Code Walkers

Life Span & Appearance
Each branch of Code Walkers lives a different period of time. Descendents live for about thirty days. Cannibals live as long as they are not starved. Code Walkers that are bound to a human are capable of lasting significantly longer. Code Walkers do not have a physical form. They manifest themselves on the digital plane. They live in electronic appliances like cell phones, televisions, computers, etc. Descendents take on a human form, often with random features, including but not limited to animal, alien, and machine-like appendages. Cannibals tend to take on a more beastial appearence.

Sustenance
Code Walkers feed on small bits of data that they find in their hosts. A starving Code Walker can also feed off of a Human or other Code Walkers. The latter is considered Cannibalism and most Code Walkers only resort to it in more stringent situations.

Code Walkers are also capable of feeding off of humans if a bond forms. This is taboo between Code Walkers.

Abilities

 * Code Walkers can 'jump' from one host to another. The jump radius is twenty feet. They can only jump out of active hosts.
 * Code Walkers can sense

Branches of Code Walkers

 * Descendents
 * These are the most dominant and abundant of the Code Walkers. They are named for being direct descendants of the first Code Walkers, rather than a mutant offshoot. Descendants are peaceful and hard to notice. A Descendent that consumes another Code Walker will become a Cannibal.


 * Cannibals
 * A dying or starving Descendent may resort to feeding from another Code Walker. This causes a gradual mutation into a more beast-like creature. Their bodies shift more into a monstrous shape as they consume more of their own kind. Ordinary data becomes distasteful. Cannibals will be driven to eat more and more Descendents and rarely, other Cannibals. The more of their own kind that they consume, the more they mutate. This further creates a drive to eat. Once the first act of cannibalism is performed, a Code Walker is caught in the continual cycle of mutation and hunger.

Bonding with Humans
To be Added