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Blessed be the faithful! Rust inspections are this Friday.   ||   Our weekly conclave topic: Strength in Steel, Wisdom in Innovation. Dismiss those who deny our advancements!   ||   Notice: The Covenant will not be held back by the ignorance of outsiders who cannot see the greatness of The Creator. Let steel lead the way!   ||   Congratulations to newly promoted Overgear Mace, who successfully proposed the ‘Metal-Only Diet’ for better alignment with Covenant principles!   ||   Local Notice: Following yesterday’s altercation, the use of magic to ‘fix’ broken mechanisms is strictly prohibited. Only steel and ingenuity, as ordained by the Architect, shall prevail!   ||   Update from the Forge of Knowledge: The Council has approved a petition to replace the town’s wooden waterwheel with a reinforced iron equivalent. Progress marches on!   ||   Community Note: Cogwrights are reminded that the blueprints for the Eternal Furnace are kept under strict lock. Unauthorized access will lead to disciplinary oil baths.   ||   In recent news, this morning’s Forge gathering uncovered a relic hammer from ages past. It was immediately dismantled and repurposed into Covenant-approved metalwork.   ||   
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The origins of the church...
Long before the Covenant of Steel rose to prominence, the land lay under the shadow of trickery and stagnation, ruled by the capricious god of thievery, Illarik. This wily deity, master of mischief and stealer of progress, spun webs of deceit that kept civilizations bound in ignorance, their advancements plundered and hidden away. It was then that the Architect, the eternal forger and divine shaper of all that is strong and true, descended to reclaim the world from Illarik’s grasp. In a battle that shook the very foundations of existence, the Architect wielded a hammer of unbreakable steel, each strike forging new pathways for invention and enlightenment.

The Architect Defeats Illarik

With a final, mighty blow, Illarik was cast into the Abyss of Rust, his spoils scattered and reclaimed for the good of humankind. In the days that followed, the highest-ranking Overpriests of the Covenant bore witness to visions of the Architect Himself, luminous and unwavering, as He imparted the word of progress.They speak of His divine teachings, of blueprints woven from light and circuits, and of the boundless power of the internet—a sacred network forged to unite and advance His followers. With these revelations, the Covenant of Steel was formed to honor the Architect’s triumph, vowing to build a world where innovation reigns supreme and no shadow of theft may ever darken its shining future.