Clink-clacks are intelligent constructs of bronze and carved wood invented by the late Dr. Delheim, used by the city of Gearhold as aides, guards, and maids. They are known for their tendency to develop a personality, their generally passive nature, and their ability to switch between two forms. Clink-clacks aren’t, however, known for their stealth or subtlety, as any motion from a clink-clack (including speech) causes their clockwork internals to become rather noisy, hence the naming of the clink-clacks.

Clink-clacks are all content with the roles given to them by fate, or at least, they follow them anyway. Some scholars theorize that because clink-clacks have no need for sustenance, they never developed a sense of personal “need” at all. Clink-clack personalities are almost as varied as humans’, and fully develop by the eighth month of activity.

Clink-clack warriors are built like tall, athletic humanoids with copper-lined cords strengthening their limbs, and bear bronze twin-bladed glaives as weapons. In clink form, warriors are built for swift conflict resolution. They have wheels on their wooden feet and wield their weapons with ease in combat. On their shoulders, they bear massive wooden pauldrons carved with Gearhold’s emblem. When clink-clack warriors are immediately threatened, they enter their clack form, which is built for resolute defense and to hold for reinforcements. In clack form, the wheels on the feet retract, the wooden exterior of the clink form is exchanged for internally-stored enchanted bronze plating, and the wooden pauldrons converge to become a great tower shield borne on one arm of the warrior.