The Bonding of the Guant

Military action

Shimra traveled across Geiddnir, and eventually called back to Krypis by the darkness in his dreams. Before he could reach it, he was captured by the Ming, a militant faction of the Guant, was subjugated into slavery for them and had the Syphon Core taken from him. He was forced to do all sorts of menial tasks until he came across Raj Har, a young Guant who had been at Casantoa's camp. Raj convinced the Khan of the Ming to appoint Shimra as Vizer to his young son, teaching him the language of Mariana. Shimra's lot improved for a few years, but the Khan began to worry about his son. In Guant culture, it was seen as a weakness to rely on others, so the Khan began to ponder having Shiram killed so his son would not rely on him.   That plan never developed, for one night, Shimra had another disturbing dream, of a mechanical parody of nature. Waking from this screaming, he had no time to dwell on it, for a giant mechanical beast in the shape of a Dragon appeared from under the ground and started rampaging. The Khan was killed in the confusion. Shimra and Raj used this confusion to retrieve the Syphon Core, so Shimra could weaken it, but to everyone's surprise, Shimra found he could directly control it.   The Khan's son became the new Khan, and appointed Shimra his Magister and set about using the dragon engine, or Mechanicus Dracon , to unify the Guant people under the Ming.