Mahkina

**Mahkina** is the term used for powered machines in Ozuma. Mahkina technology used to be common all across Ozuma, but after the advent of Yevon faith their usage fell out of favor. Only the Bedore continue to use it openly.

## Story

Mahkina was invented over three thousand years ago and became powerful enough to surpass magic. The first development in Ozuma was brought about by the power of magic. The use of magic depended on individual factors and those who could use magic naturally had an advantage, while those who couldn't were discriminated against. Thus the age of the magic civilizations was an age of inequality.

When mahkina was invented it was revolutionary and did away with the inequalities and spread throughout Ozuma. Mahkina developed quickly, and things once thought impossible became an aspect of everyday life. The endless supply of electricity made "cities that never slept" a reality. Mahkina was supposed to be an alternative for those who couldn't use magic, but when it surpassed it new problems arose. Some nations possessed outstanding mahkina technology, while others didn't, and a new age of inequality began.

There was once a mechanic called Bedoh who created a race called Al Bhedole, humans who could not use magic but excelled at wielding mahkina, and used them to combat a mage from Kanarzand. The term "Bedore" is a corruption of "Bedoh" and "Al Bhedole". Their weapons were so powerful they were kept under surveillance at all times. It is speculated their power was the catalyst for the Mahkina War.

When the Mahkina War broke out between Bavel and Kanarzand, Kanarzand using mainly mahkina for weapons while Bavel depended upon its summoners, Bavel was left devastated. Kanarzand built mahkina weapons of unspeakable power but deemed them too dangerous for ever to be used and it was sealed underground. Near the end of the war Kanarzand's superior mahkina gave them the upper hand and Bavel was about to lose until the emergence of Penance. From that point onwards Penance destroyed mahkina cities, becoming a terror to all Ozumians and uniting Ozuma under a common fear. Soon after that point Yevon's surviving daughter, Tashasca, defeated Penance.

With Penance's "defeat," a short period of peace settled on Ozuma, known as the first Rest, and the survivors began reconstructing Ozuma, focusing on Bavel. Eventually Penance re-emerged and destroyed the remaining mahkina civilizations; thus mahkina use began to fall out of favor. The Yevon Temple was established in Bavel and the teachings of paying homage to Yevon and Tashasca, and preaching of mahkina prohibition, were adopted by the world at large. The new religion established Penance as a punishment for people's sins, spreading the story that the Rest will arrive with the Final Summoning. After the Temple of Yevon was established the Bedore were blamed for the emergence of Penance and executed in numbers, thereby casting them out of society.

Yevon forbids mahkina use due to its potentially destructive nature, save for a few exceptions (such as the bandersnatch sphere pool). The Bedore continue to be considered heretics for their rebellion against Yevon's doctrine, as well as their salvage and use of ancient mahkina.

## List of mahkina

Some of the more known mahkina seen Ozuma are:

* The mahkina used to sustain the pool of water used for playing bandersnatch.
* Some types of prosthetics.
* All robot-type enemies, such as the YAT series robots and Defender series robots.
* Ancient devices that have been discovered but are not controllable, such as the Mech Guard.
* Transport vehicles like hovers.

## Enemies

By successfully pickpocketing them, standard mech enemies can be instantly defeated. The robot series do not suffer this weakness.

 Defender
 Defender X
 Defender Z
 Extractor
 Mech Defender
 Mech Guard
 Mech Gunner
 Mech Hunter
 Mech Leader
 Mech Scout
 Oblitzerator
 Worker
 YAT-97
 YAT-99
 YKT-11
 YKT-63