In the industrial revolution, one mining operation dug deeper than any other, and discovered a new and powerful element, known as ‘The Great Shard’.

The Great Shard’s mystical properties accelerated the industrial revolution and altered the world around it. The world would never be the same. 

Soon, the industrialist known only as ‘the Keeper’ had learned to control the power of the Great Shard. Their lust for progress extended beyond the industrial world, and morphed into an obsession with biogenetic modifications. People who indulged in this practice of self mutation became known as the Mutagen.

Now, many years later, the Keeper of the Shard is nearing the end of his unnaturally extended life, and you are one of four Mutagen in the running to take over their position of power. The Keeper will choose only one successor before he draws his final breath.