Golem

A hostile Golem stalks on a lone Iron Cross Inquisitor during the Industrial revolution.

## General Info

### Birthplace

First Golem made in Greek city state of Rhodes.

## Status

### Status

Active

> *"No one really pays attention to the big bastards, but I love them. The dummies will build a skyscraper for you just because they love you and you asked. Better than a mutt if you ask me." - K.S. Ghaston*
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A **Golem** is any formation of inanimate materials or objects that has been given life by a magic user. Their race as a whole is only made possible by the Void, who's magic is infused with each and every one of them. After the Spellplague event, many Golems became inactive husks and died out except for a few specific variants of Golems, a prime example being Forest Golems, who have barely been affected by the event, unlike their mechanical or stone cousins.

## Anatomy

Golems have no default appearance and unless they are man made they generally do not share physical traits with other Golems. Golems do share a mostly humanoid appearance, but there have been instances of Golems having an appearance resembling an animal or monstrosity. A Golem's appearance is dependent on the given materials, the mental blueprint in mind, and whether or not the correct amount of power is applied. Golem's **cannot** be formed from flesh and extremely intricate mental blueprints require a nearly impossible amount of energy to produce, so much so that it is often times believed only the most powerful of God's can forge such creations.

## Society

While rare, Golem villages or gatherings do exist but can only be found in the wilds, far away from modern civilization and are usually only between naturally born Golems. This is not to say natural born Golem's do not adopt man made ones into their society. Golem societies are very reclusive and tend to be very shy of others, but never enough to be immediately hostile. Golems are only ever hostile if they are provoked (unless they are a naturally hostile Golem or have been given an order to be hostile.)

Golems have become important in modern day society as they have proven to be valuable workers capable of assisting construction workers in their projects. Their work as construction laborers have caused deaths related to construction work to decrease dramatically. Corporate businesses also have a habit of hiring Golem's of smaller stature for use as body guards. Golems have also been used as tools of war for centuries, but have gradually been replaced by EVA's the past few decades.

A very important thing to realize about Golems is that technically a good portion of their race are slaves. As of recent, Golems from older generations and even newer generations have been recognized more as sentient beings capable of contributing to society in the same manner as citizens, but there are still Golems under control by their makers used to perform actions against their will, their sentience and personality being exchanged for productivity and results. This topic has spurred on great debates and even riots from Golem kind, as many are fighting for the individuality and freedom of their cousins still being used as tools.

## Notable Golems

Name of Golem, Man Made or Natural Born, Year of Creation/Years Active

* **The Colossus of Rhodes (MM, 280BC)** - The first man made Golem which, unfortunately, was made by the sacrifices of over a hundred greeks as the Greeks had not yet perfected the method of making Golems. The Colossus would defend Rhodes until the fall of his city-state, where he too would fall.
* **Vraknosstrya, The Warlord of the Black Sea (NB, A 20BC-14AD)** - A Golem of massive size, he wandered freely across the Black Sea doing as he pleased. He was known for guiding merchant and cargo ships along the right path in a gentle manner, but did not condone warships in what he called "his sea", and generally sent them back or struck them down. He would be destroyed by the Roman empire, which launched a full scale naval assault against the great being to secure access to the sea so that they could reach the other Baltic colonies easier.
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