Add Mob: Librarians "Flesh Abolishers"

Inspired by the DnD Lich & H.P. Lovecraft's "The Whisperer in Darkness."

The Librarians are an archaic and sub-human species and faction. Largely neutral, the Librarians are despised by those powerful enough to consider them untrustworthy, and feared by the majority. The Librarians were once man, but became a living-machine hybrid; achieving digital immortality.

But this all happened long before public records can confirm (due to lost data). Most Librarians resemble a large stationary coffin composed of ticking gears. At the core is the petrified fragments of human brain matter and spinal cord woven into a tapestry of whirring machine. The Librarians collect information, they have, they do, and they will always. It is their greatest weapon. That and the ability to offer their immortality through a secret surgical procedure. The price of course, is too high for most (both ethically and emotionally).

Physically a Librarian doesn't pose a threat. Most are actually immobile and in safe storage. Rather, it is the Librarian's psychic connection to machines that make them devastating adversaries. But most Librarians are non-confrontational, content with a life of internet-wave information scrounging. However the odd Librarian might appreciate a pair of legs. Enter the daring adventurer.

Librarian's might serve as a party's benefactor. As the players level under the tutelage of their Librarian, it might grant the PC's cybernetics and even offer Librarian surgery at high levels. Such a process will not be taken lightly, as the full Librarian from human procedure is irreversable. Some go mad with transitional shock, often becoming maniacal foes of society.

It is hard to kill Librarians, but Computer viruses seem most effective. If the "coffin" i.e. the physical component is found and destroyed, the Librarian is irreversibly gone. However these coffins are almost always hidden and protected. Perhaps the PC's are protectors of a local Librarian.

Particularly daring and charismatic leaders have attempted to "use" the unwieldy Librarians in the past. More recently, relic cults have formed to venerate collected Librarians. It is well known, Librarians were the first to hear the black hole's whisper (see Nerull). Roll a few times on the Astral-Spiritualist's Motives chart to see how the Librarians fit into your own game.