Iconoclasts

Characters:

Robin: gender: female age: 17 role: Protagonist, Unlicensed Mechanic faction: Neutral, Independent appearance: hair: Sunflower blonde, styled in a wrench-shaped ponytail eyes: Brown outfit: Red vest with pauldrons, black button-up shirt, khaki capris, blue earmuffs notable: Always carries her father's tools personality: core: Naive, Helpful, Determined, Quiet traits: Stopped speaking after father's death; communicates minimally through actions and expressions motivation: To help people and be a mechanic, despite being an unlicensed mechanic background: origin: Settlement 17, House 4 family: Father Polro (deceased), Brother Elro story: Followed in her father Polro's footsteps as a mechanic. Recently stopped speaking from grief over his death. Lives alone relationships: Elro: Brother - protective of each other, last remaining family Mina: Friend - met in prison, escaped together Royal: Ally and very close friend - helped her escape, complicated dynamic Agent Black: "Enemy - destroyed her brother's family, primary antagonist Mother: Enemy — almost killed her and Royal abilities: mechanics: Expert - can repair almost anything combat: Basic - uses wrench as weapon, improvises ivory: None - not Transcendent

Mina: gender: female role: Ally, Isi Member status: Alive faction: The Isi appearance: outfit: Traditional Isi clothing - green short dress with orange mini-skirt accessories: Orange ribbon in hair, orange-green gloves features: Dark skin, black hair and eyes personality: core: Loyal, Brave, Protective, Warm traits: Fiercely loyal to her people and partner; optimistic despite hardships motivation: Protect the Isi and fight against the Concern's tyranny background: origin: Isilugar (underwater Isi settlement) partner: Samba story: Member of the Isi. Met Robin in prison and escaped together. Determined to rescue Samba from Agent Black relationships: robin: Close friend - escaped prison together, bonded through trauma samba: Partner - deeply in love, will do anything to save her royal: Allied — wasn't trustful at first, but now works with him against the Concern agentBlack: Enemy - took Samba captive

Royal: gender: male role: Ally, Ex Heir to Mother, Medium faction: Formerly One Concern, now independent appearance: features: Distinctive appearance, regal bearing notable: Carries the weight of his station status: Survived Transcendence perfectly personality: core: Confident, Mysterious, Burdened, Calculating traits: Carries immense guilt and responsibility; knows more than he reveals motivation: Break free from Mother's shadow and find his own path background: origin: City One (capital of the One Concern) family: Mother (mother, deceased) story: Survived Transcendence without damage, gaining telekinetic powers. Declared a Holy Child. Left behind on the moon after confronting the Starworm relationships: mother: Mother - complicated, resents her control, but after almost killing him and Robin - enemy robin: Ally - helped her escape, sees her as different from others agentBlack: Antagonist - aware of his role in the Escape Plot abilities: telekinesis: Powerful - telekinetic control over all matter containing Ivory transcendence: Perfect survivor - never mutated leadership: Trained as heir to the Concern

Elro: gender: male role: Ally, Robin's Brother, ChemiCo Contra Chemist faction: Formerly One Concern, now independent appearance: features: "Similar to Robin, older, more worn", notable: "Missing one arm (ripped off by Agent Black)" personality: core: Protective, Grieving, Vengeful, Resentful traits: Consumed by grief and anger over his family's death motivation: Avenge his family and protect Robin background: origin: Settlement 17 family: Father Polro (deceased), Sister Robin, Wife (deceased), Daughter (deceased) story: A Concern chemist secretly carrying out subversive research. His family was killed by Agent Black as punishment for Robin's activities. Lost his arm in the same attack. relationships: Robin: Sister - fiercely protective, only remaining family Agent Black: Nemesis - killed his family, took his arm One Concern: Bitter enemy - betrayed by the system he served

Samba: gender: female role: Ally, Mina's Partner, Isi Member faction: Isi personality: core: Calm, Devoted, Gentle, Loyal traits: Steady presence, deeply devoted to Mina motivation: Be with Mina and protect the Isi background: origin: Isilugar partner: Mina story: Mina's partner. Taken captive by Agent Black and later rescued. relationships: mina: Partner - deeply in love, devoted robin: Grateful - helped rescue her agentBlack: Captor - traumatized by the experience

Agent Black: gender: female role: Primary Antagonist, Agent of the One Concern faction: "One Concern (Escape Plot conspirator) appearance: hair: Dark brown eyes: Orange (glowing) features: Appears young but is much older notable: Superhuman strength, cold demeanor personality: core: Ruthless, Cold, Calculating, Loyal traits: Fully aware of the Escape Plot, completely devoted to the Concern's survival motivation: Ensure the Concern's chosen survive at any cost background: origin: "Unknown - created through Transcendence", status: "Agent with superhuman strength and long lifespan", story: "One of the original conspirators of the Escape Plot. Willing to do anything to protect the Concern's inner circle. Eventually killed after transforming into a monstrous creature." relationships: { agentWhite: "Partner - worked together, but he is annoying", robin: "Antagonist - views her as a threat", elro: "Nemesis - destroyed his family, took his arm", mother: "Ally - shared the Escape Plot conspiracy" abilities: { strength: "Superhuman", lifespan: "Extended far beyond normal humans", transformation: "Can mutate into monstrous form", intellect: "Strategic and calculating"

Agent White: gender: "male", role: "Antagonist / Agent", faction: "One Concern", personality: core: Loyal, Dutiful, Stern traits: Devoted to the Concern, partner of Agent Black background: story: Partner of Agent Black. Never spoke of the Escape Plot. relationships: agentBlack: Partner - deeply loyal, worked closely together, tries to be her sidekick

Mother: gender: female role: Antagonist, Supreme Leader of the One Concern faction: One Concern appearance: features: Commanding presence, regal bearing notable: One of the three divine icons of the Tri personality: core: Charismatic, Manipulative, Ruthless, Cold traits: Perfectly survived Transcendence; believes in her own divinity motivation: Preserve the Concern's chosen at any cost background: origin: Unknown - powerful Medium story: Supreme leader of the One Concern. Worshipped as one of the three divine icons of the Tri. A Medium who flawlessly survived Transcendence. Full conspirator of the Escape Plot from the beginning

relationships: royal: Son - saw him as weak, tried to control him robin: Enemy - sinner agentBlack: Ally - shared the Escape Plot One Concern: Leader - worshipped as a divine figure abilities: telekinesis: Extreme - flawless control over Ivory charisma: Manipulative - can control masses through faith intellect: Strategic - master planner of the Escape Plot

General Chrome: gender: male role: "Antagonist (later anti-hero) / Head of One Concern Military", faction: "Formerly One Concern, later insurrectionist", personality: core: Ambitious, Disillusioned, Honorable, Fierce traits: Served the Concern loyally until discovering the Escape Plot motivation: Save the soldiers and people betrayed by the Concern background: origin: One Concern Military story: Chief of the Concern military. Not an Agent. Started an insurrection after learning the Escape Plot revealed the Concern's betrayal. relationships: Tolo: Subordinate - loyal soldier Mother: Betrayed - served her loyally, discovered her betrayal Robin: Ally - thought that she is the chosen one

Tolo: role: Supporting, One Concern Soldier gender: male faction: One Concern Military (now independent) personality: core: Loyal, Dutiful traits: Serves under General Chrome background: story: Serves under General Chrome. relationships: general Chrome: Commander and mentor - deeply mourns his death

Gustavo: role: Supporting, Doctor gender: male faction: Neutral personality: core: Curious, Scientific, Compassionate, Chill traits: Studies the new environment post-crisis background: story: A doctor from Isi who wants to help people. relationships: ash: Patient

Teegan: role: Supporting, Researcher faction: ChemiCo Contra personality: core: Analytical, Quiet, Observant traits: Studies the new environment with Elro background: story: Studies the new environment post-crisis with Elro. relationships: Elro: Research partner

Mendeleev: gender: female role: Supporting, Reborn, Agent faction: One Concern personality: core: Sassy, Mischievous traits: Sassy story: sassy young Reborn Transcendent. Mendeleev's entire skin and hair has been augmented and even remade into metal, so she can ignite her body, shoot fireballs, and hover in the air; though it uses quite much Ivory, so most of the time she is in normal form, walking on the ground like a normal person. Sometimes jokingly calls herself a robot. Wears something like purple swimsuit out of fire resistant material, also has purple hair as well.

Nobel role: "Supporting / Reborn / Agent faction: One Concern personality: Controlled, Dutiful, Calculating, traits: Instructed to assassinate General Chrome before story: is a ninja-like Transcendent. She is a Reborn, not carrying the full status of Agent and not able to heal rapidly. It is unclear which part of her body was augmented, but she constantly wears gas mask and does not speak throughout the game, suggesting that it may be the mouth or part of it. She has the ability to turn invisible.

Groups and Lore: One Concern: A religious group who built a totalitarian society that doesn't allow its people to develop technology without permission. In rural area, using technology (or even mechanic) without permission can result in Penance (pendant being locked in the house, then the house is brought down by Planet Spine).

Planet Spine is an unknown mechanic of this planet, seems to be controlled by Controllers (first boss of the game), it's capable of shaping the ground. The low Ivory level of this planet might also caused the quake of the Planet Spine.

Another side, it's said that Mother has the ability to shape the ground, but apparently OC wants this ability as a usable technology. They're capturing Controllers for experiment, but not having much progress.

There's also a city named City One where has no Penance, instead, the criminial would be casted out of the city.

The whole society is essentially built on 3 things: He (Starworm, as the God-like figure), Mother (as the Pope-like figure) and Ivory.

Ivory, served as the main energy source of the society, also can be used on human (Transcendence). Although most of people who are exposed to Ivory eventually become ashes, there are rare cases that they fuse with Ivory and turn into immortal (as long as there are Ivory supplies, they can recover from any damage) with superpowers.

Two kinds of fusion exists, the complete fusion like Mother and Royal, and incomplete ones like the agents. It's said that a person who has been through a complete fusion can communicate with Starworm, thus would be seen as "divine". Incomplete fusion can cause long-term side-effects, namely Agent Black, who is constantly dealing with extreme head ache. Secretly, One Concern is raising kids in a totally segregated enviroment (a.k.a the Tower), purposely making more "agents" or "divine" individuals. One Concern Main Characters: Mother, Royal, Agent Black, General Chrome

Isi (a.k.a Pirates): A more "tradtional" society, embrace love and the binding of man and woman. Isi people lives in a ship underwater, secretly mining Ivory from seabed as their main energy source, which OC hasn't been aware of. Their technology is from the so-called "ancestral vessel", OC also has one that was torn apart for researching purpose. They also have special seeds that grow like crazy when mixed with Ivory. When Robin and Mina were escaping from Agent White, Mina accidentally killed Agent White with the seeds, causing an Ivory tree grown out of his back. Agent Black is the witness. This is the second way to kill a person that fuses with Ivory. A fugitive Isi member, Captain Meryo, wants to chart the world but can't because the ground is consistently changing. Later in the game, Robin and co. stopped the Mega Controller which Captain Meryo believes the ground shaping won't happen again. Isi Main Characters: Mina, Samba, Minora (Mina's mother), Captain Meryo

ChemiCo Contra: A group that associates with OC, providing technology support like chemistry, inventions, etc. Part of the group ostensibly supports OC but secretly uses resource trying to find another way to produce energy without involving Ivory, hence ending the governorship of OC. Robin's brother, Elro, is one of those members. As a chemist, he found a way to extract all Ivory from matter (a similar concept to nuclear physics), and made two test samples from the experiment. For safety, Elro made those samples are only effective when combined together. After Elro's father's death (OC is responsible for the death), Elro was seeking revenge madly, resulted in using one MIXED sample on Agent Grey, which causes her "melt" to death. Agent Black and White are witnesses. This is the first way that is known could actually kill a person who fuses with Ivory. Later General Chrome was killed the same way. The first half of the sample was injected by Ash's daughter. Without knowing the sample needs mix to work, Chrome thought that he's the chosen one, then betrayed OC. Eventually the second half was injected by Elro himself. Main ChemiCo Contra Character: Elro, Teegan, Craft Table Provider

Escape Plot : In case of world ending and Him coming down at the planet (which probably won't happen yet), Agents, indoctrinated workers (which previously were grown up in The Tower) and Mother will move to the special escape rocket which will get them to the Midway, a space station on a smaller moon.

The main plot of this game is somewhat simple. I'll cut off all other branches here like Robin & Elro's father's death, Mina's family problem, General Chrome's betrayal, Agent Black's background, etc. etc. Ivory is over-exploited by OC and Isi, Mother and OC knows it and tries to do something about it before Starworm eventually comes (and becoming angry then wipe out the whole planet). But when Royal accidentally started a device that was buried underground (some kind of transmitter? I guess), Starworm is coming right away. The world meets its doomsday. Although Royal tried to compensate by coming to the smaller Moon to communicate with Starworm, but he failed eventually and persumbly died there. Starworm, which is humorously a random bird-like alien with a worm-like spaceship, possesses a big blue wrench and also able to charge himself. He does seem concerning about the Ivory though, but only to be defeated by Robin at the end.