Automaatti

General info
Recently, a number of humanoid automatons have been sighted on a continent north-east of Valresh. The recon team that went to investigate wasn't prepared for such a threat. When they came back they brought some valuable information about the automatons that are nearing our lands

It is thought that they will first attack in the parts where water can't damage their components, like mountains, plains and deserts.

Appearance
Although they seem human, there is one obvious giveaway that they are, in fact, not one. The smoke that their engines lets out is one of them. Others may be: cogs on the back, mechanical enhancements, missing heads and the smell of rotting flesh.

They don't wear clothes, as the mechanical parts cover most of their bodies.

The parts of their bodies that are rotten are usually kept together by iron plates screwed into their bones. One of their hands is replaced by a sword, while on the other one, they use a piston with an iron fist for blunt damage. Their head has been replaced with a voicebox that covers the part of the neck where the vocal cords are located, making them capable of speech.

Behaviour
They seem to be passive, not attacking unarmed people. They usually roam alone, almost as if they're looking for something. When getting closer to them, they seem to speak, or rather murmur. After listening to more specimens, it has been determined that they are conscious, and are actively trying to communicate with us.

When attacked, the machinery that keeps them alive starts up with a piercing metallic sound, accompanied by the screams of the human. If it isn't attacked for an entire minute, the machinery slows down to preserve its fuel and the human quiets down. If the attacks continue, it will start attacking everything in a melee radius. If the target is out of the melee range, it will try to close the distance as fast as possible.

Weaponry
Unlike other automatons, these ones seem to have built for warfare. Their limbs have been replaced with mechanical implants.

Their blades can cut through armor easily, and set their enemies' flesh on fire