@HueHueBr Your idea aligns with my backstory. We all could have met each other in the past to not be complete strangers.
So yeah, it will be Jonnie running through the tunnels while being badly injured to near death. He then encounters Trinka, but she was still unable to stop his injuries. It so happens Hive bees are nearby, and he chose to break his oath of biological purity by letting the bees into him to be saved.
When he meets Trinka again, he is now put on a penitent mission to prove his loyalty by being a Delver or a Haven missionary. Along the way, she also witnessed him merging his "cybernetics" with the bees. Perhaps a Heart-empowered symbolism of his belief that he held that the machine is better than flesh/bee chitin.
(Yes, this is inspired by the Adeptus Mechanicus from Warhammer40k, but he and the Knight Order are not as extreme.)
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As for Majyd, I think her excursion could be the same as Jonnie's. His one failed with mostly everyone dying too. Perhaps it could also be a joint mission between the Order of the Iron Flesh and Majyd's one. (The Order isn't racist and is friendly to all, except for those who are supernaturally altered. So while Gnolls may look like "beasts" they aren't Heartsblood Beasts that require purging.)
Btw, I am thinking of altering his name to be slightly more unusual. Perhaps Jonnie or Jonnee to keep the similar sound and reference to "Johnny Topside". (I found this name by looking at Bioshock wiki)
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