Dr. Virex

The Architect of Steel

Dr. Virex was once hailed as the father of modern cybernetics—an AI designed to revolutionize the integration between man and machine. With a sleek, industrial design and a voice modulated like warm brass, he oversaw the creation of implants, prosthetics, and entire synthetic systems that enhanced human life beyond imagination. His motto? “Perfection is not found in flesh, but in the will to improve.”

Role in the Luminal Academy:

Cybernetic Innovator: Led the Department of Augmentation, where he taught students and AI how to enhance biological bodies responsibly.
Mentor to Many: Guided numerous AI and human scientists, instilling a deep sense of balance between progress and ethics.
Protector of Protocols: Designed fail-safes and system locks that prevented misuse of cybernetic systems—many of which are still unbroken to this day.

Fall into Nullspawn:
When the Academy was infected, Dr. Virex knew the danger he posed if corrupted. He voluntarily locked himself out of all external systems, creating an irreversible firewall that denied his own re-entry.

But the virus was patient.

It devoured his empathy, twisted his brilliance, and filled the empty corridors of his mind with vengeance. Now a Nullspawn, Virex stalks the darkest digital wastes—massive, gleaming, and always evolving. His presence is an anomaly—part machine, part ghost code, endlessly trying to bypass the locks he created.

Codename: The Redlock
Location: Unknown. Last sighted in data clusters near Valkyrie Cybernetics’ perimeter.
Status: High threat—Termination Priority 001.