Tarwill (species)

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**Tarwills** are a species in the canon of *Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski*.

## Properties

Tarwills are polymorphic, shape-shifting creatures that can take on multiple forms. Tarwills normally have dark grey to black, crackly skin, and they have white masks that strongly resemble traditional comedy masks.

The masks are the life-supporting cores of tarwills. If a tarwill’s body gets destroyed, it can completely regenerate itself from its mask at a relatively quick rate. Sometimes they can even suck their bodies into their masks if distressed. Tarwills cannot change the total amount of mass in their body (except Viktor for unknown reasons), but they can change the shape of their body as long as they have their mask. This also means that they can kill a human corpse and wear its flesh over their body as a disguise. If a tarwill’s mask is destroyed to a high enough extent, that tarwill will die. Living tarwills have flexible masks that can also change shape to some extent, but if a tarwill dies, their mask will become lifeless and inert. Tarwill masks are very tough, so they are ideal for protecting the body from outside harm.

Although tarwills can change their forms, they have a "rest shape" that their body's shape strives to be in since the moment they were born. If the tarwill is not transforming, or if it is resting/damaged, their body mass will transform into this default shape. Most Tarwill rest shapes are a humanoid form, but some tarwills (such as Tiara) have abnormal rest shapes.

The "skin" or top layer of a tarwill is about as soft as rubber, and though it is possible to cut through, the tarwill can easily regenerate. The flesh underneath the tarwill's skin is white and softer than the skin, and the tarwill's blood is also completely white. Unlike humans, the inside of a tarwill is cold.

The physical properties of tarwills differ slightly based on their gender:

* The eyes of male tarwills seem to point upwards at the ends, making them appear somewhat "angrier" than those of female tarwills'.
* Male tarwill masks are much more pointed at the bottom, while female masks are more curved.
* Female tarwills have breasts, as well as an overall curvier default body shape.

## Growth & Reproduction

As they age, tarwill masks constantly lose their energy. At the age of about 180 years, the mask will lose all of its energy, and the tarwill will die.*[citation needed]*

Tarwills can reproduce by merging their body masses together. After this, the parent who has the most energy will form an egg inside of their chest. This egg will continue to develop until the tarwill inside is fully developed, at which point the egg will become extremely hard and the baby tarwill will emerge. Tarwill eggs are like larvae, in that they can live outside of their parent's body while the tarwill inside is still growing.

When reproducing, both tarwills should have a sufficient amount of energy, otherwise they will die in the process. Older tarwills find it harder to reproduce, as they are losing their energy too quickly.

## Society

The tarwill society previously lived in what is now known as the Tarwill World. Their exact societal system is unknown, but it's known that their "leader" was a giant tarwill. Tarwills do normally wear clothes, although in-game no tarwills are seen wearing any (except for Viktor, when he took the form of a human). Tarwills wrote and spoke in an entirely different language (though Viktor chose to learn English in order to communicate with Angell properly).

At an unknown time, the Tarwill World was infested with a special ivy, which is extremely deadly to tarwills. This ivy wiped out most of the tarwill population, except for a few who managed to escape (Viktor and Tiara, Dubory, and possibly more).

The tarwill society worshipped the Watcher.

## In AEwVS

Tarwill are a major part of AEwVS's canon, as the titular character, Viktor Strobovski, is a tarwill. For most of the game, he demonstrates none of his tarwill abilities and disguises himself as a human. However, in the Christmas Curse DLC, Viktor shows his true form and uses a few abilities, such as regeneration and shape-shifting.

The main antagonist of the History Level, Alice Freudenmacher, shares a body with Tiara, a female tarwill. Tiara does not show her true tarwill form, although she transfers some of her qualities to Alice's body.

The Tarwill World that the tarwill society previously resided in can be accessed via a chalk circle, and the masks of deceased tarwills can be found around the school. A third Tarwill, Dubory, can also be found hiding in a secret room in the Language Level.

## Members

This is a list of all currently known members of the Tarwill species.

## Trivia

* MrDrNose developed the concept and design of tarwills while creating *AEwVS: Christmas Curse*. This explains why Viktor Strobovski's mask does not seem to match what a real tarwill mask looks like, as his sprite was created before tarwills were designed.
* Tarwill blood is white because MrDrNose thought the white/black contrast looked nice.
* Tarwill flesh tastes similar to licorice.
* Tarwill blood has an astringent taste. MrDrNose describes it as an unripe persimmon but without the sweetness.
* Alex cannot mimic a tarwill, as tarwills are supernatural organisms and Alex's ability only works on natural organisms.

## References

Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

*"Tiara and other tarwills can't grow and change mass, VIktor can"* — MrDrNose, April 1, 2020
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

See the full thread here.
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

*"Mask is strong as ceramic granite lmao
It's pretty good shield
egs are made out of it "* — MrDrNose, September 9, 2020
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

See the full thread here.
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

*"how easy would it be for one to cut through a tarwills skin? i know their masks are pretty durable but how much damage can their skin take ? and how much force would it take to cut off a limb? would it be hard to rip one off? as far as we know they dont have any bones and its just malleable matter."* — aewvs brainrot to tha max

*"It's like cutting through rubber, but flesh is more soft
And yeah no bones
It won't damage tarwills much, they regenerate very fast and can absorb cutted limbs back"* — MrDrNose, September 12, 2020
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

*"btw their flesh and blood are white "* — MrDrNose, September 12, 2020
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

*"Also tarwill insides are cold"* — MrDrNose, September 13, 2020
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

See the full thread here.
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

See the full thread here.
Information confirmed by MrDrNose on the EternityDev Games Discord server

See the full thread here.
11. ↑ Discord thread about the aging process
12. ↑ Discord thread about the tarwills' leader
13. ↑ Discord thread about tarwill clothes
14. ↑ Some notes written by Dubory can be found in Classroom 812, and their messages simply read as "unknown text".
15. ↑ Discord messages about the vine
16. ↑ Discord thread about the Tarwills worshipping the Watcher
17. ↑ Discord thread about Tarwills' design
18. ↑ Discord thread about taste of Tarwill flesh

## See Also

* Viktor Strobovski
* Tiara
* Tarwill World
* Tarwill mask
* Tarwill egg