It was the Static. You see, for as long as I can remember my mind has always tossed are fictional concepts. However, I never had a creative outlet, until now. When I came up with the Static, and shortly after the Clockworkers, I new I had to do something with them. So, I took a leap of faith and wrote a short story. Shortly after writing that story, I realized that it was crappy and, I decided to rewrite it. The product then became known as The Inanimates.
After a bit of time, I wanted to expand the Regnum Messoris, so I did. When I finished doing so, and to my surprise, I still wanted to do more. So, after redesigning the ASTRRLAP and grabbing/modifying some of my past characters, I started writing Mk. 2.