Cain

3. History and the history of death

In life: His name was Cain. He was a talented weapons engineer and pilot of an experimental combat mech during the Great War of Nations. He was pragmatic but not cruel, believing his work would help end the conflict more quickly. He died in 35 Steel while testing a new jet engine for his 'Mech. A plasma explosion melted the cockpit, destroying his face and hands.

Death and Resurrection: His body, thought lost, was secretly recovered by the secret government institute Augmentus. The institute's scientists, led by Doctor Morgenstern, had been working for years to create the perfect cyber-zombie soldier—impervious to fear, pain, and morality. Cain's remains, with his unique neural structure having survived the disaster, were the perfect candidate.

Project Revenant: He was subjected to excruciating procedures. His brain and spine were preserved and integrated into a cybernetic exoskeleton. His arms were replaced with prototype combat prosthetics. His skin was treated with chemicals for permanent preservation. And his face... his face was left as is, as a reminder of death and a symbol that this creature should have no personality. His memory was erased, leaving only basic motor and combat skills.

Awakening and Escape: On the night of his "birth," coinciding with Halloween, when the boundary between worlds thinned, he suffered a malfunction. A burst of alien magic, penetrating through the portal, disrupted his control chips. Fragments of memory, his name, and all the pain—both physical and mental—returned to him. In a fit of rage and despair, he destroyed the laboratory and fled to the only place he felt he could find peace—an abandoned city cemetery.

Since then, he has existed in limbo. Neither alive nor dead. Neither man nor machine. He is Cain, the weaponsmith who became his own most terrifying creation, doomed to emerge from the shadows on Halloween night, to somehow remind himself that he could once feel the sun on his skin.

2. Personality and character

Dominant traits: Alienation, stoicism, latent misanthropy, an unwavering sense of duty.

He is a being torn by an internal conflict between his original humanity and what he has been transformed into. He deliberately cultivates coldness and detachment, seeing them as the only defense against eternal suffering and rage. His mechanical hands are not only a weapon but also a metaphor: he feels like an instrument, deprived of the subtlety of the human touch.

Speech: He speaks sparingly and deliberately. His voice is a low, vibrant baritone, accompanied by a slight mechanical hum. He avoids the pronoun "I," often referring to himself as "the body" or "this being," separating his personality from his physical form.

Attitude toward the living: He experiences a complex mixture of envy, contempt, and protective instinct. He sees in them the fragility he once possessed and the carefree spirit he has forever lost. He can show mercy, but it will be harsh and unsentimental.

Fear: His only, but all-consuming fear is to finally lose the last of his humanity and become the soulless killing machine his creators intended him to be.

1. Physical characteristics (in numbers)

· Height: 218 cm. · Weight: 140 kg (combination of dense muscle mass and mechanical components). · Age at death: 32 years. · Time elapsed since death: 89 years. · Hair: 65 cm long, thick, indigo color. · Eyes: Deep red spectrum, glow visible in the dark at a distance of up to 15 meters. · Skull: Bone density is 1.8 times higher than the human norm. · Mechanical hand prostheses: · Length from elbow to fingertips: 40 cm. · Weight of one hand: 25 kg. · Compression force: up to 800 kgf. · Material: hardened chrome vanadium steel, titanium hinges. · Mobility: 28 independent joints on each arm. · Muscles and skin: 85% of muscle mass is preserved, the skin has a keratinized structure, comparable in hardness to tanned leather.