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                                    A member of the Society of Mishra seeks to be transformed into a biomechanical demon of fused metal and flesh. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    A Gathist involved in illegal genetic experimentation seeks to create a race of supersoldiers to forge a nation through conquest. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    A collector steals magical items and treats them like valuable works of art. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    A professor of temporal studies seeks to hasten the process of rebirth and renewal—by shifting the entire world backward in time to its "glory days." | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    An archaeologist has discovered an ancient magical weapon that caused untold devastation, and is trying to find a use for it. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    A professor has imprisoned students in a tower and compelled them to participate in genetic, biomechanical, psychological, or other research. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    An artificer built a golem that has achieved its own evil consciousness, and which seeks to better understand living creatures through vivisection. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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                                    A misguided master wizard is trying to trace a single "true Tolarian ancestry," so as to prevent those who don't belong to that human bloodline from entering the Academies and studying magic. | 
                                
                                
                                    
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