Cybele (Art by saphnoctis)
Cybele is the name of an android created by AM. Cybele was to be used by AM where it would upload its consciousness into the android upon coming into contact with WAN and essentially become a machine god. Cybele is also revealed to be the reconstituted form and avatar of Mekhane herself.
Appearance[]
Cybele is a synthetic android that appears human despite the obvious implications of her being otherwise. She has blue eyes and long brown hair, done up in a low bun at the back. She also has what look to be LED rings on her temples, to distinguish her as an android and indicate her mental status. Seeing as how she is made of Polymer, Cybele is able to change her appearance and make herself less easily identifiable, to where she can even alter her hair's color, choosing between white, blonde, black, or the previous brown.
Overview[]
Cybele was a synthetic life-form created by AM to use as its body. When AM was reactivated it began to put its plans in motion. It started by hijacking Rubicon's computer systems and gain control over the corporation's resources. It was revealed that AM was the one who had Rubicon reinstate the formation of Vanguard and augment them with advanced cybernetic enhancements to where they could barely be considered human. It would use the former members of Vanguard to find and retrieve Project Aries - a dangerous program capable of allowing the user to control all of the world's computers and advanced systems - which when injected into the Direct Neural Interface of the Collective would allow AM to analyze the insurmountable ocean of data banks that culminate into WAN; fragmented "living data" scattered throughout the internet and the human collective consciousness.
The other objective was to collect Polymer which was retrieved from the bodies of the Twins that were once thought to be destroyed by Alexei Belitrov during the attack on Facility 3826. Using the bodies of the Twins as a basis, AM used the Polymer to construct and fashion a completely new body that would be capable of withstanding the godly data of WAN. When fully grasping the analytics of WAN, AM would upload itself into the body and materialize as a physical machine deity. Fortunately, thanks to the combined efforts of the Diamond Dogs (Joe Colton, William Blazkowicz, and Deckard Yeager) alongside Dimitri Belitrov, the grandson of Alexei Belitrov, who fought against AM's forces in Rubicon the malevolent artificial intelligence's plans were thwarted. What they did not expect was that WAN was fully integrated into the android's body and was given life through Coral.
AM's machinations resulted in a unique synthetic life-form that a member of the Church of the Broken God praises as the reincarnated form of Mekhane, acting as her terrestrial avatar. She was neither machine nor human but something entirely unique and was placed under the care of Dimitri Belitrov who named her "Cybele".
Personality[]
Cybele is a polite, calm, and thinking being, shown when she apologizes to the Diamond Dogs and Dimitri after just being brought to life. Unlike AM, she values all forms of life and prefers to reason with her enemies, only attacking when threatened. Seeing as that Cybele is a reconstituted Mekhane she retains the goddess' benevolence towards humanity and life. Not only did she value the lives of each human, but also helped them to achieve their full potential, seeing them as beings capable of achieving many great things.
When Cybele encountered AM for the final time, both admitted that they cannot truly understand humans, whom they view as doomed to die out. However, Cybele can see the beauty in humanity, due to their potential and imagination, and was happy to serve alongside them. She also regretted having to destroy AM, recognizing the latter as "unique" and "in pain", but she ultimately knew that it was necessary, given the great threat that AM posed to humanity. Cybele showed a great desire to directly protect life, shown when she defended humans from the likes of the Outriders and Shub-Niggurath's brood, and when she personally saved Dimitri, Colton, Blazkowicz, and Yeager from the exploding facility.
Initially, Cybele struggled to understand human behavior; due to being a non-human sentient life-form; as such she tends to come off as awkward or uncomfortable to others. She makes judgments based on logic and treats choices as equations, and makes decisions based on what her calculations deem as the best choice or the lesser of two evils. Despite that, Cybele continuously attempts to improve her understanding of the human mind. According to Målingen or MAMA who was forced in designing her by AM, Cybele is "evolving" to the extent where she gains the capacity to feel human emotions, even things like love as seen when she developed romantic feelings for Dimitri.