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- SEIII.~ON, Titt TIiira:
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When he confronted the aolem and
demanded its full attention, Fressen
was horrified to discover he no longer
had any control over his creation. As
Fressen stood before the golem,
"Father" began to laugh-creating a
gurgling, gibbering sound in which
Fressen heard only mockery and hate.
Turning to flee from the terrible
rejection and that hideous laugh,
Fressen found himself unable to
escape the sound. Wherever he ran, he
heard the terrible laughter and the
words of Father's scorn.
Overwhelmed with pain and
exhaustion, with his creation's weird,
gibbering laughter still echoing within
his mind, Fressen collapsed. Slowly,
surely, the echoing footsteps and
maniacal laughter of his father
approached. When his father stood
beside him, the laughter quieted.
Fressen felt his father pick him up and
cradle him in his arms-finally, as his
creation was meant to do. Fressen felt
he had won his father's unswerving
affection at last. Moments later, the
boy was hurled down a tower staircase
to his death.
The gibbering golem lived on in the
asylum, but could find no appropriate
mate there. Exploring outside its
home, it discovered the nearby village.
It was there the golem found his first
new "bride." Staring at the woman, the
gibbering golem discovered he could
feel her feelings, taste her thoughts,
exactly as he could Fressen's.
Delighted at the thought of being
with his chosen mate, the golem
presented himself to the woman,
declaring his love for her. But his
initial happiness changed to fury as he
felt his mate's horrified rejection
stabbing into his mind. Enraged, the
golem seized the woman as she turned
to flee. He shook her furiously for
minutes on end, gibbering hideously
all the while. Finally, his rage abated,
and the creature brought the now
quiescent body of his bride back to
the asylum.
-
So begir is the tale of the aibberina
golem, as I have come to know it.
Much of the ' story, of course, is
surmised ra Ither than known. However,
one thing is clear: The tale did not end
with the go1 em and his dead bride
living happi ly ever after. Unfortunately,
the gibberin ig golem claimed many a
new wife be ,fore I and my comrades
were able t( 1 hunt him down. In the
pages to co me, I shall share with you a
letter 1 penr led to a fellow comrade in
the war aga inst evil, describing my
encounter u sith this dreadful creature.
This letter il lustrates perfectly the
many stage s of the hunt.
Piscover
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Before it is possible to begin your
quest to de: $troy a golem, you must
obviously fi rst learn of if its existence.
However, UI dike with many many other
creatures SI Ich as lycanthropes anthropes or
ghosts, tale s of possible ble golems
terrorizing a I region tend md not to
describe the : terrifying J creature as a
.. .
golem. It is rare indeed to hear a story
using the te rm golem at all, as the vast
majority of the populace are not aware
such creatu res exist, even in myths
and legend:
Admitted ly, this lessens the number
of complete ly unfounded tales that
must be sot ted through when
determining I the veracity and accuracy
of a given s tory. However, it also
makes it en tirely possible to hear a
report invol ving the Created and not
even realize that you have done so.
Due to th lese problems of reporting,
the devoted golem hunter must ever
concern hin iself with analyzing and
evaluating r eports and stories to
determine if ' one of the Created might
be responsil ble. Nine times out of ten,
there will be ! nothing but gossip or
entirely hun ian atrocities behind a
report, but ( xcasionally such a story
will lead yoi 1 to one of the fell
creatures y( )u seek.
Si ,
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