DEFORMANT UPRSIING

The machinery of tyranny has ground generation upon generation into paste to fuel its own existence. Millions exist and die with their only purpose to perpetuate the remorseless engine that consumes their lives. Revolts and riots are commonplace in Mitick Cities, but authority is always violently reasserted by the iron boot of the Magna Guard. However, when the highly mutagenic EM1 was discovered in the rock of Neo Plasia, the Tyrarchy’s underclass saw their opportunity to finally break the cycle of oppression.

Each Deformant was once a man or woman trying to eke out a living under harsh totalitarian rule. Consuming EM1 bestows upon them the strength and resilience to challenge the might of the Tyrarchy. Their wounds reknit in hours, food and sleep becomes unnecessary, and a Magna Guard trooper’s life can be ended with their bare hands.

However, the mutagenic element running rampant through every Deformancy member also provokes grotesque and unnatural changes, contorting their bodies into unique arrangements of spikes, tendrils, and even reality-abusing powers. Deformant categories can only collect similar individuals based on their present deformations, such as the hulking tank-like Panztarks and the lithe, lethally fast Kreephunds. These mutations are permanent and ongoing, and there is no sign of a limit as to how monstrous a Deformant can become.

It is therefore with a heavy heart that an insurgent joins the ranks of the Deformancy, knowing that once they have ascended, their humanity is forfeit and there is no returning to normality, even if their struggle proves successful.