The synthese of Aurang, Prince of the Inchoroi
One of the weapon races of the Inchoroi, a wracu battles a Gnostic sorcerer
A sorcerous Nonman battling a hideous Bashrag
The Tekne (also known as the Old Science[1]) was the non-sorcerous craft of the Inchoroi, used to mould abominations out of living flesh. According to various Nonman sources, the Tekne proceeds on the presumption that everything in nature, including life, is fundamentally mechanical. Despite the absurdity of this claim, few dispute the efficacy of the Tekne, as the Inchoroi and the Consult after them have time and again demonstrated the ability to “manufacture flesh.” Mandate scholars claim that the fundamental principles of the Tekne have been long lost, and that the Consult can only proceed in a trial-and-error fashion, on the basis of an incomplete understanding, and using ancient and ill-understood instruments. This ignorance, they claim, is all that preserves the world from the No-God’s return.[2]
Mandate scholars speculate that it was the Inchoroi Aurax who first taught the Tekne to the Mangaecca.[3]
Creations of the Tekne[]
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The name Tekne appears to be inspired by the ancient Greek concept of τέχνη (or Techne). Techne is the root of the modern word Technology (word or knowledge of Techne).