Ferrous Wroughtnaut

A ferrous wroughtnaut.

**Ferrous Wroughtnauts** are war machines made by inventers from Mouiya. They are warriors in thick, metal armour that seem to be unfazed from any attack, built to fight hostile forces to protect the citizens and fight alongside the army. Going rouge and malfunctioned during the Battle of the Falling Sky, they are now murderous menaces that strike down everything they see with no limit whatsoever.

## Description

Ferrous wroughtnauts are made to kill, and violence is their only purpose. Mouiya was never known for it's military strength, so these iron beasts were made to replace that. Their armour was impenetrable, made from a modified version of *titanium* specially forged to be moulded into a wroughtnaut's armour. The armour itself has no magical properties, as it's mostly the wiring that is magical, giving them a sense of being and a thought process (even though it mostly consisted of violence).

## Behaviour

Most ferrous wroughtnauts will remain motionless, clutching the cheeks of it's battle axe, planting the bottom of the handle into the floor and waiting for it's next victim. This is known as it's hibernation state, used for maintaining connection with the Iron Mind back when Mouiya was still a peaceful realm. The reason why they still enter hibernation is unknown, although it's believed that they do this when idle, as their senses are increased while in this state (as they gain 15 m (50 ft. approx.) of tremorsense).

## Abilities

Their armour is special, being able to resist most attacks. Physical attacks seem to have no effect on their armour, even if the attack in question was a sledgehammer, not even leaving a dent in their metal plate. It even can resist some magical effects, being resistant to fire and acid. There seems to be a space within the metal that seems to shield it from most magical effects.

Apart from their resistance from most attacks that their armour gives them, they have incredible strength. A slam from it's axe can create a shockwave on the floor that makes it's victims fall prone. If it wants, it can pull enemies towards it as it misshapes the floor around it (provided that it's something weak like dirt).

## Combat

Ferrous Wroughtnauts use their axes to attack, providing a lethal weapon to those who aren't prepared. They are also immune to all sources of damage except lightning, completely breaking it's wiring and destroying it.

## Ecology

Like most wroughtnauts, ferrous wroughtnauts could be found roaming in any climate or terrain within *Mouiya*.

### Creation

Back when they were still being produced, a ferrous wroughtnaut would cost about 225,000 shard's worth (45,000 silver approx.) worth of materials to produce, and would take about two weeks of work with the help of magical tools to produce. Only licenced workers from the academia could enter the facility where the wroughtnauts were being produced. The spells and process of making the wroughtnauts are unknown, as it was forbidden to share procedures used to make war machines, in an attempt to keep the peace.

### Usage

Ferrous wroughtnauts were the most common soldier (apart from actual people) that were present in the military. They were used as tanks, shielding the weaker wroughtnauts and the soldiers of the army from heavy attacks, while coming out unfazed. They were also used for guarding precious things, in places such as vaults.

## Notable Ferrous Wroughtnauts

* The *Field Tiller*, from the folk story, telling those never to order wroughtnauts to fight each other.

## Trivia

* Ferrous Wroughtnauts are based on the boss in a minecraft mod called Mowzies Mobs.