Shattered Code

Code

Is always online
Connects all relics into a hive mind control system
Is the language used to systematically deliver war commands and programming while on the battlefield of SC on an Acheron cube
Relic's intelligence was removed to negate their ability to make decisions outside of their programming
Relics original souls were not of low intelligence, but med to high and highjacked for external rather than internal processing
The code is unique to these relics and does not persist or connect to other wars in or outside of Acheron

Gauthak's Experience (has been since Sigil):

Failed or spontaneous connections to the Acheron Code persist in the dream state of all relics
Failed or spontaneous connections to the Acheron Code persist in the waking state of all relics in the audible sound of a large engine (this is NOT their core making sound....)
Has not experienced any "commands" of war since entering Sigil but has experienced (especially in the Month of Death) extreme stresses that related him to the war in such a way that he has (in the past) become confused (believing he is still in Acheron in the SC when he is not)
Grisland has witnessed in early Sigil encounters together, that using the name "Gauthak" has been enough to "ground" his ally into current reality
His power out of the portal was level 20 and within two months was down to Level 1 as a humanoid goliath with no remaining exterior armor parts or pieces, only those installed within the body itself remain. All the rest of its "mechanical armor" has "glitched" off long before Session 1 begins. I do think the skull shoulder piece is a small part of the mechanical pieces that "came off" that Grisland likely held for you and then eventually gave back for you to wear and claim as your own. <--- assumed, up to you guys

Prepare for:

Stress level getting to 5 soon -> Relic II feat
Interactions in dreamscapes
The ability to "communicate back with the code" in waking days by PC interaction rather than DM instigated coms