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=Stagnant Genius=
The College of Shapers have produced some of the greatest minds and mages of Benaloran history. It however also produced one of the most dangerous.

'''Nytherio Siev''' was a rising star in the Shapers' ranks. Attaining the title of Master Shaper at a mere seventeen years of age, unheard of at the time, Siev chose to go back to the College to work with the colleagues he had met during his studies there. Despite his achievements, Siev would have to climb the ladder like all the other Shapers who come back to the College. Many of the higher ranks in the College saw that even though Siev had undeniably proved that he possessed a body of knowledge and work worthy of a Master, his condescending attitude towards his peers and his oft disregard for authority had made him one who could not be allowed to continue his otherwise meteoric rise in the College. Though the reiteration of this reasoning during the many disciplinary hearings Siev would attend certainly frustrated the young Shaper, it seemed like things were going in the right direction when Siev was twenty-two.

Shapers may be mostly known for their mechanical aptitude, but Siev preferred to focus on projects concerning the Shaping of nature. One particular project had especially taken the young Shaper's fancy. The mines of the Grand Mountain Bjalfi in the eastern part of the mountains were a vital source for many of the materials which went into the various forms of technology Benalor would produce, especially many of the magically-reactive materials which were required for the etched spells to work. There was one problem though: the very same materials became extremely volatile when struck against hard enough during the mining process, causing for a clearly unacceptable rate of casualties among the miners. The idea that Senior Shaper and Siev's former teacher '''Elzenar Morad''' proposed was to craft a legion of animated golems to do the more dangerous work, leaving the sifting, cleaning, and sorting of ores and other materials to the miners. Siev would prove to be an invaluable asset to Morad's development of the '''Work Engines''', large enough to handle prolonged labor and heavy lifting, but small enough for soldiers to deal with in the case that one would go rogue.