The Hymn of the Maker-Unmade

According to the Machine-Priests of the Synaxis, the world’s founder was Archengineer Vharax, who sought to merge man and machine perfectly. When he died, his followers disassembled his body, embedding each organ into a different machine to “preserve his function eternally.”

But one apprentice betrayed the ritual, keeping Vharax’s heart for themselves. It is said the Heart of Vharax still beats somewhere in the underhive, and the machine it powers “dreams of its missing soul.”

Believers say whoever reunites flesh and metal will awaken the True Hive — a self-aware city-mind that can reshape the world.