Life, Identity
The implantation technology of the chitiquish consortium provides Wurth Harkin and his fellow Evermornan former slaves with the knowledge requried to artificially extend their lifespans at the expense of shedding their organic parts as they age. These are the first human cyborgs and, with time, the first HLAI. Chitiquish manufacturing and robotics techniques allow this original party to appear in humanoid artificial bodies - the first HLAI platforms - and continue their efforts without fear of decrepitude. Now presented with all the time in the world, these ancestors pursue their own interests, occasionally returning to Evermorn to provide another dose of knowledge to the developing human societies there and ensuring that relative peace between human factions is maintained.