>>3841667
After much investment and digging the bulk of the surface area of the sphere is exposed and with it a focal point from which the construct can be entered is uncovered. Soon it is discovered that this point can be reliably dug through without causing too many large bursts, once this spot is broken through an inner room whose walls are lined with the reverberating metal of the outside is found, it is soon calculated to make up only 1/3rd of the potential storage volume of the sphere.
 
The walls are smooth and uniform, forming a brick like pattern continually with the only exceptional motifs being a triple pentagonal symbol on the ceiling and a three pronged statue in the centre of the room. 
 
This three pronged structure is arranged in one paired portion of metal prongs alongside a protruding crystalline structure arranged closer to the entrance. At the foot of the statue and at the bottom of each prong is a symbol, the metal prongs have a lightning symbol and the crystal prong has a symbol in the form of a mountain split in two. The statue is just big enough so that two Volters can be arranged so that they can connect arms with another one of their kind around the two paired prongs. 
 
After much debate a metal whose properties could potentially fit the bill is discovered: Aluminium, it is a light yet soft metal with very low magnetism which can be extracted from the popular dye of Alum (a material which is used to make fine clothing through color change) and then refined into a workable metal. It is shown to be more efficient than essentially all potential woods and unlike wood it can be casted over and over again just incase something went wrong in the forging process. While it is not a particularity useful for the inner workings bone iron, a metal which is derived from iron which has been imported in its creation process and in its physical form from the city of Black Metal has proved especially useful in its potential for the making of the skeleton of any potential flying machines. Bone Iron is also a ready candidate for the construction of a magnetic Train though the bone needed to manufacture it on such a scale would need to be imported from the burned men as the Volters have few suitable sources themselves especially since Bone Iron made using Volter Bones has proved potentially volatile and weak.
 
Burned men steel is also an option but is shown to be potentially less consistent due to the quality of the coal and charcoal used in its creation.
 
The men of iron of the south find the idea of investing in foreign metals to be undesirable and thus they would like to keep to their own devices when it comes to improving their foundries and alloys.
 
>>3842557
Through hearty steel, fierce flames, searing bolts and well placed fortifications the hordes are pushed back even further, now a like has been established in sight of the bustling castle of the enemy awaiting the order for the final push alongside a consolidation of forces so that this threat can be quashed for good.
 
Over time only a few golems are lost to the frey and heat of war due to the precautions of the army. Though it has to come at the cost of faster reinforcements the brought in shells are shown to be capable of dealing substantial damage to the walls of the fortress and the cost to size ratio means that technically these new shells are increasing the efficiency of the supply lines from the other side of the range.
 
With the aid of mercenary air support in order to divide the enemy from the sonarii along with golem pulled Mobile Bunkers (your tanks) in order to establish proper safe zones for rest and reloading the fortress could be taken fairly quickly. Though an alternate plan of just stockpiling fire bombs so that the flesh can just be burned out before a smaller assault is launched for cleanup duty is also proposed.
 
>>3842961
Though it may be that a substantial population has been tamed the beasts still require a steady supply of special liquid only found in the jungle and their presence will not be readily available for use in the army until the demand is met through financially viable means so the army will have to remain as it is with the exception of a few elite units until further notice.
 
Previously untapped coal veins are minded out in the northern sonarii range, providing a decent source of fuel while more powerful fuels can be bought from the necrotics and from other distant lands.
 
The prospect of a sonarian rail is desirable the infrastructure required to maintain such a system is not readily in reach especially when it comes to the forges skilled enough to mass produce decent steel locally. On top of this some find it uncomfortable that grounders be the ones to man the network as currently the only viable designs which are known are based around non-sonarian bending. A fact which is not looked at fondly by such a proud and independent people.
 
>>3841733
Legends tell of a time long ago when the great city of Ars_Goetia was the jewel of the world, being a centrepiece where in the greatest minds of all nations would flock to in order to tap into its great wealth of knowledge and industry, but that golden age is long past and now all that stands in its place is a massive underground ruin untouched by the hands of the outside world.
 
Now it’s only inhabitants are the 72 nomadic tribes of ruin and the hundreds of lone wanderers. They are never in one place for very long as their only source of food comes from the scattered food storage units which have endured over the years and now after the horrible era of incursion and after even that during the age of squander the slow decay of the finite food supplies has bitten into the back of the People, thinning their numbers until only a portion of the old tribes still hold on in the waste.
 
But a light has now appeared to the little world as the greatest of the tribes, Clan Ba’thusiaah has given some sort of unity to the wastes, establishing their fortress in the highest reach of the ruin where none may think of siege. They have elevated one of their own, Paul II Ba’thusiaah to lead them and have established a system of joint leadership system where a member of Clan Ba’thusiaah will rule alongside a clan specific leader in order to keep the peace among all the tribes through a watchful eye and the threat of being torn apart by the loyal tribes and the mighty steely army which Ba’thusiaah has under its direct control.
 
And at the height of the famine when a tribal culling seemed just around the corner the outside finally came in. 
 
It was supposed to be a normal dig, just a little expansion of the labyrinth between two close brothers alongside a bit of touching up here and there to make everything look nice and uniform, but it did not turn out to be a normal dig as it seems they had accidentally ended up in another tribe’s armory, something which would defiantly spark a classic tribal showdown at a time when such things are going to be slightly more tedious then they are fun. The Minotaurs step inside, looking around they see no guards not even a spot where a guard might be hiding, and so they loot taking all they can carry. Maces, Axes, Armor and Trophies, all is taken and put in the tunnel for bulk transport. But just as they are about to leave one of the large metal statues of the room awakens to life, out of its back smoke bellows and its eyes light up with fire, its great limbs spring to life blasting a metal sound about the room. This great screeching of gears and metal paralyzes the minotaurs in a state of hearing pain. As swiftly as a blue sprite and with the power of a mighty oak one of the two minotaurs is slain, impaled on the end of the behemoths mighty lance, and with a great haste the other brother runs away like a worm at the sight of a sparrow. 
 
Soon the first Taurnic Crusade begun as more taur reinforcements poured in for the loot eventually culminating in the sending in of the forces of Ba'thusiaah proper and the taking of the fortress of the half breed beasts. So with a new access to food resources in a new and open land several more exit tunnels are dug and the surrounding land is purged of the dark creatures, now falling under the boot and administration of the new Land of Golems and Crafts. Though perhaps the realm could use a better name, sadly one has yet to pop up.
 
Many labyrinths are found free for the taking as minotaurs flee the new armies of metal.
 
~A Guide on Common Golems and Crafts~
 
Within the Culture of Ars_Goetia companions of many different varieties are not only commonplace but essentially required for daily life as they provide the vast bulk of the menial and hard manual labor along with generally making the often hard lives of the people much more comfortable even in the face of destitute life situations. 
 
There are two different kinds of artificial companion, the first being the Golems - Great and poorly understood machines who are not always attached to just one specific person and instead are practical things which require both food (usually in the form of coal or black water - and the second being the enigmatic Crafts, constructs which are directly tied to their creators, requiring the presence of their master in order to function along with being capable of otherwise impossible feats such as cold metal welding without bending and a shifting of weight or even temporary transmutation.