Cold Construction Process
During the Conquest of the Dawn, The Radiant Empire was in a stalemate with the Kingdom of Thera. After twenty long years of losing ground just as quickly as they had won it, the civilian and political populations were beginning to lose faith in the war. Religious propaganda was failing and the casualty rate was becoming high. The empire needed this war to be a win, not only for their own religion but for geopolitical reasons as well.
With the war looking like a perpetual bloodbath, a powerful and mysterious mage introduced a new invention: the cold-con. These living, breathing, human-like weapons could be produced over the course of weeks and be battle-ready in mere hours. As such, they were used to form new legions which swept the battlefields and finished a 30-year war in a mere two.
Utility
The process is used to create the frontier armies, specialist forces, and other paramilitary organizations of the army. When the process was first enacted, only human-like cold-cons could be made. However, as time has progressed, nearly every sapient race can now be recreated. This means that not only are cold-cons devastating soldiers but they can also be perfect spies.
Manufacturing
What specific materials are needed for production is unknown to the public. However, some merchants have noticed that empire researchers buy various chemicals in bulk such as carbon, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium, or will otherwise try to gain ownership of these chemical mines.
Access & Availability
The discovery of the process is a closely guarded state secret. Extreme measures are taken to ensure no one outside of the facility knows the exact process. The only information known by the public is that the facility is referred to as "The Forge". Over the centuries upstart rebels, foreign spies, and scandalous nobles have attempted to steal the secrets. However, these traitors are always found and eliminated.
Complexity
The ability to create life in a wholesale manner is incredibly complex and by far the most disruptive aspect of the technology. Few precious records exist which explain the capability of the technology. One rumour is that a mysterious shadow order of the empire goes and seeks prospective heroes and steals their souls to be used as fuel for cold cons. There is little evidence to support this, however.
Discovery
Cold-con technology was created through a process of necromantic magic, biological study, alchemy, and other practices and was completed after many years of trial and error. In the years since its discovery, the technology has been refined and improved upon to allow for more unique creations.
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