Lore

Aquinas is a scientist/inventor in the Middle Ages: A very poor career choice in an era dominated by the arts. He works for the Medici family, one of the most powerful families in Medieval Italy.

In one of his experiments, he creates Theo, a wooden robot which can manufacture advanced weapons. If Theo falls into the wrong hands, it could be used to dominate the entire continent, and possibly the world. Realizing the suffering and destruction his actions could bring (and given that his research grants could barely afford him minimum wage, anyway), Aquinas tries to escape the grip of the Medici family.

A battle ensues, and during a freak accident, our hero's arms get blown off. However, Theo manages to save his master's life by replacing his lost limbs with conveniently powerful wooden proscetics, thus turning him into a woodborg.

Soon, all the lords of the land, including the Medici, hear about Aquinas'invention and decide to steal it, to harnish its power for their own selfish purposes.

Aquinas sets off to battle these evil lords and bring peace back to the land, though one can reason that killing of the regents of a backwards society and messing with the balance of power will only help destabilize things completely and usher in an era of chaos and suffering for everyone involved. But hey, it's a game. We are not politcal analysts