Unit 404

Unit 404 is a character written by Zahhak for a D&D game.

Early Life
Unit 404 was constructed by the first dwarves in order to house a greater psionic entity from another plane. For reasons unknown, construction on Unit 404 was never completed.

Many centuries or millennia later, Unit 404 was recovered by later dwarves and repurposed into a war machine to fight the drow using simple and crude parts. The interaction between the original parts and the later additions caused unforeseen malfunctions and the beginnings of selfhood.

Upon awakening, Unit 404 wandered away from the war under cover of a drow attack, and eventually found their way to the surface. Since then, Unit 404 has been travelling and learning what it means to be a person.

Present Day
Unit 404 is working to cause industrial revolution in a foreign land in order to put manufacturing power in the hands of the common people.

Description
Unit 404 is a twelve-foot tall robot carrying a large wooden crate and a hammer on their back. They are slab-sided and bulky, but have slight, intricate detailing around the eyes and the bottom of the ribcage-section similar to the square spirals of bismuth crystals. They have glowing blue eyes and a door in their chest that opens to reveal a furious furnace. They have very limited psychic powers but no telepathy or telekinesis.

Bits of their construction are ancient and exquisite, while other joints and parts seem cruder and more modern, although still very fine and well-made. Unit 404 is powered by steam but controlled by an impossibly complex psionic brain, which due to its inconsistencies and glitches, causes Unit 404 to believe that they are built to be a ninja.

Unit 404 is also a gifted engineer and architect, and is on the cusp of attaining personhood and perhaps a soul.

Contribution to Rebirth
Unit 404 is responsible for the low stone building built on the foundations left by Narrator.