Tobis

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## Background

Long ago in a dark corner of the sacred place a mysterious man went to work creating a machine with dark and disturbing blood magic. Combining these rituals with advanced technology taken from a long forgotten civilization, and vampiric blood. The rituals and magic were so dark and disturbing that only the man himself knows its true nature. Tobis was once a free and living warforged exploring the great expanses of the world before the time of the wall itself. Tobis loved nature and had always desired to see organic beings and break the warforged’s long tradition of self sufficiency and living within their utopian cities high in the sky mountains. Tobis had hoped to find people and discuss the beauty of the world with them. In truth however there was a secondary mission to Tobis’s objective that was the retrieval of the anima mechanicus

. An ancient relic believed by the warforged to have divine origins and was most likely vital in the original creation of the Warforged as a race. The relic was last known to be in the possession of the Jade Emperor. He had attempted to use it to take control of the warforged and force them to fight for his ambitions. The Jade Emperor however fell from power before he could use the relic, its location was thus lost. Tobis traveled the land attempting to locate the Anima Mechanicus eventually having become confident in its location he began his journey to locate the relic. In ancient ruins of a vast temple Tobis found the crypt of souls, the holding cell of the anima mechanicus, however before he was able to enter he heard screams coming from outside. Moving to investigate as to ensure no one would discover the relic and track him, he found nothing. Soon a blast struck him in the back and he tumbled down. Standing up he saw a group of bandits before him; made up of a mix of warlocks and soldiers. They were determined to slaughter him for an unknown reason. Tobis fought long and hard destroying many of the group but was eventually overpowered and defeated. As his systems failed and he lay dying his last thoughts were of the fate of the relic and his people. As the centuries passed his body slowly was covered by dirt and debris. He became a relic himself hidden within the ruins of the land. Eventually the mysterious man would discover him while excavating the surrounding land, seeing an opportunity he took the body and went to work. Through the dark rituals and blood magic he was able to restore Tobis and bind him to his control. He made sure to block out the memories of Tobis’s as to ensure loyalty. Time passed and Tobis served as bodyguard and enforcer for the man. Terrorizing the surrounding villages of the castle Tobis served faithfully, unaware of his true past. Eventually Tobis began to question his true nature, doubtful of the lies he was told he approached his master and inquired about the truth. As this happened bits and pieces of his past came back and he became more aggressive towards the man eventually resulting in him demanding him to release all his memories. As the man refused Tobis attempted to use force causing him to shut Tobis down and the Command Piece. Something unknown occurred in the period after the shutdown but eventually Tobis regained control fully and began an altercation with him in public causing the party to intervene.