GOD♚KING

buffy was decidedly uneasy as she watched illyria speak. talking to gods ??  not fun. she still had the very vivid memory of glory’s punch on her face and trust her when she said  she wasn’t looking forward to a second round.  this one looked different, though, and she wasn’t even talking about the wardrobe situation. glory was like a queen. tacky, but still a queen. like harmony on many steroids. she could tell illyria was a warrior. takes one to know one, she guessed. GREAT. just what she needed;

❝ do you actually talk like this all the time ??  does it ever work on boys ?? ❞

yes, buffy, nice move, make fun of the demon god.

a very shy smile was on her face as she took a small step to illyria’s direction, trying (( and probably failing )) to hide any sign of hesitation.

❝ i’m here for you, actually… i was hoping we could talk ❞

          Illyria is a spectacle , a movement, a religious experience beyond that might ache to shift and quake the heavens themselves. And what it is met with disrespect and idle chatter. Were there no clergy left of it’s temples ? Sniveling humans that once skittered beneath it’s weight now writhe and flock upon the very surface that it once blessed. The bones of it’s shells mouth clench and gnash, a subtle twitch following the flutter of lashes. The GOD - KING had heard stories of THIS Slayer in particular; beloved and adored by her comrades, specifically those that were familiar with a former life. Truly a warrior, truly a champion -- were this a different age, Illyria might have deigned to crush her just for the sheer honor in death.

            And yet now, it does not flinch at the softer step made close (  -- how it noticed but nary fast enough to stop, reflexes dimming like sunlight and just as fragile in the encroaching black abyss ) , instead shoulders hitch, a safe-guard of tension.   ❛        YOU think I concern myself with how the males of your species view me ? Ridiculous.  I am a greatness they cannot even begin to comprehend,      ❜  Leeching ire and crinkled nose, Illyria hisses at the blonde. 

send me questions you have about my character!

yes & no.  by in large decree of ANGEL canon, she is but that changes during the series itself. Illyria is the OLDEST character in the show and Buffy canon, unless you count Dawn ( as her time spent as the Key ). she is as old as the FIRST ( the prime evil and main villain of season 7 of BTVS ) & is probably of the same breed, considering that the FIRST is merely a old one demon like Illyria. while it is not impossible to kill an ‘ old one ‘ it’s incredibly hard, even illyria’s rivals could not manage it. they entombed her in a sarcophagus & sealed her within the ‘ deeper well ‘, hoping that she would never return to the earthly plain – however, it was predestined that she would rise again & thusly take a new host, which many who are familiar with ATS, know that host as ‘WINIFRED BURKLE’ ( excuse me, i’m quietly sobbing ).  

while illyria in whatever form she choses can stop/manipulate time, open/close dimensions, & is relatively impervious to damage – she is not a traditional ‘GOD’ & thus she is not traditionally ‘ IMMORTAL’ . there is an entire episode dedicated to her & the effects of her resurrection, in which all of Team Angel finds out that Illyria’s current host cannot hold her & she effectively begins to erupt or as Spike & Angel lovingly term it “ goes chernobyl ” . during this entire episode, they find a way to effectively mitigate her powers, bring her own onto a more manageable level where her energy isn’t leaking, effectively what we might call, spiritual petroleum. 

after this episode, we find illyria substantially weakened. her power to manipulate time? gone. her power to open dimensions? gone. her invulnerability? gone.  save for a few select things, the GOD-KING of the primordium is collared & shackled to the mortal plain that she exists in. illyria still retains a lot of things though that make her a formidable opponent & almost god like : super strength ( decreased but assumed to far more than the slayer ever had ), increased damage resistance ( she’s able to survive a one on one with a child of the Senior Partners and deal a few blows herself, no mortal could handle typically ), the ability to change/morph her form ( several times she changes back into Winifred for various purposes ), & probably several other things illustrated by the comic. she slays a demon dragon by herself, something angel couldn’t do  with aid from others. 

illyria is horrendously hard to kill, even if someone were to shatter her current form – she may skill resurrect in a different one later one. be it weeks form that day or a thousand years, illyria is eternal unless severely demolished ( – example; see buffy graduation day part 2 ) .