Hidden deep underneath the holy Citadel in Zachara, the Cultus Mechanicus operated discreetly in realizing their twisted mechanical vision for the future. Under the imaginative mind of Grand Tech-Priest Virion, metal was infused with flesh to create a host of ghastly machines. Founding the clockwork mechs and other assorted mechanical creatures infused with arcane magic to keep them running, the cultus mechanicus aimed to assimilate all of life into the mechanical form. Outlawing magic as punishable by death to control the populace of Alpia, the cult built an army that later fought the allied Northern Kingdoms in what is now known as the Battle for The North.