Vendetta [S!2 Round 2 ~ Soñaire]

Originally posted on MSPA by Ixcalibur.

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Username: Ixcaliber
Name: Steter
Sex: Technically speaking none, but male.
Race: Golem
Colour: #0B72E6
Biography: Did you know in the factories of GolCorp over one thousand golems are minted every single day? The clay golems are the cheapest and most numerous of the golems produced right here on premises. The forge where they are baked is large enough to fit in three hundred golems at a time and is regularly full to capacity. The whittling bays where golems are carved out of only the finest wood or the most luxurious marble are busy twenty four hours a day. Deeper into the factory there are smelting rooms where the some of the best value golems (those constructed from the sturdiest metals) are created. Regardless of construction every golem must at some point pass through the infusion chambers. It is here that a team of dedicated priests channel life energies into the finest GolCorp Golems via a top secret ritual known only to a privileged few. Once infused with life our golems are sent out to golem showrooms across the kingdom.

Industry is thriving, as more and more businesses invest in their own golems to carry out important construction, agriculture or even security work. The only sector of industry in which GolCorp golems do not have a significant role is in the service industry, and we ensure you, the moment those religious zealots let us give our golems a tongue we’ll be releasing the most personable range of golems ever to be seen in the whole of Moiyan. But it isn’t just big business that profits from the golem boom; nowadays even the lowliest peasant can afford one of our inexpensive clay golems and the infrequent inhouse maintenance that is required to keep such a model running at tip top capabilities. Such an investment allows them to put their feet up and watch as the cash comes rolling in. And of course, we at GolCorp are not doing too badly out of the golem business either!

The finest golem ever to be created by GolCorp was a magnificent golden golem named Steter. His body was encrusted with precious gems, and he was given a more detailed physiology than any golem at the time had ever been given. He was manufactured specially as a gift to Lord Emperor Suchan on his thirteenth birthday. Even now, more than seventy years later, Suchan is still the shining pinnacle of GolCorp golemgineering, and on those rare days when the Lord Emperor deigns to leave his palace, he can be seen at his side, just as good as the day he was manufactured; right here. – GolCorp informational pamphlet.

Things were perhaps not as rosy as the picture painted in GolCorp’s corporate literature. Crops were failing and animal populations were beginning to thin and nobody had any idea why this was the case. Many dismissed the phenomena as simple coincidences, bad harvests that would be better the following year or that animals had just gotten better at hiding or something. Few took it as seriously as it really should have been taken and even then they didn’t focus their concerns in the correct directions. The large scale manufacture of golems was draining the world of its life force. As more and more was crammed into metal shells by well-meaning well-paid priests, the supply to pass between the living things of the planet dwindled until there was nothing left. Upon that day golems were still manufactured, though they were infused with something else, something primal; something angry. They were unstoppable. They infected any other golem they came across with the same dark essences that flowed within them, and murdered any living thing they encountered. Whether the goal was murder or simply to return life force to the world, who can say, the end result was the same.

The imperial palace received warning as soon as the darkness infused golems began to rampage. It was promptly locked down and the Lord Emperor and his loyal golem Steter settled in to await the news that the threat had been contained and everything was fine. The Lord Emperor waited for the rest of his life with no word from the outside world beyond the heavy doors. Steter waited even longer. Who could say how long it was before he was pulled away into a grand battle? Years? Decades? Centuries perhaps?

Description: Steter’s body is made from solid gold and decorated with all manner of precious gems. They are arranged in swirls and symbols designed to do little more than make him look fancy. His face unlike most of his kind is not completely blank; it has been carved into the approximate shape of a face complete with a nose and lips and so forth. These features are only decorative and are completely immobile because of a cultural taboo against golems with voices. Where his eyes should be there are a pair of sparkling blue topazes. Unlike most golems created at the time he has fully articulated hands and feet and his body is shaped into a rough approximation of a human body. His design was perhaps the closest that GolCorp ever came to completely mimicking human physiology and as such he appears more than a little uncanny, despite the gold and the gems and all the craftsmanship he is not really visually appealing because of this. He is about eight feet tall.

As a golem he does not really have a personality. He was designed to follow his owner’s orders without hesitation or even thought of complaint and for a long time this is what Steter has done. It has however been a long long time since he really interacted with anyone else, much longer than any golem was ever intended to last, and those binding magics do have a tendency to decay after a while.

Items/Abilities: As a golem Steter is compelled to follow the commands of his owner, due to magical decay coupled with the death of his owner this compulsion has become somewhat arbitrary and unpredictable. More or less anyone can give him commands that he is compelled to follow, though it might not always work because magic is funny like that. He is also very strong and does not tire. He’s not quick but he is pretty relentless.