Assembler
In 4637 AR, after the temple of Asmodeus that once stood on the current site of Absalom’s Clockwork Cathedral burned to the ground in a mysterious fire, an enormous iron ship arrived in Absalom’s harbor. A gaunt, robed figure—the Assembler—emerged from the vessel, apparently its only passenger. The stranger, who spoke with a monotone, mechanical voice and moved with deliberate, controlled gestures, always kept its stoic visage hidden within the shadows of its voluminous hood, but nonetheless commanded respect and attention from the city authorities it immediately sought out. The Assembler purchased the site of the fire-ravaged temple, and over the next month it magically transported the iron dreadnought from the harbor and transformed it into the elaborate, multi-valved edifice known as the Clockwork Cathedral.
Once it had completed construction, the Assembler withdrew into its new palace, never again to emerge into the outside world. But the Assembler did not simply vanish. Instead, it kept the mechanical doors and inner seals of the Cathedral open to those brave or curious enough to explore the chambers within. The most promising of these early explorers became the first students of the Clockwork Cathedral, the pupils of the Assembler and its agents in creating new constructs in its glorious mechanical image. Today, the Assembler dwells within the deepest, most isolated chambers of the Clockwork Cathedral, associating only with the Ruling Escarpment who administer the edifice, as well as a few of the most promising students within the many cognates. Students of the Cathedral—most of whom will never see the Assembler in their entire lives—spread legends of its brilliance and its complicated, decades-long (but always ill-defined) plan for the fate of Absalom. These rumors have brought the Assembler into direct contact with a succession of Absalom’s rulers, including Lord Gyr and his predecessor, both of whom met privately with the enigmatic figure. Acting Primarch Wynsal Starborn has yet to visit with the Assembler, as he seeks more information about the creature’s true motives before entering its ever-shifting lair or being deployed as a pawn in one of its unknown—but surely highly complex—schemes.
Once it had completed construction, the Assembler withdrew into its new palace, never again to emerge into the outside world. But the Assembler did not simply vanish. Instead, it kept the mechanical doors and inner seals of the Cathedral open to those brave or curious enough to explore the chambers within. The most promising of these early explorers became the first students of the Clockwork Cathedral, the pupils of the Assembler and its agents in creating new constructs in its glorious mechanical image. Today, the Assembler dwells within the deepest, most isolated chambers of the Clockwork Cathedral, associating only with the Ruling Escarpment who administer the edifice, as well as a few of the most promising students within the many cognates. Students of the Cathedral—most of whom will never see the Assembler in their entire lives—spread legends of its brilliance and its complicated, decades-long (but always ill-defined) plan for the fate of Absalom. These rumors have brought the Assembler into direct contact with a succession of Absalom’s rulers, including Lord Gyr and his predecessor, both of whom met privately with the enigmatic figure. Acting Primarch Wynsal Starborn has yet to visit with the Assembler, as he seeks more information about the creature’s true motives before entering its ever-shifting lair or being deployed as a pawn in one of its unknown—but surely highly complex—schemes.
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