from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
*Even after fully progressing the oath using 10 Knowledge, the three sinners will still spawn in their respective locations.
==Navigation==
Category:Oaths