Creatures/Autochthon

Though he was never imprisoned in the Hell of Malfeas, Autochthon is yet a Primordial, a forger of Creation, and titan of elemental power. Tiny as Primordials went, Autochthon was a tinkerer and a builder, and none of the other Primordials rivalled him for talent or skill. But he was lame, for his legs were crippled, and his fellows mocked him. And thus it was when Gaia and the Unconquered Sun came to the Great Maker, speaking honeyed words of rebellion and uprising, the Machine God listened. (Nero's Boot)

Technology, invention
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• The Godhead</b>, fetich soul of Autochthon (Nero's Boot)
  

Autochthon sleeps, but within his machine-body dwells the Godhead, the brain and central operating system of the Great Maker. It decides what must be done, what cities of humans to absorb, and which to spare. It is neither male nor female, but rather a vast data stack filled with gears, pulleys, and steaming vents. It cannot move, but those Alchemicals that speak to it feel the closeness of their mechanical deity. The Godhead is interested only in the continuation of the slumbering Machine God's good health, and all other considerations fall by the wayside. Though helpless in battle, the Godhead can summon any and all component souls of Autochthon to defend itself from harm.

• <b>Vulcan the God-Maul</b>, 2nd soul of Autochthon, The Source of All Divinity (Nero's Boot)
  

Of all the souls of the Machine God, one is known the best in Yu-Shan, for he was the one who constructed the Celestial Incarna: Vulcan the God-Maul, the soul of Autochthon that made the gods at the behest of the other Primordials. He appears as a vast Anklok Dragon King male, with scales made of metal, wielding a massive goremaul made of orichalcum. This goremaul can infuse any being it touches with divinity, and those mortals who hold it will surely have a lineage blessed with many Celestial Exaltations. Indeed, it was Vulcan who taught the other gods to make the Exalted, and he alone holds all the secrets of their transfiguration. Like his father, Vulcan sleeps, hibernating within a vast chamber filled with gold, silver, and the souls of those Autochthonians his dreaming mind favors. It is said the Celestial Incarna fear the God-Maul, for many in Yu-Shan whisper that Vulcan can undo the apotheosis he gave the Incarna. For this reason, many in Yu-Shan claim Autochthon fled to Elsewhere.