Effigy
Funded by a collaboration with the Imperial Royal Cabal, the The Brethren Court (Nation) and various technologists, the "Effigy" is an Automata created not by the Üstün or the Yaslan (Race), but Human-kind. An Effigy is a mechanical creature created using mechanical means such as clockwork windings and eventually, the more advanced "Aether" crystals developed by a sect of the Entitled Cabals.
The breakthrough for their creation was a disgraced Entitled (Class) turned doctor called "Vannozzo de Albrixis"., whom found the missing link after studying various Automata from Pawhye (Continent)'s The Dread Valley (Region)'.
However he was cast out and his research stolen by his former best friend and student "Ramondo Benedetti". In secret he worked on modifying the Effigy to be more human-like, to perhaps have a soul.