Nulliby

A somewhat delusional, fanatic Lycaiin obsessed with self-modification via cybernetics; she views organic life as inferior, and strongly desires to become one with the machines. She dwells within a hidden castle, surrounded by constructs of her own creations - The army of Architti-synths, built to unquestionably serve Nulliby and sing their Siren-like melodies, and the monstrous multi-headed machine known as Siberuus, which she, in a strange way, considers to be her own son - a feeble attempt at replacing the pup she lost many years prior. She is a master inventor; even the very castle she dwells in is a product of her machinery; a complex vessel full of many functions and an entire arsenal of weaponry alike, capable of moving, flying, and shifting its interior. An indication of Nulliby’s nearby presence is the creaking of massive metal plates and gears shifting, and the faint melodies of the Architti-synths echoing from within the castle.

Nulliby is currently on the run from the Synth Kingdom, as she has gained access to forbidden technologies only legally accessible to their colony. However, despite her castle’s voluminous size and slow speed, she never seems to be caught, or even seen. Almost as if she can disappear in the blink of an eye. Nulliby is certainly a strange case, a mysterious master of mechanics the Synth Kingdom, and other persuaders, cannot possibly wrap their heads around.

Meeikorou, upon hearing these tales, gains a fascination for Nulliby, as she is an inventor as well and becomes awe-driven by Nulliby’s work. The concept of Nulliby’s castle is what led Meeikorou to attempt to give her own hideout a mobile upgrade. However upon finally meeting her cybernetic Lycaiin hero, Nulliby does nothing but insult Meeikorou’s rather insubstantial inventions, including G.R.U.B., and accuses her of being a mercenary hired by the Synths, sent to hunt her down and inform them of her secrets, which inevitably leads to a one-sided battle. The army of Nulliby’s Architti-synths are certainly numerous and powerful, including Siberuus, which is the standing tank of the horde. Meeikorou and G.R.U.B. barely escape this chaotic storm of machinery. During their escape, when they take a final glance over their shoulder, they find that Nulliby, the Architti-synths, Siberuus, the castle - they are all gone. Disappeared without a trace.

It would be some time before the cybernetic Lycaiin was ever heard from again. In the inevitable end, eventually Nulliby’s fanatic and delusional state succumbs to the madness of power, the thrill of the run, the unquenchable greed to become more, her mind distorted enough to where she executes the action of fusing herself with Cyber-us, the very machine she considered a son, to finally achieve her dream of become fully mechanical, and even leads onto her painfully fusing herself with the castle itself, to become an all-powerful, colossal, and utterly horrific being whose soul had fused beyond recognition.

Within this form she would launch an attack upon Bëstia’Sol itself, maddened with power as she is determined to obliterate all organic life in sight. The Synth Kingdom was the first to respond to this matter. Despite the empire’s superior forbidden technology, their armies and fleets did nothing to stop the corrupted Nulliby. In fact, they appeared to be allowing her to become stronger, as both physical and energy attacks were simply being absorbed by her soul. The battle would lead to almost all of the Kingdoms and Clans within Terra pitching in their support in the efforts of ceasing Nulliby’s madness. This included Meeikorou and her current acquaintances.

The struggle was finally brought to an end when Nulliby’s form started to distort in odd ways, and shatter apart before, with a fracture of cries, fading away into nothingness. However Nulliby’s end was not brought upon by the efforts of Bëstia’Sol. Her soul had become immensely too powerful for her own mechanical husk to contain, causing her very being to completely corrode in on itself...at least, that is the theory of what occurred.

All of Nulliby’s creations had perished alongside her, as she had fused with her entire life’s work. Except for one - a singular Architti-synth was left behind within the midst. Although its form was severely broken and its soul distorted to an extent, it was still stable within this reality. This Architti-synth, who’s name was certified as Arachone by the steel-pressed label on the back of its hull, claims that it was Nulliby’s “favorite”. When asked questions concerning Nulliby, Arachone froze and began humming a broken melody with its radio vocals and has not uttered a speech since.

Nulliby. Such an oddity, a mystery, a memory that the entirety of Bëstia’Sol will remember for centuries onwards as a time where the organic purge was almost complete. Nulliby shook the world, made many minds ponder, but for now she is nothing but a fragmented soul.

To this day, Meeikorou, members of the Synth Kingdom, and mercenaries alike still sometimes hear the ancient creaking of metal plates accompanied by the faint melodies that echo along the Mountain lines. But of course it is just a figment of one’s imagination.