Consumption - Part 7 The Skinwalker's Choice In Navajo lore, the skinwalker is a being of pure evil, a shaman or witch who has chosen to abandon all that is good for dark power. Unlike the Wendigo, who becomes cursed after succumbing to monstrous hunger, or the vampire, cursed to live eternally aware of their monstrosity, the skinwalker is different. The skinwalker makes a deliberate choice to become what they are. To gain the ability to shapeshift, a skinwalker must commit the ultimate atrocity—they must murder a kinsman, whether it be a child, spouse, parent, or sibling. But the evil does not end there. They must desecrate the body, destroy it, and consume its flesh in a ritual of pure desecration. This is not an act born of hunger or necessity, but of malice, of reveling in the destruction of another's very being. The skinwalker's existence is a chosen abomination, a life dedicated to spreading fear and corruption.