Clockwork

The clockwork are mechanical constructs made from metal, plating, gears, wires, bits of spring, and cogs, powered by a soulstone stored in a compartment somewhere within the clockwork's body. The soulstone is imbued to the machine via a complex magical process, recently developed by the engineers of Koghollow, a process whom few are able to master and fewer willing to attempt. In addition to the soulstone which fuels their personality, all clockworks have a key somewhere on their body which, while wound up, allows them to move, think and act like living creatures, much like they did in their previous lives. Many affluent nobles seek to transfer their souls into clockwork vessels, as a way to immortalize their existence via undying, untiring and easily replaceable bodies.

Basic Information

Dietary Needs and Habits

Clockworks have no need for sustenance: their mechanical bodies do not require nutrients provided by food and beverages.

Civilization and Culture

History

The clockwork were created during the Age of Magic, year 758, by an eccentric dwarf named Bhalbrek Alderfist. The scientist discovered how to siphon the souls of living creatures from soul-stones into other inanimate objects,from which they could live a second life.