Ascended

They are cyborgs who have ascended to a new level and transformed into fully mechanical beings. They are a brand new phenomenon, and were not around 100 years ago, during the great reclamation. They are extremely rare and reclusive. They are fast, armored and their weapons are extremely destructive.

The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend. Despite being enemies of Fiends, most Ascended are not allied with the Linked Kingdoms, and fight strictly for their own sake.

The procedure that turns one into an Ascended requires the use of a forbidden magic, Mind Displacement, a more advanced version of Mind Fusing, which is why it is outlawed by the Linked Kingdoms. Since it is forbidden to go through the procedure, the Linked Kingdoms have had a bounty placed on the heads of all Ascended that refuse to serve them exclusively. They are outlaws, some even wanted dead or alive.