History Characters / SCPFoundationMekhanism

* FantasticCasteSystem: The Church is comprised of several orders. The first being the Patriarchs who control most of the Church's matters and provide final decision-making as well as producing the memoranda and texts that become the holy Schema. The Schematists-Faithful are a order which print, compile, and organize the Schema under the orders of the Patriarchs and despite being equal to the other orders they possess more political power due to them being responsible for editing the holy Writ. The Legates-Faithful are responsible for internal affairs, inquisition and courts system as they investigate heresy, mediate disputes, and are entitled to direct action in cases of conflict within the Cathedral or other Church properties. The Militants-Faithful are responsible for external affairs and self-defense as they deal directly with overt and covert threats to the Church, beyond the purvey of the Legates, and function as ambassadors or representatives to other groups, except in matters of doctrine. They along with the Legates are the two officially Armed Orders of the Church. The Fabricators-Faithful oversee the production on Church properties, acting as foremen and quality control for Lay-Brothers and Sisters working in Fabrication duties, and determine which new Inventions are to be sent to the Patriarchs who would approve for Standardization. Lastly the Inventors-Faithful which are comprised of all Church Sentient Analytical Engines are tasked with refining and creating new potential Standardized designs, and embark on Quests to answer key questions of theology and design.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Like the Yuan-ti from [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons]], their society was divided into castes with the high ranks being more snake-like than those of low rank.

What is now known as '''Xia Anomalous Culture Group''' (designated '''Group of Interest #004X''') was the earliest predecessor of the Church of the Broken God, existing during the semi-mythical Xia dynasty (夏朝 ''Xiàcháo'', cir. 2070 BCE - 1600 BCE). This

The Broken Church (GoI-004A) is the oldest sect of the Church of the Broken God which emerged around 1920 following the end of the First World War, led by "His Holiness Robert Bumaro", who apparently gained the title since 1946, although records indicate that he is far more ancient. However, the church went under a major schism, which was seen as a great heresy, in which two offshoots were formed with conflictual ideals: The Cogwork Orthodox Church and the Church of Mawellism. The sect is seemingly the only one which uses the virus which they refer to as the God's Ichor to standardize their bodies and don't normally accept converts. However, the Church was later able to make peace with the two denominations and even form an alliance which prompted the Broken Church to rename itself the United Church. Their ranks include the "gearrenders" which are heavily modified soldiers who have armor and weapons fused to their bodies and have superior strength and speed, but it is unknown if these soldiers are unique to this branch of the Church or the other branches have their own super soldiers.

The '''Cogwork Orthodox Church''', also known as the '''Clockwork Orthodoxy''' or simply the '''Orthodoxy''', is a splinter sect of the Broken Church (designated '''Group of Interest #004B''' by the SCP Foundation).They seek to augment their bodies with anomalous implants in order to resemble their god or to their god's ideals. The church is primarily led by a mysterious group known as the "Patriarchs" who are at the top of the Church's hierarchy. The Church also rejects modern day technology seeing unfit for their god and opt to use technology from late Industrial Revolution, and production of these machinery are seen as prayers. Due to their implants emitting ticking noises they're often referred to as "Tickers" by the other sects. Because most Orthodoxists also replace their genitalia they often give up their gender identity and it is noted that it is rare for members to naturally conceive children.

* BrainUploading: They believe that WAN is fragmented data that will become unified once more when all minds are downloaded into data and become one with the Broken God.