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Logic Virus.
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Maso
The follow chapter is an attempt to These are particles from another dimension,
summarize the events of Drakengard and specifically those of the Giant and the
Nier to provide greater context to the Dragon.
setting of Automata. This information is by
Maso from the Giant is similar to sodium
no means complete. It was a joint effort by
chloride (i.e. Salt), though lacks mass or
anonymous contributors to create a way for
weight. It is the source of WCS.
Gamemasters of Agaku to explore beyond
what is seen in Automata. You need not read Maso from the Dragon allows energy
this section to run Agaku, though it might absorption and transference from other
give you some ideas all the same. dimensions. This breaks the law of energy
conservation and allows the creation of
Important Terms/Lore Bits something from nothing in a process dubbed
“Magic.” It a owed for Project Gesta t to
The bits of lore that follow often self-
occur.
reference and otherwise require reading
several other bits. They are roughly WCS
presented in order of importance. White Chlorination Syndrome is a disease
that appeared in the year 2003. It was
The Dragon
spread by Maso from the Giant that
This is the name scientists of the Nier
appeared in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Humans
universe gave to Angelus, the draconic Pact
infected with this corrupted Maso were
Partner to Caim in Drakenguard 1, after she
forced into a pact with a God from the
was shot down at the end of the game. The
dimension of the Giant. Infected were given
Dragon is one of the sources of Maso, which
a choice: Either turn into a salt-white
allows for the use of Magic.
creature (a Legion) and become a servant of
The Giant the Gods (Masters of the Watchers), or have
This is the name scientists of the Nier their body turn to salt and die.
universe gave to the Queen-Beast, Mother
Legion
of The Watchers, that fell from the sky of
When infected with WCS, a person is given
Tokyo at the end of Drakengard 1. The Giant
a choice to either become a servant of The
is one of the sources of Maso, which causes
Gods or die. Those that choose the former
White Chlorination Syndrome (WCS).
are known as the Legion, and they are led by
The Watchers the Red-Eye.
Known as Angels and by other titles such as
Multiple-Origin Theory
Grotesqueries and Daemons, Watchers are
This theory, discovered in 2010 from
an instrument of God whose main goal is the
experimentation on the corpse of the
destruction of humanity. They are
Dragon, proves the existence of multiple
extradimensional in nature, though only
parallel dimensions. Continued research into
directly interfere with the Drakengard
this phenomenon lead to the discovery of
universe. In the Nier universe, they only

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