The Artificers' Guild

The Artificers' Guild is a cult to the Manufactured Newborn introduced in Archive 2026. The Guild was established in medieval London as an engineers' union, often hired by wealthy patrons to create automata and other feats of mechanical engineering.

Upon coming into contact with the Newborn, the Guild began secretly worshiping it as a god, named Belphegor after the Christian demon. The Guild's use of magic in their inventions after this point was eventually suspected by the public, who believed them to be colluding with Satan, causing the Guild to perform a ritual to travel into the early 21st century to avoid persecution as witches.

The Artificers' Guild has since been working to integrate into the modern period, though members are largely reclusive, interacting with the world by proxy. Most notably, they are partnered with the Company, producing goods which the Company then sells, giving the Guild back a sizeable cut of the profit.