CALLUM PUMPHREY | GAMES DESIGN

Bladyn was created by a scientist that goes by the name of Istar. He was forced to create Bladyn for the purpose of experimentation with electromagnetic effects, by his section supervisor, Cadell. Istar and Bladyn grew a very close friendship than most would with their robotic creations. They practiced and prepared for future experiements and creations in future years, without the permission or acknowledgment of Cadell. Machines and contraptions that Istar created got crazier, bigger and more abstract and he started reading into some unusual reports and lab results. Due to conflicting emotions, a desperate need to perfect his work and attempting to impress those he worked for, Istar eventually drifted into a depressive mental state. His practices became erratic and endangered fellow scientists. He started acting strange to a point where most in the facility would actively avoid him. The board eventually decided that Istar was to be relieved of his position and was to lose contact with his robotic companion.

Bladyn couldn’t stand to watch as his creator vanished into the distance and after months of turmoil and emotional outbreaks, he followed suite to try and find him. He spent years searching and all clues he’d gathered led to dead ends. The connection Bladyn had with his human creator began to fade and losing the memories left a deep hole in his mind. He lost sight of all he’d worked for, what mutual aims Bladyn and Istar had. That was until he found himself at the doors of the facility he’d ran from.

Eager to continue in the footsteps of his creator, Bladyn decided to enroll as a junior scientist, under the name Moral and was accepted unusually quick. Suspicious of management and the supervisors in the facility he was created in, Bladyn took to perfecting his craft and set out to find the answers to where his creator had fled to.