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Mixedager

Their wandering has, at last, rewarded them with another town found. The sign designating its name is just across this stream. With some hesitation, they proceed, although the dread is already there. Why should this one be any different than the others, after all? In every other town and village, they were snubbed, thrown out, called a mutt and worse. The circumstances of their birth were not kind to them, and neither have any circumstances since. They are the child of a forbidden union -- some cultures call it unclean. Others say it is a bad omen. Some have stood right before their face and told them they were predisposed to violence and strife. Oh, how they do not want to believe that is true. But if the world is as unkind now as it has been, it may have carried out its own prophecy.
Mixedagers, as their name suggests, are testificates with mixed Illager and Villager ancestry. Because of the contention between the two groups, they are not well regarded among either race. It shows: the Testif language has several rude terms for Mixedagers, often calling them "mutts" and "bastards." It doesn't help that a lot of Mixedagers have dark pasts.
It may cause some confusion, but "Mixedager" can also refer to Villagers raised by Illagers or vice versa. This happens when children are taken from a village during a raid or abducted during an attack on an outpost, and taken to live with their kidnappers.

Naming Traditions

Other names

Because of their outcast status, Mixedagers lack naming conventions. They may take Illager names, Villager names, or names from other languages and cultures. As a troubling amount of Mixedagers have to name themselves, they prefer to eschew both Illager and Villager naming trends in favour of their own choices. Hence the number of them that have human names or line-of-sight names from things spotted in their travels.
Mixedagers who have better knowledge of their ethnic background, or who were fortunate enough to be born into a rare harmonious Illager/Villager household, may have more distinctly Testif names. In these cases, their name may be a creative mashup of the two ethnic identities. For example, some such Mixedagers have names that blend an Illager and Villager name, or names that are common to both cultures.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Most frequently, a Mixedager will speak Common or Testif. In some places, like Rivermouth, they speak a Common-Testif creole peppered with slang of their own invention.

Culture and cultural heritage

As one might expect, the sub-culture of Mixedagers takes influence from both Illagers and Villagers. They retain their sense of community from their Villager parentage and their scrappy attitudes from their Illager ancestry, for example.

Shared customary codes and values

Because so many of them end up as bandits, rogues, and rangers in the wilderness, or a despised minority in towns, Mixedagers tend to abide by an "honour among thieves" code of values. Such values include self-dignity (as few others will show them any dignity), independence, resourcefulness, having each other's backs, and carving out a found family when the biological one will not suffice.

Common Dress code

Mixedagers have to be resourceful with the clothes they wear, as they may not have access to traditional clothing from either of their parent ethnicities. Some end up wearing quite a mishmash from having to steal clothes or make their own. As a result, Mixedagers who live in large cities often dress more similarly to humans than to any Testificate.
For those that do have access to traditional clothes, their choices vary. Some Mixedagers prefer to wear only one culture's clothes, out of shame for their mixed ancestry. Others don't care and wear both Villager and Illager clothing, finding style in both.

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