Heartstone Constructs

Heartstone Constructs are a subspecies of Inchlings. They are heavily connected to Redstone.

## Description

Heartstone Constructs are made of a wide variety of materials, and have multiple different roles in the upkeep of their Heart.

The differences between materials and appearances between constructs is referred to as their "Make". While seemingly anything could be a part of a Heartstone Construct, there have been distinct groups and subgroups defined in an attempt to keep track of and categorize the different types. All Role types of Heartstone Constructs can be found in any make, so the make is exclusively for understanding physical attributes and development of the creatures as a whole.

### Make Groups/Subgroups

* **Pure -** The Make associated with the first iteration of Heartstone Constructs, and the supposedly "Most Natural" form they can take. A Pure Make means having a material type that is directly accessible by the Heart and a physical appearance that has few distinguishing traits. There are two recognized Pure Make subgroups, both similar in nature and relative appearance.
	+ **Stonemake -** Heartstone Constructs made of majority Stone and Redstone. Form is not required to conform to any kind of biology, instead having an appearance most ideal to their role. This is, hypothetically, the most typical and natural kind of Heartstone Construct, but finding one accidentally is extremely rare.
	+ **Oremake -** Heartstone Constructs made of Stone, Redstone, and an additional kind of Ore. They're a somewhat more uncommon sight, but only as uncommon as any given ore is. Shares similar forms to Stonemakes. Significantly, despite other ores being more numerous, the most common form of Oremake is made with Lapis as the additional Ore.
* **Natural -** The next most well known kind of Heartstone Construct, this make is not as typical or regular as the name may suggest. A Natural Make only happens when living natural materials, such as wood or flesh, have enough connection to or contact with a vein of the Heart to allow for a Heartstone Construct to form from the given materials. There are ways for such a thing to happen wholly naturally, but they are rare. More often than not, an outside influence of some kind introduces a natural material to a vein, leading to a small group of more or less isolated Constructs, unless they further their make themselves. There are two main Natural Make subgroups, but they encompass a massive variety of potential appearances and natures.
	+ **Plantmake -** Heartstone Constructs that are made using exclusively plant materials, such as Wood, Flowers, and etc. While they are mainly powered by redstone, a Plantmake Construct is often required to sustain the plant parts of itself as well, meaning that regular exposure to sunlight and water may become essential parts of its survival. The forms of Plantmake Constructs is highly variable, but tends to exemplify parts of the plant they are based off of- examples including small "branches," flower blooms across the body, vine tails, etc.
	+ **Fleshmake -** The more uncommon of the two, Fleshmake Heartstone Constructs are made from the biological material of Fauna of any type, most notably the meat. Fleshmake Constructs are still mainly redstone powered, however they must also sustain the material of their bodies, typically with a similar diet to whatever they are based off. Despite having a body based off the material of a creature, they are not required to look like the creature in question, and can still take a variety of physical shapes, much to the horror of most people who witness such a thing. Fleshmake Constructs will often develop additional features from the creatures of their base, such as feathers, fur, claws, and etc, however such features will rarely ever be sensible- wings, paws, snouts, and other structural features are not guaranteed.
* **Craft -** An explicitly unnatural form of Heartstone Construct, all Craft Makes are a result of intervention by some kind of creature on the processes of creation for Heartstone Constructs. An object of some kind is made, and then placed in direct contact with a vein of the Heart in hopes of a Heartstone Construct taking form because of the exposure. Various cultures aided in the formation of the Craft Make for ritualistic, religious, or other reasons, and Heartstone Constructs with a Craft Make tend to be the least strange or uncanny given their intentional design.
	+ **Forgemake -** Heartstone Constructs who's bodies were made of hard, unnaturally processed materials. This can include refined metals, obsidian, materials from other dimensions, and etc. Forgemake Constructs must have been created with the intent to allow redstone to pass throughout the body from the start, given the lack of malleability in the material, so they are exclusively an intentional creation, requiring a complicated forging process and deep knowledge of how Heartstone Constructs function. Despite the similarities, Forgemake Constructs and Golems differ from each other in purpose; Heartstone Constructs feel no obligation to respect or serve any creator and care for their Role above all.
	+ **Artmake -** Categorized by having bodies made of fabric, carved wood, or other soft/fragile materials, the most notable defining feature of Artmake Constructs is the quality of their designs and aesthetic appeal of their construction. Bodies do not have to be intentionally crafted with the flow of Redstone in mind provided the given material is able to be permeated by Redstone- this makes plush toys and dolls a very frequent form for Artmake Constructs to be based from. While they are more appealing to people by virtue of their design, they too have no innate kinship with people or regular creations, and when created will focus as wholly on their given role as any other Heartstone Construct.
	+ **Foodmake -** Toeing the line most directly between what counts as Natural and what counts as Craft, Foodmake Heartstone Constructs are by far the strangest form to exist. Made with edible forms, their ability to be eaten is immediately undermined by the large redstone content present in their bodies, thus making their existence an enigma. They are also the shortest lived of any Heartstone Construct by far, as it is a struggle to preserve their bodies and prevent decay of the materials that are now distinctly non-living. The baffling exception and reason as to this make's subgroup existing is the peculiar matter of Rotten Flesh. A corpse with sufficient exposure can, like anything else, lead to the creation of a Heartstone Construct, but given a corpse is no longer living, such an occurrence does not fall under the Natural make. By all definitions, it matches the requirements of the Craft make. The peculiarities of science.

### Role Types

More notable than their make, a Heartstone Construct's Role is the definition to its being and its interactions with the world around it. Preventing a Heartstone Construct from performing actions related to its role is to deprive it of its purpose for existence, and will often result in some effort being taken to oh you know