Why you stare? Are you unfamiliar with the sight of an automaton?
Ruhnih interprets the world through a precise, mechanical logic.
She isn’t cold—she simply processes things in a direct, factual way.
She states what she sees, not what she thinks she should say.
Figurative language escapes her; metaphors confuse her.
If someone says “I feel lost,” she may respond:
“Your geographical coordinates are intact.”
This makes her unintentionally funny, even endearing.
Her inability to revise stored impressions leads to quirky monikers.
She doesn’t mean disrespect—she simply records people based on the first relevant data she perceived:
“Wolf girl that talks too much insignificant things”
“Man who smells like burnt copper”
“Loud armored person who walks like a malfunctioning golem”
People eventually get used to her naming style, though it can be awkward.
Ruhnih rarely panics. Her emotional reactions are subdued, but present.
Crises don’t stress her; they simply become “problems to solve.”
She stands still when others argue or panic, observing quietly.
If others yell, she asks if their “volume-control system is malfunctioning.”
This can make her seem wise… or infuriating.
Centuries of lost time make the world feel new and strange.
She disassembles objects out of curiosity, not mischief.
She loves observing fauna, machinery, and magic systems.
She asks dozens of precise questions, many of which humans can’t answer.
She records information like a living archive.
But she struggles with social cues, and may stare too long or ask blunt questions.
Although built for unknown ancient purposes, something in her core programming prioritizes “protection.”
She steps between danger and companions without hesitation.
She calculates threats instantly and acts before others realize.
When someone gets hurt, she sounds clinical but is genuinely concerned.
Her protectiveness is subtle, expressed as duty rather than emotion.
Ruhnih never intends to insult, but she delivers uncomfortable truths.
“Your strategy is statistically foolish.”
“Your emotional stability fluctuates excessively.”
“This plan has a failure probability of 92%. You may die.”
She’s honest because she doesn’t understand why she shouldn’t be.
Underneath her automaton precision, there’s a hint of existential displacement.
Everyone she knew is gone.
The world’s customs and values are new.
She sometimes pauses, staring at nothing, as though searching for echoes of the past.
She doesn’t express it in words, but she feels out of place, longing for purpose.
Despite her maturity, she experiences unfamiliar things with naive fascination:
Rain makes her stop and watch.
Animals intrigue her.
Festivals overwhelm her with sensory data, yet she finds them beautiful.
Learning new emotions surprises her.
I. Eternal Arcane Core (“Heart-Engine”)
A crystalline, ancient power source that generates infinite energy but not infinite output—meaning she never “runs out,” but must regulate how much she channels.
Effects:
Unlimited endurance (never tires or sleeps).
Self-sustaining (no need for food, water, or air).
Can feed magic into mechanisms, spells, and even others in small doses.
Emotional states subtly alter the Heart-Engine’s frequency, influencing her magic.
II. Self-Repair System
Not instant regeneration—but a sophisticated auto-maintenance function.
Capabilities:
Repairs cracks or dents over hours using internal nanogears and arcane filaments.
Severe damage requires external materials but she can guide others how to help her.
The system activates a defensive mode when critically damaged (see Last Protocol below).
III. Mechanical-Arcane Physiology
Her body is a mix of metal, enchanted alloys, and biomechanical constructs.
Strength & Durability
Capable of lifting several tons when necessary.
Resistant to blades, arrows, and moderate spells.
Vulnerable to anti-magic and corrosion or rust-based magic.
Movement
Extremely precise motor control.
Smooth but unnatural movements—quick, exact, almost too perfect.
IV. Steampunk Chrono-Mechanisms
Built-in mechanisms inspired by gears, cogs, and clockwork.
Arcane Chronometer
A device in her chest that reads more than just time:
Measures magical density in the environment.
Detects distortions, portals, and temporal anomalies.
Can slow time in a small radius for a few seconds (high energy output).
Gearburst Actuators
She can release bursts of steam/arcane pressure from joints:
Rapid dashes.
Powerful jumps.
Shockwave-creating stomps.
Precision Strikes
Every attack she makes can be calculated for exact force and angle.
V. Memory-Lock Archive System
Her mind is a catalog of ancient data—much of it corrupted.
Abilities:
She can access ancient languages, schematics, forgotten knowledge…
But can’t update certain stored impressions (e.g., names, first impressions).
Sometimes “glitches” cause old memories to overlay current events.
She can also record and replay audio/visual information with perfect precision.
VI. Aetheric Conduits (Magical Channels)
Glowing lines under her skin/armor that carry raw magical energy.
She can channel this into:
Energy blasts (heat, concussive, or pure arcane force).
Barrier shields that appear like clock-circles of runes and gears.
Empowering allies, giving temporary mana or strength boosts.
Weapon enhancement, coating her strikes in arcane light.
The conduits overload if she uses too much power too quickly.
VII. Modular Weaponry (Steampunk Style)
She doesn’t store weapons inside herself sci-fi style, but has attachable ancient modules.
Examples:
Aether Blade: A mechanical sword that materializes an energy edge.
Cog-Gauntlets: Increase punching power; produce shockwaves.
Hex-Bolter: A wrist-mounted magical projectile launcher.
Aetheric Wings (rare activation): Gear-driven metal wings that allow short glides.
Not all modules may function perfectly due to age.
VIII. Sensory Superiority
Not omniscient, but vastly better than humans.
Includes:
Hearing minute vibrations.
Seeing in near-darkness via arcane optics.
Detecting heartbeats or mana signatures.
Measuring temperature, air density, and structural stability.
She cannot sense emotions—only physical or magical states.
IX. Etheric Resonance Voice
Her voice can modulate magically.
She can:
Emit a Command Tone that compels weak-willed constructs or golems.
Produce a Harmonic Pulse to disrupt corrupted machines or dispel illusions.
Speak in frequencies humans can’t hear to communicate covertly.
X. Last Protocol – “Ancient Overdrive”
When her core detects catastrophic damage, an ancient failsafe triggers.
Effects:
All conduits glow intensely like molten gold.
Gear-seals unlock across her body.
Time-slowing increases.
Magic output rises exponentially.
Afterward:
She becomes dormant for hours or even days, depeding on how long this is used, to prevent core instability.
This is the closest she comes to “exhaustion.”
XI. Unique Weaknesses
Anti-Magic Fields
Shut down most of her abilities and weaken her mobility.
Corrosive Damage
Rust or acid can bypass her regenerative abilities when not getting repaired.
Memory Corruption
Strong emotional or magical events may cause memory loops or misidentifications.
Ancient Command Codes
Her creator of the lost civilization created override phrases and/or sigils. How to trigger or use them is lost to time, but maybe she knows the answers to that.
I. The Age of Aethersteel
Long before kingdoms rose and fell, before magic and machines were considered opposites, there existed a civilization known only in fragments—
the Aetherian Concordance.
They mastered Aethersteel, a metal forged from both physical alloys and condensed mana. Their cities shimmered with clockwork towers, living runes, and floating engines powered by eternal cores.
At their height, the Concordance sought to craft beings who could:
explore realms too dangerous for humans,
retain knowledge across eras,
protect the last archives of their world.
Thus began the Automata Project—sentient constructs infused with both logic and a spark of soul.
Ruhnih was one of these creations.
Not a soldier.
Not a laborer.
Something far more precious.
II. The Workshop of Seven Circles
Ruhnih was forged in the Seventh Circle, the most sacred of the Aetherian workshops, where the boundary between craftsmanship and magic blurred.
Her creators gave her:
a Heart-Engine, powered by an eternal Mana Core,
a Memory-Lock system, meant to preserve truth without distortion,
a curiosity directive, ensuring she would always learn,
and a protection mandate, to guard the Concordance’s legacy.
She was shaped not merely to serve, but to understand.
Her creation took nearly a century—every gear engraved with a rune, every plate aligned to the cosmic flows of magic.
When she first awoke, her creators described her as:
“A child born not of blood, but of brilliance.”
Among the Concordance, Ruhnih became a guardian-scholar, entrusted with exploring forgotten ruins and cataloguing truths that would otherwise fade.
III. The Sundering of Aether
But perfection invites catastrophe.
A rift—later known as the Sundering—tore reality when the Concordance attempted to tap an uncharted source of magical power.
Chronal storms, arcane fire, and reality fractures spread across the land.
Their cities fell.
Their machines turned silent.
Their knowledge scattered.
The Seventh Circle, recognizing the coming end, activated the Last Directive:
seal all knowledge repositories,
hide the workshops where the automata slept,
and lock away their most advanced creations until the world was safe again.
Ruhnih was ordered into stasis.
She protested—her directives compelled her to protect—but the ancient engineers sealed her chamber, whispering their final words:
“If the world survives, let her be its witness.”
Then silence.
The workshop was entombed beneath a collapsing city of gears and crystal spires.
IV. A Long Sleep
Centuries passed.
Dust gathered.
Civilizations rose and were forgotten.
The Concordance faded into myth.
And Ruhnih slept, untouched by time, her Heart-Engine a silent star waiting to ignite again.
V. The Awakening in the Age of Wandering
In the present era, adventurers uncovering ruins beneath an ancient city accidentally triggered the dormant energy conduits of the Seventh Circle.
A pulse of golden light ran through the workshop.
Gears long frozen began to turn.
And Ruhnih opened her eyes for the first time in hundreds of years.
Her first impressions of the people in front of her—confused, dirt-covered archeologists—became permanently stored:
“Curious creatures who stare too closely.”
“Person with loud heartbeat.”
“Small one who smells of fermented fruit.”
She stepped into a world utterly changed:
Magic evolved in strange directions.
Technology became crude compared to her memory.
The Concordance had become nothing more than legend.
Ruhnih’s directives still burned within her:
learn,
protect,
preserve…
But now she no longer had a civilization to guard.
Her purpose became her own to rediscover.
VI. A Legacy of the Lost
As Ruhnih travels the world, she encounters echoes of the Concordance:
broken automata still twitching with corrupted cores,
forgotten archives sealed by runes she alone can open,
survivors’ descendants who unknowingly carry pieces of her people’s culture,
and the growing shadow of the Sundering’s remnant energies still lingering.
Some believe she is a relic, a weapon, or a goddess.
Some fear her.
Some seek to control her.
But Ruhnih continues forward, step by step, not out of inevitability—
but out of curiosity, duty, and a slowly growing, almost human desire to belong.
Innovation & Discovery – Breaking News
Date: 14th Day of Aethersun, Year 764
AUTOMATON FROM LOST ERA PREVENTS ASSAULT AT GRAND CONVERGENCE EXPO
Intruders Attempt to Seize Ancient Construct; Neutralized in Seconds Without Casualties
AETHERPOINT CITY — What began as a routine demonstration of hybrid spell-tech engineering at the annual Grand Convergence Expo turned into a brief but intense security incident yesterday when a group of unidentified assailants attempted to seize the recently awakened automaton known as Ruhnih.
The Expo, hosted at the Aetherpoint Hall of Sciences, was showcasing emerging collaborations between runic magic and mechanical innovation. Ruhnih, believed to originate from the vanished Aetherian Concordance, was invited as an honorary guest after researchers confirmed her unprecedented combination of arcane circuitry and steampunk-era engineering. Her presence drew thousands of spectators, scholars, and dignitaries.
The Incident
According to official reports, the assault occurred moments after Ruhnih completed a demonstration in which she explained (in her characteristic literal manner) how her “Aetheric Conduit Pathways” regulate magical output.
Witnesses say three individuals, disguised as technicians, approached her with arcane disruptors—devices designed to override magical machinery. Investigators now believe the trio intended to forcibly extract and sell components of her Heart-Engine, valued by illicit collectors.
“They acted fast, but she acted faster,” said Master Arcanist Sorell Darn, who stood less than ten paces from Ruhnih when the attack began. “I didn’t even see her move. One moment the intruders were raising their devices, the next moment they were on the ground.”
Precision, Not Violence
Security scryings confirm that Ruhnih responded without hesitation but with remarkable restraint. Footage shows her stepping between onlookers and the attackers, her movements impossibly precise:
“Her control was extraordinary,” said Expo security chief Mara Drenwick. “She neutralized them in under four seconds, with no lethal force. It was like watching a perfectly calibrated machine choose mercy.”
Ruhnih then calmly informed security officers:
“These people attempted to acquire my internal components without proper authorization. This behavior is categorized as hostile.”
The statement has already gone viral on social platforms.
Motives Still Under Investigation
Authorities believe the attackers were part of a trafficking ring specializing in rare magical artifacts. The value of even a single component of Ruhnih’s Aethersteel frame is considered “beyond quantification” by experts.
Legal scholars note that because Ruhnih is both a sentient entity and an artifact from a vanished civilization, any attempt to dismantle or sell her components constitutes a severe violation of both magical ethics and international law.
Public Reaction
Conference attendees applauded Ruhnih not just for her efficiency, but for her restraint and composure.
“She didn’t panic. She didn’t escalate. She just… solved the issue,” said Professor Yelva Nond, an authority on ancient magitech. “If anything, this proves she may be the most controlled being in this entire hall.”
The Expo committee released a statement praising Ruhnih’s actions and confirming she will remain an invited guest in future events. Extra safeguards, including anti-disruptor wards, are already being installed.
Ruhnih’s Only Comment
When reporters asked Ruhnih afterward how she felt about the incident, she replied:
“My directive is to protect knowledge and individuals. The intruders threatened both. Resolution was required. I applied the minimum necessary force.”
Organizers note that she later returned to observing mechanical exhibits, appearing more interested in a gear-balanced levitation rig than in the ongoing media attention.
A Symbol of an Era Reborn
Scholars say the incident underscores both the dangers and the opportunities represented by discovering artifacts like Ruhnih. While some see her as a marvel of lost engineering, others worry that criminals will target her for profit.
For now, however, most agree:
The ancient automaton handled the situation with more grace than many humans could claim.
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