The Evoker came first, but Jens wanted another, partly to increase the variety of attackers you’d be facing, deploying long and short range tactics. But also, Jens says, he wanted to give the sense of that the Illagers are a diverse bunch of individuals, each with their own set-up.

And so the homicidal rush-mob, the Vindicator, was born - lurching at you from the dark recesses of the mansion, axe raised high.