Geth (Magic: the Gathering)

"In the game of conquest, who cares about the pawns if the king yet reigns."

- Geth

Geth is an undead lich turned mechanically modified Phyrexian lord and villain from Magic: the Gathering. Once a living human, he was betrayed and beheaded. After assisting the Phyrexians, he was rewarded with a new body and a place in their empire.

Fifth Dawn
When Geth was alive, he ruled his home, the Mephidross (a swamp that creates necrogen gas that can turn the living into zombies), due to having control of the only vampire on the plane. This is how Geth was able to control the Nim, Mirrodin's race of zombies. Geth sent one of his subjects, a human named Yert, to kill the elf Glissa Sunseeker and her party. Yert attacked them with a zombie reaper. She easily slayed the zombie and Yert broke into tears because of his defeat. He then allied himself with Glissa to get a new zombie to control in exchange for reaching Geth. After Geth found out about Yert's betrayal and Glissa's survival, he sent his vampire to slay the group. But, Glissa managed to defeat the vampire to the point of almost killing it. Backed into a corner, Geth told Glissa about Pontifex, a vedalken scientist who was ordered to attack her village. Unfortunately for Geth, his vampire would need a large feeding to survive. So, Geth feed Yert to the vampire as revenge for his betrayal. Because of this, he became a vampire himself and turned on Geth yet again by decapitating him. Though his head was cut off, he survived as a lich. Without a throne, Geth aided Glissa by helping her get the "Shield of Kaldra". For his help, Geth was rewarded with a mechanical body. Once Mirrodin's creator Karn returned, he became one of the wardens of the Mirari (the consciousness of Memnarch), which was placed in his body.

Scars of Mirrodin
After a long amount of time, Geth returned to the Mephidross with his new body. Unfortunately for him, he lost control over his Nim subjects. The Phyrexian invasion of Mirrodin was near its start, and since Geth kept their existence a secret, he was rewarded with an even better body. This one was arachnid-like in structure, hideous, and very strong. With this newfound power, he conqured his home and defeated all opposition. This suit also allowed him to have significant power in the Phyrexian hierarchy. He became one of the "Seven Steel Thanes" and ruled over Ish Sha for the rest of this block. Wanting even more power, he sought out both praetor of the black-aligned phyrexians, and eventually the new Father of Machines (the leader of the Phyrexians). He attempted to due this by using his intelligence and charisma. His best tactic is making contracts that anyone forced into them have to abide by them or become his slaves. By the end of this block, Elesh Norn decimated the forces of the black-aligned phyrexians, and Geth's fate is unknown.

Quotes
"Everyone should owe you something."

- Geth

"Under the suns, Mirrodin kneels and begs us for perfection."

- Geth

"The one who dies with the most toys is still dead."

- Geth

"To death all must go, and so in death lies ultimate power."

- Geth