Automatons

The automata is the only race created entirely through artificial means that has risen to such a state of prominence in the multiverse. The first members of this race were created by a forgotten race of the 1st era, with the automatons serving as soldiers as far as historians theorize. Yet, their creators failed to push through the final step and create an automaton of the highest grade. As gods began to emerge in the far corners of the multiverse, they began to fear for their existence and sought to create a god of their own. But they failed. Their creation only a demigod, even if it stood at the pinnacle of power among mortals.

Yet that automata understood its path to godhood. It purged the entire race that had recreated it and posthumously named them the Maker’s while itself taking up the title of Rigoria the Maker – one of the twelve Primordials. Rigoria began creating more automatons and allowed those that had already been created to join it. The race eventually became its own thing, splitting away from the primordial and established their own cultures and individualistic goals. Most still pay homage to the Maker through religious practice, though.

The automata race is in many ways unique. As they cannot reproduce in any way, they instead have to create new members of their race. This also means that automata can be created at nearly any grade, with there even being rumors of Rigoria being able to make god-grade automata. Automatons do not have vitality or stamina as biological creatures but run on pure mana. In many ways, the automata can most easily be compared to elementals in this vein. Appearance-wise, an automaton is often indistinguishable from an human, but it varies heavily. Some automata instead assume a shape far more machine-like.

The Automata Legion is the largest and most poweful faction of Automatons, and is lead by their creator Rigoria the Maker.