Birdmen (Total War)

Wizzrobes are an ancient, near-extinct corvian people endemic to Vigjaro Glade, noted for their natural sensitivity to the Aura from which all mortal derive magical power.

Ancient Age
One of the Firstborn peoples of Hyrule, the Wizzrobe were avian beings, possibly related to the Fokka, that originated in the underworld of caverns beneath the surface of Hyrule, specifically below what would become known as Vigaro Glade. The Wizzrobe possess an innate sensitivity to the Aura, and were able to construct tools that harness its power to utilize magical power. However, unlike Hyruleans, they lacked the ability to directly interact with this force, and as such came to envy many of the surface dwelling peoples of Hyrule. Roughly one thousand years after the fall of Kovalian civilization in the Gerudo Desert, c. 7000 BG, the Wizzrobe forged an underground civilization underneath northern Hyrule, subsiding off of underground beetles. They harvested magical crystals deep under Hyrule to power magical engines that bored through the earth, allowing them to construct grand cities, such as Byrna and Somaria. However, some magical calamity destroyed much of their civilization, forcing them to the surface, where they took up roles as teachers, scholars, and healers, offering their services to other peoples of Hyrule. Circa 3400 to 3300 BG, Akkalans from Arcadia settled the area around Vigjaro Glade, unknowingly founding the settlement of Vigjaro atop the ancient wizzrobe cities of Somaria and Byrna. For centuries the Wizzrobe seemed little more than an Order of odd avian mystics operating out of the city Cathedral, highly regarded by the Akkalan commonfolk for their offer of free healing and education to all. In 2982 BG, the self declared Goddess of the Akkalans, Queen Hylia Nohansen, approached the Order, offering her immense knowledge and magical power to them in exchange for help in erasing all trace of herself from the minds and records of the Akkalan people. They agreed, and entered Hylia's service, secretly constructing a power base of arcane and martial might in the ancient halls of Somaria and Byrna over the centuries, patiently manipulating the Kingdom of Hyrule and waiting for the time that their goddess would reclaim her throne.

Wizzrobe
Flightless humanoid avians similar to crows or ravens, the Wizzrobe are natives of the underground, possessing dark blue or black plumage, a powerful orange beak, and two bioluminescent green eyes to see in low light conditions. They subsist primarily on underground insects, preferring them even when having ready access to other food such as agriculture, and indeed often construct complex magical conservatories solely as ideal breeding grounds for their prey, trading off the produce to Hylians. Wizzrobes are naturally sensitive to the Aura, capable of sensing magical power and artifacts, but lack the ability to directly manipulate it as other firstborn, like the Akkalans and their Blood of the Gods. Wizzrobes are slow breeders, living for centuries if not millennia, and as such their numbers are quite low.