Sméagol Or Gollum Novels & Stories

It can make you look like a different race or person, though only the rarest ones can copy a specific person's appearance. She rose from her stump seat and handed it to Seth. It was rather pretty, and it almost looked as if there was a light inside the stone. "I thought you could only enchant things that were once alive?" he queried, looking at the small gemstone. "I keep forgetting you come from a place without magic. Golems, elementals and gargoyles are made from stone and are alive. They eat gemstones like candy and channel mana through them as they digest them, allowing the gemstones to hold an enchantment when they come out the other end.

Orion went through the enchantment, followed by Amora and Nicholas. The creature in front of me turned to see the commotion, letting out a heavy breath. “More disturbances,” he whispered to himself. He finally turned to me to answer my long-awaited question. “I’m Sugha son of Eman,… an Orc.”

Zen explained. Goblins aren’t monsters with naturally gifted physical or spiritual talents. A hobgoblin evolution was considered uncommon, and brutes were rare. A goblin mage was a terrible foreshadowing because when there was a magician and not a shaman, they were more intelligent than hobgoblins. After dealing with a hobgoblin commander, Zen finally understood why Stoneberry Keep was suffering. The hobgoblin commander at the main camp keeping Gunter busy was merely a distraction. If the magician was the leader, everything they faced was most likely a decoy.

On the other side of the bridge was a large, arched doorway. But standing on the bridge was... something. It looked like a wolf, but it was twice the size of any Alpha I had ever seen. And it wasn't made of flesh and blood. It was made of the same black obsidian as the walls. Jagged spikes of rock formed its mane. Its eyes were two burning coals of green fire. "A Golem," Drax cursed softly. "I hate Golems." "It's a Construct," I corrected, analyzing the magical signature. "Bound to the location. It won't chase us, but it won't let us pass."