Red-Steel Axe

* Forked
* Spear
* Base

**Red-Steel Axe** is a given name for the **conscious weapon** wielded by the **Illager King**.

## Overview

The Red-Steel Axe resembles a **curved tri-forked axe** with edges brimmed with ruby-pink shaded pixels, and a mahogany tinted handle. When not engaging with an intended target, it is strapped across the Illager King’s back.

When not in a battle, the axe seems to be in a **passive state**, primarily resembling the figure of a normal default axe. When engaging in melee combat with its base form, jagged end shoots out from three points of the axe. If the wielder wants to fight from a long distance, the Illager King can immediately transforming the axe into its **extended form** by calling out "extend". This time, it resembles a spear that can shoot out and pierce its opponents.

It is prominently a **heavy one-wielded axe**, that can be used for both ranged and melee combat, making it extremely adaptable to situations.

Before, it was just a regular iron axe wielded by the Illager King's brother until the axe changes to red after his former wielder's death.

## Lore

### Background

The Red-Steel Axe once was a normal Iron Axe wielded by the Illager King's Brother. But when the King's Brother died somehow his soul was transferred into his Axe and when the King said that his Brother was the one keeping him going the Axe turned red and said "Live. You promised". The King just said "Brother" in shock. Later the King tells the Axe that his sacrifice was not wasted, but the Axe turned red again and said "More. You can do more".

### Annoying Villagers

The axe made its debut in Annoying Villagers 40. Illager King arrives at a battle site with his troops on Skeleton Horses to confront the Blue Demon. The king questioned the Blue Demon in ancient tounge that he thought they had a peace treaty, only to bluntly say how unfortunate it was. He grabs the axe off his strap and transforms it into its **melee form**. He then utters "release". and the Skeleton Horse rears up on it’s hind legs, whinnying whilst the Illager King holds his Axe up high. A green, ghostly, eruption bursts forth from the Skeleton horse, charging at the Drowned, Mr.Colder and Steve, killing Colder and Steve but narrowly missing the Drowned.

After some time of the duel between the King and the Blue Demon on Annoying Villagers 43 , the King transforms the weapon back into an axe but this time with a sharp tip on the middle top and points it at the drowned. He says "extend" , the weapon then extends forward at the drowned. At one point during the fight, the King scores a hit on the Drowned in the face with the weapon. Right before the Drowned throws a charged trident at the King, the King turns the axe back into a fork to block the attack. The trident hits the weapon and a large explosion occurs. The forked weapon turns a glowing yellowish green and began healing the king and his damaged armor. After some time the weapon returns red.

## Usage and Abilities

### **Transformations**

The Red-Steel Axe has three **primary states** and **transformations**. Each of them have their own unique properties in which signify the usage of their current state.

#### **Base State**

This is the form the weaponry it takes on when not "active" or in use of a battle, looking not offensive or threatening in this state. It resembles a normal axe with the same shades of color, but suppresses its forked edges for battle. It is kept strapped across the Illager King’s back.

#### **Forked State**

This form is known to transform this axe by turning it into its forked transformation, with all three forked blades extended. It is mostly used to perform side-slashing damage using its three-forked blades.

#### **Spear State**

This form transforms this axe into its spear form, with only one jagged blade extended. This form is mostly used to perform piercing damage to the opponent using its protruded fork, such as when using the axe's abilities "extend" or "thrust". There are some circumstances where this spear form happens: The time when he used this form for extend move to attack Blue Demon in Annoying Villagers 43, how he shredded Fuzzy's shades into half in Annoying Villagers 53 and thrusting this axe in this form and extending it as breaking Blaster-type Herobrine Vessels' obsidian in Annoying Villagers 55.

### **Corrosion**

**Corrosion** is an in-game status **negative status affect** in Annoying Villagers that when applied, corrodes at an offending Mob or Player. It was described as “burning” by the Drowned (although it does not show any burning effects), meaning that it does extra durability damage to a person’s armor and health The move so far appears to be activated throughout the use of another special move used by a Trident or/and the Drowned called ‘Electrify.’ Although it won’t stop the user from taking damage, it burns the opponent to an extent once hit with the same sensation.

### **Mending**

If the king is injured, the axe will turn a pixelated yellow shade and begin healing him along with repairing his armor.

## Trivia

* This is the first axe weapon to disguise itself in a Minecraft vanilla axe. The other being Giant Red Axe. However, this only appeared in a backstory of Illager King in Annoying Villagers 55.

## Sightings

* Annoying Villagers 40
* Annoying Villagers 43 (observation)
* Annoying Villagers 53
* Annoying Villagers 54
* Annoying Villagers 55 (flashback; iron axe and present)
* Annoying Villagers 59 (cameo)
* Annoying Villagers 61
* Annoying Villagers 62

## Gallery

Illager King transforming the axe into its forked form in Annoying Villagers 40Illager King transforming the axe into its spear form in Annoying Villagers 43The axe healing the Illager King in the same episodeIllager King detracting the axe in Annoying Villagers 54The Red-Steel Axe in it's base form and shaped as a normal axe in Annoying Villagers 40.The red-steel axe deflecting arrows and destroying playersIllager King confronting the blue demon