give me arms to pray with

STATUS - ONGOING

this story is about my original characters. all character mentioned and art depicted in this story are all drawn by me except for photos I have specifically mentioned are from the web.

SYNOPSIS:

In the underground nation of Deepmantle, where steam powers an industrial empire, SteelBlue Corporation's augmented agents share a peculiar commonality - none can remember their lives before waking up on Dr. Veto's operating table.

Hu Caini opens his eyes to find his arm replaced with mechanical precision, guided by the unsettlingly cheerful Australian cybernetics genius who treats his creations like proud achievements rather than unwilling transformations. Codenamed "Priest," Hu joins the ranks of agents who speak with unfamiliar accents and carry themselves like strangers in a foreign land, each modified and reprogrammed to fight.

As communist forces threaten to upend the undercity's power structure, questions lurk beneath the hiss of steam and whir of gears. Why do these agents share no common history with Deepmantle's citizens? What makes them perfect for transformation? And most haunting of all - what memories lie behind the fog in their minds, just out of reach?

In this steampunk dystopia, the war for Deepmantle's future is fought by warriors who can't shake the feeling that they once belonged somewhere else entirely, their bodies and minds reconstructed to serve a cause that feels as foreign as their surroundings.