Riya's lifeless body like the many others that came before and would come after her was converted from its original state to one similar to that of an automaton. The process of making true sentient weapons was not known to them. So the automaton process was the next best thing they could muster. Of course, they did not have to create the substance that true sentient weapons were made of.
That metallic substance that was smelted and forged could not be replicated even if one had access to a genuine article. However, what was something that could be studied was what became of those who failed to become sentient weapons. The dulls as they were called were those that were put through the process but the forging process failed leaving behind only statues of leftovers that the body and mind be
