Safir

Safir is a small mechanical dragon made by the gnome engineer Finli in the campaign Yeni Dünya ("New World"). Finli finished it after a short break of about a day, showed it to Fauna and named it. Its slender parts are silvery and blue, its little eyes are sapphires, and in its heart sits a larger sapphire that carries runes and spells; Finli said that it joined magic with mechanical craft. When its gears and wheels turn, it moves as if alive, and it can light a match or a cigarette with its small fire.¹²³⁴⁵

Finli said that toy-making was his family's trade, and that he meant such a toy to keep children company and protect them.⁶

Scout

Finli sent Safir to watch the mansion where the noblewoman Rozanna Westpike lived. He could not see through its eyes, but it understood his questions and answered by signs: that the woman did not seem to be any creature other than she appeared, that eight armed men were inside, and that she carried a sword and a pistol at her belt. It could see her smile but could not tell what feeling lay behind it.⁷⁸⁹¹⁰

In battle

In a fight in a tunnel, not being alive, Safir drew less of the attackers' notice, though they were not blind to it. Its fire-making is joined to a magical charge: it can loose a small wave of force from its mouth that scattered a wounded foe. Asked to imitate a talking rat, it could only turn its wheels.¹¹¹²

On the road to Aquila, Safir struck at the nearest of the larger tahsildars, but the blow broke harmlessly on its thick chest armour.¹³

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When the woman arcanist directing the constructs died and they returned to their fixed protocols, a tahsildar turned on Safir, and it fell to the ground in pieces; it could still be repaired.¹⁴¹⁵

In a shared dream-like vision the band later passed through, Safir was at Finli's side with some of its parts renewed.¹⁶