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Shivius Brasscog was a renown artificer of his time. At the height of his fame, he was considered quite old for even a gnome, and it is unclear what he may have contributed to the forging of magic items in his early years. He was recruited for the Morning Sun, the name at the time for the development of the Warforged. This made him the only member of the project who was not recruited from the Emperor’s own Azure Ward. The first generation of Warforged were crude constructs, fit only to guard war camps or relieve tired soldiers on watch.
While most records of Morning Sun were destroyed during the war and in the following collapse, a few records show that Shivius had assumed control of the project and developed the second generation of Warforged. These were sapient soldiers with astounding biological characteristics and talent for warfare. No evidence exists to support Shivius’ claim that they could even reproduce. What is known is that when the Warforged were unleashed on the Hell Troops at The Carrion Gate, few expected the rebellion to last.
The chaos of war allowed Shivius to slip away with several specimens to his personal laboratory. No one knows his fate. Nothing indicates he ever emerged from his lair. As for the Warforged, most were destroyed in the war, leaving few scattered about the continent.