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Golems are animated constructs made out of inanimate matter. They take on humanoid shapes, with a main body, a head, two arms and two legs. They do not possess hands, instead having balls or stumps, which they mainly use to punch and smash things. Their feet are usually completely flat and have no toes. However, these shapes do not translate into functional limbs, and in fact, were it not for the force that animates them, they have no joints or articulations, and would be completely fixed statues were it not for the force animating themand unable to maneuver. Although they can perform surprisingly violent actions such as punching or swinging their limbs to attack creatures, they have an extremely low land speed, rarely exceeding 5 feet per second (3.4 mph, comparable to the average human walking speed) and are seemingly unable to jog, run, sprint, or even jump. For this reason, they are considered to be among the slowest and un-agile of creatures in the Mazes. On average, golems are about 7 foot tall; the actual weight varies depending on the type of golem.
The force animating golems is magical in nature. The exact process that creates these hulking constructs is not fully understood, but according to multiple first-hand account witnesses, a cloud of purple-colored miasma coalesces around or into large piles of abandoned material being left in one place, which then animates and reshapes this material into the form of a golem, then continues animating it until it is destroyed. Goleme Golems are hostile and seek to attack any living creatures they see, and there is absolutely no reasoning, taming, pacifying or capturing them - they will not stop attacking, ever, until destroyed. Upon destruction, what remains of the golem briefly shimmers purple as the miasma dissipates, suggesting that the miasma can no longer control something that has been sufficiently destroyed.
Iron golems are, as the name suggests, constructs formed out of iron. They typically have a greyish, shiny appearance, but older individuals that have survived for a longer period of time may be less shiny, darker in color, and show traces of surface rust. They typically form in refuse piles containing mostly metallic objects, particularly if the iron or steel content of these piles is high. The same refuse piles are also the point of origin of [[steel golem|steel golems]], though they seem to be rarer then iron golems in general. The average weight of an iron golem is around 1200 pounds, or about 0.55 metric tons.