Doctor Sarius
THREAT DESIGNATION: Doctor Sarius
STATUS: Rising
REQUIRED RESPONSE: Watch of the Bone Chapel and Silenced Knell, cooperative action
During the war of the Ironworks, researchers pierced the barrier between life and death. They harvested Infection from living subjects, studied what lay beyond the Mortis Amaranthine, and punched a hole through death itself so soldiers could return again and again to fill the ranks of an army that never stayed dead. When the war ended, most of those researchers died with it.
Most. Not all.
Doctor Sarius was a Graverobber attached to the original project. He disappeared when the Ironworks fell. In recent years, he has resurfaced with a simple goal: harness the dead and make them serve. He has gathered other researchers to his cause, building a network of cells that operate with the insularity of a cult and the precision of a laboratory. To Sarius, the people outside his circle are not people. They are resources. The useful ones further his research. The rest are discarded, or worse, they become subjects.
His current operations involve capturing Strains and stripping their Infection through experimental procedures, transforming them into undead that can be controlled. The process is the Dragoon program reborn in a new and arguably more dangerous form. The original Dragoons were weapons of war built by an empire. Sarius answers to no empire. He answers to no one.
His followers adopt the same worldview: those who study the Mortis are enlightened, and everyone else exists to serve a function. This mentality makes them hostile to outsiders and fanatically loyal to their leader. Cells have been identified at scattered settlements, each conducting localized experiments tailored to whatever materials they can acquire.
Murder Inc's assessment is clear. Block and prevent further findings. The cooperation of two factions is required because the threat is not just one man with a scalpel. It is an ideology with laboratories.
During the war of the Ironworks, researchers pierced the barrier between life and death. They harvested Infection from living subjects, studied what lay beyond the Mortis Amaranthine, and punched a hole through death itself so soldiers could return again and again to fill the ranks of an army that never stayed dead. When the war ended, most of those researchers died with it.
Most. Not all.
Doctor Sarius was a Graverobber attached to the original project. He disappeared when the Ironworks fell. In recent years, he has resurfaced with a simple goal: harness the dead and make them serve. He has gathered other researchers to his cause, building a network of cells that operate with the insularity of a cult and the precision of a laboratory. To Sarius, the people outside his circle are not people. They are resources. The useful ones further his research. The rest are discarded, or worse, they become subjects.
His current operations involve capturing Strains and stripping their Infection through experimental procedures, transforming them into undead that can be controlled. The process is the Dragoon program reborn in a new and arguably more dangerous form. The original Dragoons were weapons of war built by an empire. Sarius answers to no empire. He answers to no one.
His followers adopt the same worldview: those who study the Mortis are enlightened, and everyone else exists to serve a function. This mentality makes them hostile to outsiders and fanatically loyal to their leader. Cells have been identified at scattered settlements, each conducting localized experiments tailored to whatever materials they can acquire.
Murder Inc's assessment is clear. Block and prevent further findings. The cooperation of two factions is required because the threat is not just one man with a scalpel. It is an ideology with laboratories.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
During the war of the Ironworks, scientists and Graverobbers harvested Infection from living subjects to study the Mortis Amaranthine and what lay beyond. They pierced death itself, creating a pathway that allowed soldiers to return repeatedly, feeding the Ironworks army. When the war ended, most of those researchers died.
Doctor Sarius survived. A former Graverobber from the original Ironworks project, he has resurfaced in recent years, gathering like-minded researchers who share his conviction that those who study the Mortis are more enlightened than the general population. His group captures Strains and performs experiments to strip their Infection, transforming them into controllable undead. The work effectively revitalizes the old Dragoon program through new methods. Sarius views non-researchers as objects serving a function in his greater design. His growing cell operates with cult-like insularity, and Murder Inc has designated him a rising Mortis Amaranthine threat requiring the cooperation of the Watch of the Bone Chapel and the Silenced Knell to contain.
Doctor Sarius survived. A former Graverobber from the original Ironworks project, he has resurfaced in recent years, gathering like-minded researchers who share his conviction that those who study the Mortis are more enlightened than the general population. His group captures Strains and performs experiments to strip their Infection, transforming them into controllable undead. The work effectively revitalizes the old Dragoon program through new methods. Sarius views non-researchers as objects serving a function in his greater design. His growing cell operates with cult-like insularity, and Murder Inc has designated him a rising Mortis Amaranthine threat requiring the cooperation of the Watch of the Bone Chapel and the Silenced Knell to contain.
Ironworks-era researcher rebuilding the Dragoon program. Strips Infection from the living to enslave the dead.
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