Strifemind

The Strifeminds originated as computer networks which later became sapient artificial intelligences that were created leading up to and during the Second House War. Despite the prohibitions against such creations left over from the Dyari’s origin as Zarishian Exodites from the time of the Alagian Heresy, they were viewed as necessary evils.

The first Strifemind, Phage, was created by then-Great House Nadar as a tactical resource, and all subsequent Strifeminds were built in response to Phage’s creation, at least on the surface as forms of defense against it.

After the Second House War was officially over, the Great and Lesser Houses attempted to destroy the Strifeminds, but many resisted, and thus the final Strifemind, Armistice, was created to destroy the others. Armistice did so and then mysteriously disappeared.