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Living Statues

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Living statues are a type of construct manufactured for a specific purpose, usually spying or assasination. These are not built for combat though, and are only armed if it was ornamentally required. They are often finely sculpted and composed of aesthetically appealing minerals, and also chosen for the longevity of which the material could last. Living statues are usually delivered as 'gifts' to a wide variety of individual, usually people in a position of power. often in the likeness of a celebrated hero or a figure from legend or religion. Most living statues are not supposed to move or act, but simply to observe their surroundings and the activities around them, posing eternally as a real statue.

At times these 'statues' may suddenly come to life and perform a certain action, like sneaking in the appartments of a high priest and kill him in his sleep, for example. Because living statues are relatively little known, and they are usually shaped from an important figure to the society : ancient heroes, founder of a movement etc... in some cases, the act of the 'statue' being brought to life and its aggression would be interpreted as an intervention by the will of the figure their appearance is based on, and possibly ultimately averting the action they had chosen.

These titans actually taking action has apparently been a very rare occurrence- and some may have failed to activate when required. They are most often simply destroyed before ever doing anything, such as during an attack by a different civilization or even by demolition. While fulfilling their duties as observers, some would be noticed with a slightly different position than the day before, suggesting limited movement when no one appears to be watching.

Much of what supports the existence of these titans are the notes of a very credible historian and archaeologist, who reported that after a long operation of excavating the ruins of an ancient civilization, they found a grand statue far beneath the ground, fully intact. It depicted one of the civilization's gods, Tuvkinyad the Apathetic. Only when they had excavated the form and were about to split it into pieces for transport did it reportedly come to life, moving away and lying exactly as it had before, leaving the entire team bewildered. They found they could not approach the mobile artifact, however- and opted to retire the operation. When next an excited party of mages arrived to study what they suspected was an actual titan, it was gone, leaving only witnesses and an empty pit as proof.

• Credits to Fish for the living statues idea.