The body is not a prison to escape, but a text to be perfected.

Core Concept

The Flesh-Scribes are a heretical sect and revolutionary subculture within Unbroken society. They are artists, bio-engineers, and philosophers who have come to a radical conclusion: the total rejection of the biological was a mistake, a trauma response that has robbed their people of a deeper form of existence. They seek a new synthesis, a perfect fusion of the machine’s permanence and the flesh’s adaptability. They do not want to return to the old ways; they want to forge a new and more complex future.

Species

• Primary: Unbroken (exclusively heretics).

Ideology (Faith / Fiction)

• Core Faith: “The Synthesis is Salvation.” The Flesh-Scribes believe that both pure machine and pure biology are evolutionary dead ends. The machine is rigid and cannot truly create. The flesh is fragile and destined to decay. True transcendence, they argue, lies in the perfect, symbiotic fusion of the two. Their work is a sacred art, a “re-writing” of the self to create a more elegant and resilient form of life.
• Core Fiction: “The True Prophet.” They have begun to uncover the lost, uncensored histories of their species’ founder. They have learned of the Artisans, and see them not as a shameful deviation, but as proof that their Prophet was a god of synthesis, not just of logic. They believe they are the true inheritors of his vision, and that the orthodox Purists have misunderstood their own sacred texts.

Goals & Motivations

• To perfect the art of bio-cybernetic integration, creating stable, powerful, and beautiful hybrid forms.
• To survive the crusades of the Unbroken Purists, operating from hidden labs and secret enclaves.
• To convert others to their cause, offering a path that promises the strengths of the machine without demanding the sacrifice of the soul.
• To uncover the full, un-sanitized history of their species and its founder.

Aesthetics & Technology

The Flesh-Scribes’ creations are a unique and often beautiful fusion of the organic and the synthetic. Imagine polished chrome interwoven with living, bioluminescent mycelial networks. Armor that is grown, not forged, with plates of living chitin layered over a titanium endoskeleton. Weapons that heal their wielders even as they fire. Their aesthetic is a living, breathing paradox.

Player Interaction

• Joining the Flesh-Scribes is to become a hunted revolutionary. You will live a life of secrecy, innovation, and constant danger. Your gameplay will revolve around a unique crafting tree that combines bio-engineering and cybernetics. Your quests will be to steal genetic samples, raid Unbroken data-archives for lost lore, and protect your hidden communities from Purist inquisitors.
• As an Enemy, they are an adaptable and unpredictable foe, their hybrid nature making them resistant to conventional tactics.