Golems

Golems are artificial beings, constructs animated through magic or other means - be it the Magestone spines of the Atlantis Guild, naturalistic rituals of the Elementalists, the foul magics of the Necropolis Sect or simply through the power of steam and the complex designs of the Black Powder Rebels.

## Types

There are many types of golems throughout the Land, many of them taking shape of humanoids but some taking the appearance of beasts or something else entirely. For example, while a Wood Golem is grown and nurtured by the Priests and Priestesses of the Elemental League, a Brass Golem is built, constructed by Atlantean technicians capable of creating these cold-skinned war machines. When the two clash, it's often a matter of pride and honor for the makers of which one of the Golems defeats the other.

### Atlantean Golems

* Brass Golems. An early model Atlantean melee war machine. Designed to be used as corridor fighters in attacks against Dwarven holts; the Dwarves’ natural defenses against magic forced the Atlanteans to adapt non­-magical means of taking holts.
* Blade Golems. An Atlantean Golem armed with scissor blades and a whirling buzz­saw weapon. These Golems were originally designed for forestry work but were used to best advantage in the Scythrian mines, when the Atlanteans enslaved thousands of Dwarves to work in their Magestone pits.
* Battle Queens. The most intelligent Atlantean Golem ever made, capable of mastering multiple martial arts forms and basic etiquette.
* Storm Golems. One of the best Atlantean War Golems ever made, armed with twin Magestone cannons.
* Incendiary Golems.
* Ramkare. Golems developed by Guild Magus Korrinth, one of the brightest of Tezla's students. They were known for their improved combat capabilities and for possessing a certain degree of sentience.
* Tezla’s Avatar was supposed to be the greatest achievement of Technomancy, the Magestone-powered Golem where the Grand Magus’ soul—his true essence—had transferred after leaving his body.
* Whirling Golems are Atlantean Golems whose lethal blade­-arms spin at terribly high speeds, thanks to their Magestone gyros.
* Techun - a specially crafted Atlantean Storm Golem programmed to fly and fight from the back of a Dragonfly machine.

### Rebel Golems

* Steam Golems. One of the earliest War Golems created by the Rebels, powered by a bread­box­-sized steam engine in a carcass of brass. The first Steam Golems were designed from notes taken from Rayjan’s Codex, written by the famed Dwarf Rayjan hundreds of years ago.
* Geargoyles - a Rebel sort of Golem engineered by Tinker Geely. They were specifically designed to aid in the break-in and out of Atlantean prison camps.

### Necropolis Golems

* Bone Golems. A Sect War Golem made from all different kinds of bones, to ensure that the structure doesn’t turn into a Skeletal, break loose of Necromantic control and kill everything in sight. By having a dozen spirits fighting for control, it is rare that any one spirit gets the upper hand.
* Flesh Golems. An incredibly strong Sect Golem knitted together from the flesh of a dozen corpses. By having multiple spirits powering the corpse, it lessens the chance of any one spirit gaining control over this awesome fighting machine.

### Elemental Golems

* Wood Golems. An Elemental War Golem made from a living tree and animated by vengeful nature spirits. Elementalists create Wood Golems by bonding willing nature spirits into living trees.

## Sentience

Golems have been known to go rogue - even before they were introduced Grand-Magus Tezla predicted that some of his Magestone creations would try to escape his control. As such, he created the Forgebreaker and used the Black Sledge (which was taken from the dwarves of Scythria) to hunt down rogue golems.

The Ramkare golems developed by Magus Korrinth have been known to possess a degree of sentience - alas, Korrinth died in an attack by Elementalists and wasn't able to develop his golems further. At least one Steam Golem was shown to possess sentience in its final moments.

After the Solonavi spell sometime in 434 Tz, however, cases of sentience in golems became more frequent. As golems across the Land awaken to true intelligence and independence, many of those walking the path of adventure seek out Redgear Bowblade and the Steelhands. As the Golems gained sentience throughout the Land, they realized that the seal of Tezla was not only a means to understand their own essence, but also a symbol of their overall purpose in the greater pattern of destiny.

## Notable

Notable Golems

***Sapient species***
 Alien to the Land

1. ↑ Mage Knight Rebellion Trading Card Game
2. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #2
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