The Temple Guardian is almost as old as
the Great Machine and T-Energy itself. The creator of the
Great Machine also created Temple Guardians to protect the
machine and the temple that was built around it.
Since the beginning of time the purpose of
Temple Guardians was to maintain and protect the Great
Machine, so that it could keep the world in balance. On
close examination it becomes apparent that they are not
living creatures or machines in the traditional sense. A
Temple Guardian is not fully flesh or mechanical, it is a
mixture, half human and half machine. A cyborg that is
propelled by T-Energy and devotes it's life to protect it.
They themselves are part of the Great Machine and therefore
naturally able to use the T-Energy for their purposes. This
cyborg creature’s special feature is his left arm.
He is able to transform it into a variety of weapons in
order to use T-Energy in all available forms during battle.
Thus, the Temple Guardian is able to wield devastating melee
weapons but he can also launch equally destructive ranged
attacks.
These abilities render him one of the most powerful beings
in Ancaria. For a long time the High Elves
made use of the T-Energy for their purposes. During the
Great War the Temple Guardians seized the opportunity to end
that practice. They relocated and hid the hub, which made
the T-Energy of the Great Machine accessible for everyone.
This caused the Temple Guardians to become enemies of the
rulers and clerics of Ancaria who had been profiting from
the misuse of T-Energy.
After the Great War the survivors were hunted down, so now
only a few of their kind remain. Not enough to effectively
accomplish their mission, a mission that is more important
than ever because it's clear that the Great Machine and the
T-Energy is running out of control.
But not all of the Temple Guardians were wiped out.
Somewhere along the line, a mechanism was triggered and the
shut down Temple Guardians were reactivated. |