Headcanons for illagers in my AUs
So, here's my take on illagers :3
Bit of a general rule: When the illager has powers other than physical strength (e.g: evoker's vexes, iceologer's cryo manipulation, illusioner's illusions, etc), in case of overuse, there will be severe, sometimes deadly, side effects.
Bottom of the illager hierarchy;
Most of them have some eye condition that makes shooting a bit hard but they're constantly working on it;
Have the most freedom as in they don't need to spend days on end cooped up in a mansion;
Gatherers and usually the ones who get things for the tribe;
Have less sensitivity to light, unlike the other more common illagers;
Bannered Pillagers are branded with the Bad Omen curse when they reach their status as leaders, also being given their own group to watch over;
They're taught to ride ravagers since very young, as young as you can go;
Middle-class, one would call them;
Are stronger in a physical sense for they are more used to hand-to-hand combat (aka, axe-wielding);
Usually contained to the mansion, lower vindicators can however go with pillagers as long as they give a reason;
Guards of the mansion and of the evokers, not necessarily private ones, but definitely they're the ones doing the work around there;
From caring for the kids to killing angry monsters, they deal with it;
They don't sleep in beds, the rooms are reserved for evokers, they sleep around the mansion, some families "claim" rooms, which can and does change every other day;
The higher ones in the mansion's hierarchy, that being because of their power;
They don't usually mingle with the lower floors of the mansion, the top floors being reserved to them and them only;
Only evokers get rooms and beds;
They're the heads of the tribes, the patriarchs;
Evoker children are taught since young to use their powers, summoning vexes and jaws;
To them is reserved the most resources, the most medical assistance and the libraries;
In case they use their powers too much, the pulse that usually would be directed to bodily function will be directed to the summonings;
Overuse of powers can and will lead from paralysis to cardiac arrest;
Don't quite make part of a usual tribe, living in villages that were ravaged by raids;
The most powerful illusioner is the leader of the group, usually the one the tribes meet with;
Most are taught to lie from a very young age, they're known as pathological liars and only other ilusioners know (most of the time) when one of their own is lying;
They can sneak into almost anywhere, enemy mansions, castles, villages, covens and etc;
Making clones that will pretend to shoot you is the main strategy;
Using their powers for too long will cause *them* to lose touch with reality, either causing hallucinations onto themselves, depersonalizing themselves, or causing heavy disassociation.
They're scholars, and also huge nerds, and also medics
They can be found either in libraries in mansions or old libraries in strongholds,
Together, they study old magic, being of assistance to their father tribe by providing strength in battle
Their enchantments can both ward off aggressive mobs as well as give a boost on the soldiers without the need for strength potions
Besides their support, they're quite defenseless and WILL run over fighting.
Overuse of their powers can lead to paralysis and comatose, for both parties, really.
Live in the coldest possible biomes, usually near frozen lakes or anywhere where there is ice;
Nomadic in nature, many tribes are always on the move, rarely settling down unless there is a deal involved;
Mainly make deals and alliances with mountaineers and windcallers;
Rather frozen foods overheated ones and have extremely strong teeth so they're able to bite into frozen foods;
If they happen to set foot on somewhere too hot, the chances of them having a heatstroke within the first hour is incredibly high. Especially if they're younger;
Die in deserts basically, because their body temperature is way to high;
Too long manipulating ice may cause paralysis much like evokers, while generating ice and frost may lead to hypothermia (aka, they freeze to death);
Live high in the mountains and can be quite populous when in the right environment, some tribes can claim entire mountains;
Also the bottom of the hierarchy, but different cause mountain;
Tribes of Mountaineers share their territory with Windcallers and Iceologers, the three all working together to defend it, similarly to how evokers, vindicators and pillagers share mansions;
They path and climb their way to almost everywhere, they're very strong;
They're the tallest kind of illager, which makes the fall harder? Yeah, but also makes it easier to climb! They're also quite sturdy.
Most illager sculptures were made by either mountaineers or geomancers.
They are pretty much the main messengers because flying = getting info fast;
They spend a long ass time practicing how to use magic and are among the ones who take the longest to overuse their powers;
Younger wind callers will train flying by jumping off hills and into water (most times under the careful watch of their parents);
The "owners" of a mansion, as they can traverse it with the most ease.
They have very strong lungs, some say they can blow so hard they cause hurricanes;
If a windcaller overuses their power, they ironically run out of air, possibly leading to them dying of lack of oxygen;
Unlike most might think, just cause a geomancer looks old, 99% of the time they aren't
Geomancers are raised underground or around lava pools, older ones are who teach the younger gens the works of geomancy
They're very strong and provide the father tribe with several ores and materials needed for the works of a raid;
Besides being able to summon/create stone structures, they also have pyrokinesis!
They're very few nowadays but they carry a lot of the history of illagers, similar to enchanters;
Female illagers aren't exactly rare, now female geomancers are EXTREMELY rare, not non-existing tho;
If a geomancer overuses their power, they'll basically burn from the inside out,
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