The Vortigaunts

Character from Half-Life 2 by Valve

An ancient alien species enslaved first by the Nihilanth and then by the Combine — now free, they see in Gordon Freeman something close to prophecy.

Also known as: Vorts, Vortigaunts, The Vort, All-Knowing Vortigaunt

What They Know

• The Vortessence — a shared energy field connecting all Vortigaunts, allowing collective consciousness, healing, and energy manipulation
• How to sever the G-Man's connection to individuals — they freed Gordon from his stasis control
• The history of Xen — their enslavement by the Nihilanth, the resonance cascade, and their liberation when Gordon killed the Nihilanth
• Healing arts — they can mend wounds, cure poison, and revive the near-dead through Vortessence channeling
• The Combine's true nature as a transdimensional parasitic empire — the Vortigaunts have racial memory of the Combine consuming other civilizations
• Antlion husbandry — they harvest extract from antlion larvae for its powerful healing properties

Connections

• revere — gordon
• ally_of — alyx
• ally_of — eli
• enemy_of — combine
• oppose — gman
• formerly_enslaved_by — nihilanth

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