The Magipunks
The magipunks,
or simply punks, have developed from a disorganized group of delinquent
youth to a coherent organization with a direction and an agenda for the
future of Asterland. They envision a world where technology becomes the
means for control by them and ease by the hand of technology in all its
forms.
They are
aware of Jera's true history and how far from the truth the people of
the world have been misled. They study the artifacts of the past, leading
many archeological ventures into various parts of Asterland and the surrounding
area. They know the true nature of the time spheres that dot many parts
of the countryside. They delve into research on how to burst these bubbles,
the best way of getting artifacts which have not been ravished by time.
Sand, dirt, and plants hide many of these, while others stand starkly
on their own, unhidden to the searching eyes of those that want above
all, to know the truth about the past of Jera.
One Elgo Brytta, a former asassin turned wizard, pushes his theory that
the scrying mirrors used to gaze into the future of Jera instead look
back upon its past. Formerly a dean of Grunburg University of the Arcane,
Elgo lost his position for taking directions thought too radical andasier
life, and the longing for travel soften the public view as to the acceptability
of machines of most every type.
Marli "Shooter" Caliphe,
proposed early on in the formation of the Punks' society, called The Rupture,
that automotons would prove the best slaves possible. Once free to pursue
his own ideas within the save haven of the Gnome society, he began creating
intellegent golems for purposes both useful and military alike. Hidden
from the knowledge of the Gnomes, the one ingredient for making the creatures
think is nothing less than human or gnome brains. His assistant Gorlrig
Austerra, the stereotypical hunchback and otherwise undesirable little
man, digs up graves in search of brains to put into the terrible robots.
Marli dreams of eventually creating towering horrors to control the lands,
putting under any opposition to the dreaded killing machines that know
no fear or mercy. Marli himself is driven and hungry for power. He has
a weakness for loose women, and often spends his time with floozies, especially
the sultry Aunne Kabine, an elven prostitute punker.
She stands
out dramatically, draped in furs and her short, beaded silver-blue hair
of the winter elves. Her attitudes could be best summed up as self- serving,
manipulative, bitch without a trace of morals. She is a powerful seductress,
dabbling in witch-craft to pull men into her arms and their wallet from
them. She stands a noticable 6' tall, long curvacious legs making up much
of the length of the height.
