Androids

Androids are an artificially constructed, soul-bearing, intelligent mortal beings originally developed by the Old Empires to serve as soldiers during the Ley Wars. Most androids resemble Humans in appearance, though many are now made in the image of other species. While many androids from the Pre-Silence era have survived the millennia, the overwhelming majority of androids in existence today are of a more modern design, their bodies manufactured by specialized shops and imbued with souls by the Life Giver at the Soulforge. Illicit android construction, often for nefarious purposes, is possible, and supplying such operations is a major market for illegal soul-harvesting operations; androids created this way are often bound in chattel servitude.