Mutant

"Human....more or less..."

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Description
The Frontiers are a harsh and unstable environment. For reasons unknown some are born different and deformed. It is not uncommon for Mutants to possess completely inhuman attributes, such as animalistic features or dispositions, extra (or missing) limbs and orifices, or in some cases latent magical ability. In many areas mutant children are killed at birth. In the more progressive settlements they are shipped off to camps or even The Hive, if they can survive the journey.

Due to their appearance and superstitions regarding Magic Mutants are treated with fear and contempt in most places, especially The Gold. Most resort to covering up their deformities to avoid stigma or violence from locals. Mutant blood is rumoured to have a wide range of properties, ranging from the medicinal or the poisonous, though such claims are unsubstantiated.

While most are born into their mutations some people become Mutants due to freak occurrences, usually as a result of venturing too far into The Expanse or an Artefact vault. Such incidents are relatively rare though....most who go on such ventures perish or simply disappear.