Cyborgs

Among the humans that have chosen to reject their natural role as easy prey for demons, are those who enhance their natural abilities by replacing their body parts with powerful metal prosthetics. They are referred to as Cyborgs.

These metallic limbs are forged from metal into many pieces that interlock and move with ball joints. To give the wearer control of the prosthetic, it must be connected to the skeleton of the wearer. A spell is cast on it that causes it to reach into the body of the wearer and weld itself to the appropriate bone. The procedure is excruciatingly painful, especially if the limb to be replaced is still attached, in which case it must be amputated. After the procedure, another spell is cast, linking the mind of the patient to the prosthetic, and after a period of rehabilitation from the surgery, they can move it as a new limb with full motor control, but unable to feel, as it is dead matter, and does not contain nerves.

Prosthetics are far stronger and more durable then natural limbs, but unlike natural limbs, they cannot automatically heal damage done to them, so once they are broken they must be unattached and repaired, which is very expensive.

Some prosthetics are more like weapons then body parts, and those who learn to use them as such become very formidable. Many prosthetics have built in weapons like blades, crossbows and even guns. Some people even decide to go all the way and become Ascended. This means that instead of attaching prosthetics to their body, they transplant their minds into an entirely mechanical body using a forbidden magic called Mind Displacement.

Many choose to become Cyborgs for the sole purpose of fighting the demonic Fiends.

They elementally align to Earth and Lightning. See the six elements