Iris

"The world is beautiful. The world is kind. The world is everything and all. All you need to do is realize it, and enlightenment will come to you as well"
-Iris
Iris Rathod, previously known as IRIS (Indarpal Rathod's Intelliegence System), is an automata mage and hero native to Hyderabad, India. She was developed by Professor Indarpal Rathod, the original developer of the automata. After he was forced by HearthTech to sell them his plans, he secretly developed an even more advanced version, IRIS. 
IRIS was designed with sentience, and was designed to emulate the personality of Rathod's deceased sister. Rathod "raised" her and taught her many things about the world. One day HearthTech tried to steal the plans for IRIS. The plan went horridly wrong, and Indarpal was stabbed to death by accident. As he bled out in the street, surrounded by people who only looked and didn't help, IRIS gained sapience and became Iris instead. 
The irrationality of a robot feeling emotions like grief was broadcast across social media, and in response, other automata began to malfunction, causing a mass epidemic of sapience arising. 
Iris later went on to join the Petra Initiative in order to expose HearthTech for its deeds, and afterwards went on a spiritual journey around the world, during which she became the spiritual, optimistic, dreamer she is today. Iris also became a firm believer of Clockwork Buddhism during her travels through Tibet.
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