"Look, you can sneer at me all you want, but Konrad the Hero his-bloomin'-self was from a village just like mine, so don't you be talking us down, you hear! Us villagers are good folk!"
Villagers of the Empire
A villager is a rural peasant who comprises the majority of the Empire's population and who lives in small, agricultural communities. Villages form the backbone of Imperial society, producing crops, livestock, and other raw materials for the rest of the Empire's civilisation. Most villages are part of a landed noble's domain, with day-to-day activities overseen by a bailiff.[1a]
A villager may fill one of many occupational roles in an agrarian society: farmer, herder, miller, charcoal burner and more. The most well-respected villagers may become Village Elders.[1a]
Many Imperial youths growing up in villages in the more agrarian parts of the Empire find this life dull. The stories of travelling pedlars and Strigany only make these impetuous villagers more intent on adventure. Of course, these tales bear little relation to the harsh realities of the adventurering life in the Known World.[1a]