#ava killer

First up, the mercenaries.

Agent is a swan. Swans are incredibly loyal to their loved ones and are equally vicious. Regular swans are 30 pounds of pure muscle and their wings, while not quite strong enough to break bone, are very powerful still.

Hazard is a magpie. Magpies are very intelligent but also chaotic birds.

Primal is an archaeopteryx. Basically he's a dino bird. There isn't much information on these guys behaviorally but I thought it'd be cool to have cavestickmen be dinosaur birds.

Ballista isn't really a bird. He's basically a robot so he has robot wings. His hooked tail makes up for his lack of wings claws.

Secondly, the villagers.

Mitsi is a dove. Doves represent peace, love, and protection. Plus her sheep, Chiptune, who doesn't have wings but likes to wear little cutout wings.

Shepard is a golden eagle. Golden eagles are far more aggressive when hunting than other eagles, allowing them to take down prey much larger than them like wolves. Very convenient when you have a flock of sheep to protect.

Most other villagers would probably be in the columbidae family (the two gnome children are pigeons for example). Admittedly I didn't think about the entire village because they're mostly background characters. There's probably a chicken somewhere in there and Granny could be a barn swallow but other than that I leave them up to you guys.

Next up, miscellaneous.

Grey worker is a quelea. Queleas are small crafty birds that have flock sizes that can reach the billions.

Neon Yellow is a starling. Starlings are vocal birds with the ability to mimic most sounds they hear. They're also considered to be invasive pests that bring messages of change. Now this might be a bit controversial but if Navy and King are foils then why wouldn't Orchid and Neon also be foils? If Orchid was a good mom (albeit quiet and frail) could Neon have been a bad mom? Would explain why she's not in the story without having to kill another female character.

Corndog Guy is a city pigeon. City pigeons (or feral pigeons) are intelligent, opportunistic birds that live in urban environments. The real life bird can even do simple math and recognize different people.

Magenta/The Conductor is a cockatoo. Cockatoos are by far the most chaotic and hyperactive bird you can find and just based off what we've seen of Conductor I think it fits.

Eye/Node isn't a bird, they're a Hundun. Like Orange, Eye is a mythical winged creature, but unlike Orange, doesn't have the instincts of a real bird. Hunduns are many-winged, faceless entities that represent primordial chaos and cosmic disorder in Chinese mythology. We'll see how well this holds up as we learn more about them but for now I think this fits.

Finally we have miscellaneous hollow heads.

Right off the bat I'm going to acknowledge that most of them are ocs but I still wanted to show them, especially since one of them does fit directly into this au specifically (well, he can exist in other aus but he's guaranteed to exist in this one)

Freedom Guy is a bald eagle. Do I need to explain this one?

Killer and BEAST, although they don't exist as people in canon, are a seriema and jay respectively. Seriemas are agile hunters and the closest relative to "terror birds". They also prefer running to flying which I thought could be a neat nod to Killer being the only one of Alan's hollow heads to not have flight in their default power set. Jays are intelligent, adaptable corvids with the ability to mimic to a slight degree. As for Killer and BEAST themselves, they exist in any au (which for me is currently 1) where Alan decides it's a good idea to spawn more stickfigures before Chosen (who has golden eyes). Killer has the ability to summon any weapon he needs as well as laser vision, while BEAST is a shapeshifter with fire breath.

Last but not least, The Storm Bringer, or Stormy, is a white raven. White ravens symbolize transformation, healing, and mark the transition from old to new. Stormy is the aforementioned oc that is important to this au. I don't want to say too much about him just in case I do end up writing his story, but I will say he's the light at the end of the tunnel for the one person in this au who needs it the most.