Demon Engines

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## The Demon Engines

### Abstract

The constructs of Bronze and Iron, fueled by distilled black sap, a substance found deep under the earth's surface and guided by the intelligence of demonic beings, all in the name of convenience, could serve as the perfect  example of hedonism which plagued the oldest race race of Kylorn who ultimately destroyed themselves, the Goblins.

### Goblin love for Machinery

Barklins, ent like Goblins always where the brightest when it came to technology. What began as a simple interest in scientific philosophy, quickly rose to be the foundation of their culture. Simple contraptions of wood and stone proofed to be of great help in in the fulfilling of their daily needs and the construction of the first underground cities, The Spirals of old.

### Developments in machinery

The technological process was not to be stopped, as bronze and iron could support ever greater machinery, while steam engines power them. However they where crude and lacked any amount of intelligence, even the greatest Mechanists knowledge in the arts of steam and redstone wouldn't allow them to truly bring their creations, to life.

### The Heart of Artifice

The Barklin problem could have been solved by the Schroomlin own developments in the arcane. The Demonologists of the mushroom like Goblins have managed to store demonic souls in inanimate objects, which resulted in a surge of demon infused goods, from possessed weapons and tools to cosmetics and personal communication devices. The most influential development how ever have undoubtedly been the Demon Engines.

### The Age of Hedonism

Demon powered robotic engines where present all over the Goblin city states, taking over most of their hard work, but never having enough energy to truly satisfy the Goblin ambitions, until the discovery of black sap. A hot, black, sap like liquid, commonly found underground or at sea bottom leaking onto the surface which had the potential to fuel anything the Mechanists could have only imagined. As the story goes, a Bloomlin diplomat desperate for alcohol on an official hunting trip with Mosslin royalty has been so bored out that they have decided to distill the Black Sap from one of the local sap fields. After said Bloomlin nearly died, the Barklin doctor who treated them took the new beverage for testing and discovered its incredible ability to create thermal energy through its burning. Black Sap fueled Demon Engines finally had the capacity to allow to fulfil every job the Goblins tasked them with.

### The Fall of the Spirals

Demon infused constructs who took over every aspect of Goblin life after decades of service where finally ready for a full demon incursion. Factories have started to produce massive robotic bodies, fused with the flesh of animals. The demonic uprising has been a surprise for the Goblins who couldn't imagine their servants going against their contract where at the brink of full genocide after only the first week of fighting. The tide shifted to favour the Goblins however, after the self proclaimed god Pjur Pjur, the Goblin who has created the concept of speech and wielded it with such power that any word he spoke would become reality. Pjur Pjur was convinced by Zyanya Humienor and her companions to close demonic rifts spewing hordes of monsters into the mortal world by entertaining the insane Goblin with jokes, riddles and chai.

### The Cursed Demonic Plagues

Just with one word Pjur Pjur made up on the spot *Defenestration* all demonic portals where shut like windows in the storm with lower demons being pushed out of them. The fight how ever wasn't over just yet, but the Demon Engines still great in number have finally learned what fear was. One by one they where hunted down and once their end was nae, their leader Astaroth has plagued the lands of Kylorn, granting animals sentience creating monsters fuelled by endless gluttony, and love, envy, and greed, and all other feelings that the plant like Goblins simply didn't posses. This feelings made them hate everything and anything including each others.

The demons plan worked, despite their own destruction, the young races conquered the Goblin temple cities, killed the priests and used the sturdy Goblin bones to forge tools mistaking them for metal. The Goblins had to retreat into the deepest of spirals such as Vaechdar to petrify themselves and whether the storm.

### The Modern Demon World

In the modern times, the word of Pjur Pjur weakened, the windows to the other world opened anew and with the rediscovery of long lost Goblin robotics by the younger races, the demons finally had vessels to return to the waking world and enact their revenge on all that was living, creating their paradise of bronze, and iron.

### Stories from the End of Times

#### How the World Burned

The Barklin capital was alight, not with fire but crowds. On this day several high ranking Barklin scientists claimed they were making a breakthrough towards the creation of an Eversoul.

Many partied and celebrated the breakthrough. Others were on the streets protesting, wanting this madness to end, and continue with what they had, lest they burn the city *again*.

The guards were preoccupied dealing with the crowd but nonetheless the ritual began.

It became quickly apparent that the demon they summoned was too powerful to effectively contain leading to a breakout attempt. None of the scientist countermeasures worked on a demon of quite this size.

The demon was growing more and more powerful by the second, causing great quakes through the capital and lighting the laboratory up like a candle. By now the crowd had dispersed, trying to flee the scene of terror, believing this to be like any other failed Barklin experiment.

The guards wheeled and tried to combat evil, ultimately falling to it. One of the guards escaped and ran for the nearest Venhdari Garison.

The demon let out a great screech, seeming to empower the demons trapped in the demon engines causing them to break out and join the slaughter.

All the lights in the city had gone out, save for the few torches held by remaining guard patrols, and the fires that scorched the city

The Venhdari legion had finally arrived to find the city mostly in ruins, and demons attacking the Goblins they once served.

The unit of legendary warriors carved deep into the city getting close to the dreaded leader. The battle that ensued went on for hours but the demon lord had won.

Instead of destroying them, he claimed them as his champions and used them to overrun the factory where demon engines were made, claiming the tools needed to sustain a portal to allow more demons to come through.

Word of this took afew days to get out. Starting with a day of relative silence, leading many to believe that maybe, *Just maybe* the barklins had learned their lesson. The arrival of a very tired, haggard, and partially burned goblin with a terrible tale soon proved otherwise.

As word of the demonic uprising spread, machines from all cities started to join the fray, leading to the razing of cities once thought untouchabe.