Golems

Based in Jewish mythology, the golem is technically what you get when G-d gives humans the ability to create beings out of clay and give them life. Originally, they were meant to be warriors, non-Jewish fighters who would defend the Jewish people in times of dire need. The first instances of the Golem are from the days of the Babylonian exile for the Jews, but they are mainly known to exist in the High Middle Ages to Renaissance period, when Anti-semitism was high and golems were not granted the ability to speak (unfortunately making them terrible messengers) in the Muslim and Slavik lands, most famous among them the Golems of Chelm and Prague. They could be used for chores on Sabbath days, in lieu of hiring a slave/servant. The magic involved in steeped in mystery, though, and few rabbis dared to try and create them and fewer still had the ability, since only a very holy person can do it. That is until the age of the Gutonian revolution. Wanting an instant labor force, the government ordered the rabbis of the land to create golems to serve them night and day in lieu of a human work force. Protests were met with banishment. Every region under les Cabinets has to provide one for the holiday of Easter (notably not a Jewish holiday) and Christmas (also not a Jewish holiday), regardless of the Jewish holidays that these dates coincided with for the year. Failing to deliver was considered an insurmountable debt owed, as poor Rabbi Mordechai found out the hard way when he created a golem, but it went beserk in a church, and then his daughter was put into lifelong servitude to les Cabinets. Thing is, though: the Golems aren't that smart or violent. They do exactly what you carve into their skin. Thus, Ziele is able to use the Golem as a laboratory assistant and dragon babysitter.