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Ritual Magic

Mercurial Enactments: War golems have no societal rituals of their own. However, the parts they are made from often carry residual "memory" of their creators from before their Awakening. For no apparent reason whatsoever, groups of war golems sometimes mime or act out these memories. For example, golems may mime the actions of a High Artificer building a weather machine, or others may suddenly gather around a podium, re-enacting a High Artificer's speech to their colleagues--only what emerges from the golem's mouth is gobbeldygook. There appears to be no requirement for pre-planning, and the chaotic-patterns are always performed it seems, perfectly.

These "memories," if they may be called that, are both sacred and illogical--they follow no pattern outside of their association with the golems' creators. Scholars debate the purpose of these reenactments--some arguing it a residual artifact of the golems' creation, and others as a malfunction.

Sometimes these enactments offer insights--if the insights may be teased out. The rest of the time, they remain an enigma of a crafted race.

Sacred Objects: War Golems seek artifacts from the Original Makers (the High Artificers) who crafted the first of their kind. These might be a forge hammer, or a tool used to bend metal to form. A riveting machine. These items are said to be cursed by their very association, but are somehow valuable to the War Golems. What is known is that these objects hold more potential than other items. This does not mean they are more receptive to magic; only more potential for greatness. When augmented with mana, these items tend to end up in the hands of significant figures, or events.

The Golems also seek to record their Mercurials, in hopes that one day they may make sense.