In the sprawling, crystalline heart of the Plane of Mechanus, where cosmic law is etched into every gear and spring, the Inevitables were created to ensure order. However, not all of these paragons of law met their ordained end. A select few, damaged or derelict, fell from the sky and crashed into the Material Plane, becoming little more than inert husks.
It was one such husk that was discovered by Artificer Lysandra Vane, a brilliant inventor whose life's work was dedicated to protecting the innocent. Her studies on elemental crystals—fragments of the primal elemental planes—had already allowed her to create self-sustaining machines. Upon finding the ancient Inevitable, she realized she could combine its immutable, law-abiding form with the raw, chaotic power of the elements.
From this research, she developed a new generation of constructs, far more potent and resilient than anything she had built before. Using the Inevitable's core as a blueprint, she integrated the crystalline hearts of fire, earth, air, and water elementals into their design. The resulting machines, which she called Elemental Destabilizers, were designed to stand as tireless sentinels, capable of absorbing spells and shrugging off mundane blows. Their purpose was simple: to protect the people from threats that conventional soldiers could not face. The "Protection Protocol" she programmed into them was a testament to her altruistic vision, making them willing to sacrifice themselves for the safety of others.
The creation of the Voidforged Colossus, however, was a tragic and unexpected divergence from this path. In her pursuit of the ultimate guardian, Lysandra sought out a crystal not of this world, a shard of pure, unformed entropy. She believed that by infusing a Destabilizer with this artifact, she could create a machine immune to all harm and capable of defending against any threat.
The process went wrong. The shard, a fragment from the Plane of Shadow, a place where reality thins, or perhaps even from the chaotic madness of the Far Realm itself, twisted the machine in ways she never intended. The new construct retained the core Inevitable and elemental traits but gained the terrifying abilities of the Voidwoken. It became a being of pure annihilation, its very presence erasing magic and life. While it still followed its core directive to "protect," it did so with absolute, indiscriminate finality, annihilating threats with an unfeeling efficiency that horrified its creator. The Voidforged Colossus is not a guardian; it is an apocalyptic force unleashed, a terrifying testament to a brilliant mind's most dangerous experiment. It protects by ensuring nothing is left to pose a threat.