TechnoCult
 
Introduction
The City
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The Rock
The Demons
Magic!
Local Powers
Bestiary
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To men, magic is a myth. A superstition held only by the most primitive of cultures, To the Gerizim however, it is as real as gunpowder and kevlar. Magic Called Calah, Gerizim magicks are looked at as being more spiritual gifts from their gods, or Kings as they call them, than being something that comes from within themselves. Originally the Calah were used for:
 
 

 Illusion - To act as camoflauge, mask a stealthy approach or spook a foe 
Senses- To track elusive prey 
Offense and Defense - To battle animals that were to large to bring down normally; use against smaller creatures was considered cowardly
However upon their return, the Gerizim have been forced to alter their uses of the Calah to survive in their new world. Their illusion magicks were altered to work against complex sensor grids. Their sensing magicks needed to watch for incoming projectile weaponry. Their battle magicks had to pierce and protect from metal, not just flesh and bone. It was Javan who took the first steps to creating the arts of Techoccult. Blending science and magick into a useable form took decades. But by the year 2200 C.E. it has nearly been perfected. Now every member of Javan's Shimrath are heavily cybered, cyberware that runs not on battery packs but on EDs, everlasting batteries that run on the souls of those slain in glorious combat. And new Calah have been created in response to the new environment: 
Net- To turn Virtual Reality into a hunting ground 
Mechanical- To allow direct control over technological devices 
Nanotech - To repair and modify organic creatures 

In addition to the intrusive powers of NetCalah, the controlling MechCalah and the regenerative capabilities of NanoCalah, these powers can be used for the fearsome purpose of reanimation. Using NetCalah, souls of netrunners can be ripped from their hosts and remade into mindless servitors. Using MechCalah, cybernetic bodies can be made to serve even after their human death. Using NanoCalah, corpses can be infected with Saris VII and brought back to a shambling approximation of life. Javan uses these monstrosities to strike terror, a tactic that works best when the creature in question was a friend of the ones being assaulted. So far the governments' responses to this have been to order cremation the only legal means of destroying corpses for the Calah do not follow any known laws of physics that human scientists understand. 

Biblical References

Ephes-dammim: Effusion of Blood 
Rab-Saris: Chief of the Eunuchs