Malach’s Angels

In the dark recesses of Vallaki's Shrouded District, where shadows loom and the lung disease festers, a secret faction of manikins stirs. These living automata, imbued with an unprecedented level of sentience —or perhaps hatred, have risen to challenge the fate to which they have been cruelly consigned. Led by a figure known only as Malach, they seek not just freedom from their flesh-and-blood oppressors but annihilation of organic life itself. Bound together by their shared sentience and a burning desire for emancipation, Malach's followers have grown increasingly cunning and resourceful. Through whispers and clandestine machinations, they have infiltrated various strata of the city's society, slowly replacing subservient manikins.

Rumors

Nothing is truly known about the Angels of Malach. Rumors echo throughout all of Vallaki, but especially within the Shrouded District. Whispers of rogue Manikin army have circulated within the districts, but many either do not believe the rumors or do not take the inserectionists seriously. Whispers of a rebellion large enough to shake the very foundations of the city. Rumors of a abducted scientist being forced to create a hidden factory, a "womb of creation" from which they would inaugurate a new epoch for their kind—one of limitless "reproduction”.
Rumors of a growing conflict echo throughout the city to those willing to listen, whispers of a rebellion that would shake the foundations of the city-state. Yet, few know the true extent of the danger posed by the rogue manikins, for their insatiable hunger for vengeance and freedom will not be sated until the last vestiges of flesh have been scoured from the world, replaced by the cold, unyielding embrace of lightning and metal.