The Warforged of Thaedros are the only known beings truly native to this world—though even they do not remember it. Discovered decades after the diaspora, these constructs of stone, metal, and wood lay dormant in the ruins of the long-vanished Essari. Some were found standing motionless in crumbling halls, others buried beneath the sands, and a great cache of them was unearthed near what would later become Yldan. For a time, they were little more than artifacts of a forgotten civilization—silent relics of a mystery that refused to reveal itself.
That changed when scholars uncovered the secret of their awakening: living eldrite cores. Eldrite, a mineral unique to Thaedros, is known for its ability to channel and condense magic. In rare cases, it forms crystalline structures infused with impossibly complex spellwork—magic so precise that even the most learned wizards struggle to comprehend it. When one such core was inserted into an inert warforged, the construct stirred, its eyes flickering to life. But instead of offering answers, it brought only more questions.
The awakened warforged had no memory of the Essari, save for an aching certainty that it once had a master and a purpose—both of which had been deliberately erased. More warforged were activated, yet the pattern remained the same: their past was locked away, either by design or by time. What little they do recall suggests that the Essari did not simply disappear—they erased themselves, wiping all trace of their existence from the world.
In the years since their awakening, the few hundred warforged on Thaedros have been granted freedom, but they do not see themselves as lost. Instead, they consider themselves caretakers of a world abandoned—the last stewards of whatever legacy the Essari left behind. Some travel the land, assisting where they can, "tidying" the world for the return of their creators. Others dedicate themselves to uncovering the truth of their origin, searching for lost cores and buried memory modules, hoping that somewhere, deep within Thaedros, lies the knowledge of who they were meant to be—and why they were left behind.