Clockwork
- For the mechagnome character, see Clockwerk. For the Gnomeregan area, see Clockwerk Run.
Clockworks, also known as clockwerks,[1][2] are a type of robot created from gears, steam, and other mechanical devices. The first known clockworks on Azeroth were the mechagnomes, a race of titan-forged creatures created by Keeper Mimiron as his servants and caretakers much like the earthen.[3] Others were later created in gigantic[4] or lessen[5] proportions to protect the titanic complex of Ulduar in Northrend. Nowadays, clockworks are mainly designed and produced by gnome and goblin engineers for various functions and services.[6][7]
Types of clockwork
Clockwork robot
Clockwork giant
Clockwork goblin
Clockwork mechagnomes- Clockwork penguin[8]
- Clockwork toys
In the RPG
The clockworks of Azeroth are the creations of an inspired, possibly demented, and likely now-deceased gnome tinker. The gnome designed and built himself mechanical allies and the first brain gear to control them. Now, they are rare, but their numbers may be increasing - if they are clever enough to gather parts and reproduce through construction. Clockworks encountered on Kalimdor are possibly a scouting force from another section of the world.[9]
Other races have also created their own clockwork automatons; although these other designs generally lack sentience and the sophisticated ability to reproduce on their own. Makil, the goblin tinker wanted to make little tiny clockworks that could sneak around at night.[10] The goblin Ziggler notably made a clockwork dwarf.[11]
Gadgets, clockwork, and gears — among other things — are what drive a tinker to innovate and create. These inventive dabblers in the technological arts create wonders useful to all adventurers seeking to make their way in the world.[12] Signs of a workshop include; sturdy clockwork devices assisting the locals in their labors, stockpiles of mechanical parts, and phlogiston collectors.[13]
Known clockworks
The following are clockwork devices or machines using clockworks to operate:
- Clockwork chicken (a.k.a. clockwork poultry)[14]
- Chaos chicken[15]
- Clockwork dwarf[11]
- Clockwerk goblin[16]
- Clockwork guard[17]
- Collecting spider[15]
- Clockwork organs[18]
- Clockwork oxen[19]
- Blade barrel[20]
- Drilling ammunition[21]
- Dwarven Reciprocator[22]
- Earring of Technological Prowess[23]
- Explosive Sheep[24]
- Multi-barreled firearm[25]
- Queuing quiver[26]
- Repeating pistol[27]
Notes
- Thought to be an original construct of the titans, the
[Clockwork Gnome] has some gears smaller than the eye can see.
Gallery
Clockwork Sapper, a mechagnome of Ulduar.
Clockwerk Goblin unit icon in Warcraft III.
Clockwerk Goblin in Reforged.
Clockwerk Goblin unit icon in Reforged.
Clockwerk Goblin as seen in the Dark Factions RPG book.
Mimiron's Clockwork Stadium in Battlegrounds.
See also
References
- ^ Clockwerk Goblin
- ^ http://classic.battle.net/war3/neutral/clockwerkgoblin.shtml
- ^ Tales of the Hunt
- ^ XT-002 Deconstructor & XT-003 Deconstructor
- ^ XS-013 Scrapbot
- ^ Pleasure-Bot 8000
- ^ Clockwork Assistant
- ^ Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne - The Founding of Durotar - To Tame a Land
- ^ Manual of Monsters Appendix Three: Clockworks
- ^ Shadows & Light, pg. 133
- ^ a b Magic & Mayhem, pg. 7
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 54
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 387
- ^ More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 163-164
- ^ a b More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 171
- ^ Dark Factions, pg. 192
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 203
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 127
- ^ Magic & Mayhem, pg. 173
- ^ Magic & Mayhem, pg. 172-173
- ^ More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 170
- ^ More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 195
- ^ Magic & Mayhem, pg. 133
- ^ More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 196
- ^ More Magic and Mayhem, pg. 169
- ^ Magic & Mayhem, pg. 177
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 214
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