The Warforged Colossi were the mightiest creations to come from House Cannith's creation forges. These mechanical titans were created in Cyre, as a final gambit by the crown to decisively end the war. Those that were deployed were devastating, annihilating whole legions with their array of weaponry and sheer size. They were never deployed outside of Cyre, they didn't get chance to be, as The Mourning put a stop to them.
Most of the colossi were destroyed by the Mourning, though a few seem to have survived in more or less operational order.
Notable Colossi
- Colossus WX-5 ("Norr"), slumped in the ruins of Metrol
- Colossus WX-12 ("Tymber"), squatting in the Shadow Marches
Operation
Warforged Colossi are semi-autonomous, meaning that they can act when uncrewed, but at reduced capacity. They were designed to be operated by a small crew of dragonmarked heirs, in concert with the docent network, allowing them to operate most effectively. This crew generally consisted of a captain with the Mark of Making, a weapons officer with the Mark of Storm, and a helmsman with the Mark of Passage.
In addition to the crew, every colossus was interfaced with a network of docents nodes, modeled on those recovered from Xen'drik. These nodes are placed throughout the colossus' body, all converging to a central master docent in the head, which the captain could connect it to control the body of the colossus as if it were their own. Several, smaller node hubs are located elsewhere in the body to allow the other crew members to control their portions of the colossus.