Transcendent Elite

After they have lived for a thousand years or so, the bodies of the Elite begin to succumb to entropy that no amount of bio-engineering can fix, more and more mutation effects them. They start to replace their decaying body parts with cybernetic parts…

… they begin to look less and less like humans, and more and more like machines…

… as another thousand years go by, their organic minds subtly change… even though they are still the minds of humans, they are no-longer human, they are transcendent. They begin to embrace their transcendence…

… turning themselves into gorgeous, humanoid art forms…

… and though vanity makes them keep a human visage…

… they are no longer human.