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The former ruler of the fallen Kingdom in City of Rust.

1) Basic info:


 * Name: Unknown. Currently lost to the mists of time. See the Nicknames section for his titles.
 * Team/occupation: Scientist, Soldier, Councilman (all formerly), "Emperor"
 * Species: Human
 * Age: At the very least, a century or two. At most, possibly thousands of years old.
 * Sex: Male
 * Handedness: Might've been right-handed before he got shoved into life-support. After that, though, he didn't really have arms.
 * Aura/Effects: His Aura was an Electric Lime, and would often appear as a cloud of "blocks" or other geometric shapes emitted from his body.
 * Symbol: The faction he led uses his symbol. It basically consists of an eye with a gear in place of a pupil.
 * Physical traits: His skin might've been a white complexion while he was mobile. Now he doesn't any skin at all. His arms have been removed right from the shoulder socket, as was the waist and everything below. The chest is also gone, revealing his rib-cage.
 * Misc traits: Just about every inch of his body (or what's left of it) is riddled with tubes and wire, connecting him to the ARCA and other machinery. Within the chest a strange device, bearing a slot for something. Given how he was obsessed with surviving his condition, it can be assumed that it might've been part of an upgrade to the ARCA he had in mind.
 * Nickname(s): The Cold Father, King In Iron, Lord of Steel, Clockwork Monarch

2) Appearance:


 * Height: Possibly 6'6".
 * Weight: Was likely about 150 lbs in life. Or at least, life before the ARCA.
 * Eyes: His organic eyes are Orange Circuit. One of them, though, has been replaced with a ruby-red optical sensor after being placed on life support.
 * Face: Might've had his fair share of scars in his early life. These days, though, he doesn't even have one. All that's left is the organic tissue beneath it.
 * Hair: None. It's been shaved off to make room for all the wires and tubes connected to the back of his skull.
 * Physique: He might've had a bit of a muscular fit in his prime days. Before he was reduced to a rotting corpse on life-support.
 * Combat Outfit: Outside of combat, he typically wore a set of robes and a metallic mask.
 * Casual Outfit: During times of war, he could put on a mechanical suit of armor, coming with a helmet as well. The suit had a number of automated systems, including a motion tracker and scanners that analyzed his medical condition.

3) Characteristics:


 * Personality: In all his life, he had his mind set on one thing: Order. He fought in battle, took on the mantle of councilor, and worked with the scientific departments all out of belief that he could bring order in the long run. When his body began breaking down, though, he fell into despair and sought to outwit Death. All the experiments he conducted were all in the hopes of preserving his own life, maybe obtaining immortality. Unfortunately, all the changes he made to his body (plus the isolation and claustrophobia from residing within the ARCA) tore his mind down piece by piece. He developed a disgust and mistrust towards the societies of his era, believing them to arrogant, warmongering fools. After he finally went off the edge, he figured the only way to truly bring peace (and to save himself) was to use force. He also sought to "improve upon the flawed designs of Mankind, of Humans and Faunus". At best, he considered everyone to be guinea pigs. At worst, resources for harvesting. During his descent into madness, he was plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, many of them spawning from his fears of Death.
 * Background: Initially he started out as a scientist, working on technology for his country. A war came, though, and he was quickly drafted into. Over the courseof the conflict, he created a number of war-machines, rising trough the ranks. Once the war he fought in was over, he was elected by the ruler of his home to serve as a member of his council. However, he fell victim to a disease or condition that attacked the nervous system, slowly paralyzing his body. After a while, his health deteriorated to the point where he had to resign from power. He turned to mechanical implants, but all they did was slow down the process. Frustrated, created the ARCA and he had his men weld him into it, hopping to preserve his body. From there, he conducted a number of experiments on himself. He hooked himself up with countless wires and tubes, and has had Dust implanted into his body on more than one occasion (even going as far as to plant some within his brain). However, all the experiments he done to himself were eating away at his sanity. Finally, after a century or two of experimentation, he just snapped and hacked into the mechanical bodyguards of the council and monarch of that era, turning the machines against them. After assuming the throne for himself, he turned the Kingdom's robotic army on its citizens. All were either butchered and broken down for "basic materials", or "rebuilt" into biomechanical/cybernetic abominations. He decided to wage war on the rest of Remnant, intent on harvesting everyone else as well. Before he could do that though... something happened. Whatever it was, it did a great deal of damage to the ARCA. Though the preservation technology still functioned, the life-support wasn't so lucky. He died in the device, his corpse forever preserved for all to see.

4) Combat info:


 * Position/Class: At one point, he was one of the main generals of his homeland's army. However, he swiftly betrayed his brothers-in-arms once he descended into madness, and became the one ruler and master of the entire army.
 * Landing strategy: In times of war, he would simply drop from a certain point and land on both legs with a crouch (or on a knee and hand, either position). The armor he wore was equipped with shock absorbers, so he took little to no fall damage. Of course, he's not doing that any time soon anymore.
 * Weapon: Before time caught up with him, he would wield a number of firearms and melee weapons (though most of them were trinkets from experiments or trophies from battles). His preferred loadout was some type of assault riffle and a bladed weapon (either a sword or an axe). The armor was also equipped with "Dust-throwers", allowing him to spray it at his enemies. Once his condition caught up to him, though, he was forced to use the ARCA as his main tool. Initially, it was meant to be used for communications and life-support. Through his Semblance and experimentation, though, he's pretty much weaponized it.
 * Semblance: Technopathy. Basically, any machinery that has a computer or is directly wired to his brain, he can control it. Usually, it can only focus on one device at a time, and has a limited range. However, the machines he's attached to allow him extend his reach across the entire island, as well as control multiple machines simultaneously. Using this ability either way, though, can put a strain on the user's mind. He also implanted Dust into his body in the hopes of further enhancing it as well (though not without some... unforeseen consequences.).
 * Fighting style: In the past, he was on the front-lines, fighting alongside his brothers-in-arms. After being locked inside of a mechanical deathbed, though, he was forced to go on the offensive, relying on his Semblance and technology to protect himself.

5) Trivia:


 * Relationships: In the past, he was fiercely loyal to his nation and cause. He had some close friends within the science and military departments, and was selected by the monarch of his country to serve as a councilman. After he became a paranoid control-freak, though, he feared that everyone around him was plotting his demise. As such, he was swift to betray his Kingdom.
 * Notes: His main sources of inspiration came from The Engineer (Amnisea: A Machine For Pigs), Robert House (Fallout: New Vegas), and Megatron (Transformers: Beast Machines). Within World of Remnant: Aura, it has been suggested that there was more one could do with it than what's been revealed so far. In a way, I guess this OC was a jab at that theory (one that ended up failing in the end for the poor old dude). Oddly enough, he's seems to be having a Macbeth-vibe to me lately (might be because of this Machinima.) He by far is my most deranged (and maybe tragic) OCs, RWBY and otherwise.
 * Tropes: None that I can name instantly. When I first revealed the ARCA, though, Phantomlink did note that there was some Body Horror . Can't blame him, since the Horror genre did have some influence on City of Rust.