On rare occasions, a modron that has gone rogue recognizes its newfound individuality before it can cause disorder in the ranks. To spare themselves the inevitability of being hunted down and destroyed, such rogues can willingly submit to detention and, through the complex bureaucracy of Regulus, petition to be cut loose from the modron hive mind as an exile. Of those who petition, only a select few are granted their request; the rest are destroyed.
Exiled modrons usually begin as quadrones or higher, since tridrones and lower castes are rarely intelligent enough to understand what is happening to them. Regardless of their original form, however, the modron is physically transformed in a ritual within the Modron Cathedral that severs their connection to Primus and the Energy Pool (a new monodrone then emerges to take its place). Regardless of their original rank, base or hierarch, the new exile always has the same form: a boxy winged creature almost identical to a common quadrone, but free from the biological need to belong to their racial collective.
Sages debate as to why some modrons are exiled. The most common theory is that it is simply an act of housecleaning, but certain lorekeepers of the Fraternity of Order believe that Primus himself retains a mental link to the exiles and chooses to let them go to explore the planes free from the rigidity of the modron hierarchy.
Exiled modrons lose almost all memory of their previous life, and other modrons view them as they do any other outsider, as neither a friend nor a foe. Many develop highly eccentric personalities as they begin to mix with other races, but they retain a natural tendency toward lawful alignments. They are far more flexible than other modrons and capable of learning new tricks and solutions to problems, but still have trouble comprehending abstract concepts like art, passion, or honor. All exiled modrons are exactly 5.5 feet in height and 400 pounds in weight and begin their new lives looking exactly the same, but many modify their bodies with paint, piercings, or eclectic clothing.
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