The Stone Colossus is the fusion of tried and true design married with arcane artifice. Golems have been used in the seven duchies for many years for menial and dangerous tasks. They could rarely be used for anything that would require wit, as the process that governs their thought patterns is described as glacially slow on the best of days. The other issue presented is that most golems are made from materials that don't particularly lend well to dealing with damage. The Colossus sidesteps this in a few ways. First, the Colossus is constructed of material mined from a traprock deposit discovered deep on the main island. Second, a magical circlet, worn by a master, lets that person override the baser Intelligence that typically resides in a golem and control it's movements. The second part has been a topic of discussion between the more academically minded of the magical community. The consciousness, if it could be called that at all, within the golem seems to be almost entirely dormant now, to the point that it can no longer maintain cohesion when not directly commanded. Whether this is a subversion of a magically granted Intelligence or not is up for debate. Instinct: to destroy opponents

• Obey the master