Arete-044 Arete-Series Artificial Hero Character concept: Automaton Martial Artist An artificial hero that received a bit more personal flare on their surface from accompanying an artisan. Among distinguishing features to identify her, she lost her right arm in the Usurpation and was repaired by replacing the missing limb with white jade. She also wears a moonsilver mask that can contour into a face as speaking to people as being a blank faced mannequin while glowing gold after the Solars went extinct was already difficult. As an automaton, she by nature can’t refine her essence further naturally nor lacked the skill to make profound physical improvements so spent years post-Usurpation learning numerous martial arts styles. Upon encountering another self-aware automaton, she decided to start searching for and recruiting other automatons into a mercenary band. Most of their group would be mortals. But her being still loyal to the memory of the Solar Deliberative made them more prominent with the return of the Solar exalted but she had over a millennium to process the cycle of civilizations, she has proven while a trustworthy ally, not unquestioning ally.