Dragon Age Origins - Golem

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Fantasy game art from Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition (Dragon Age: Origins, the Awakening expansion, and all official Downloadable Content). The history and process of how dwarves make golems is uncovered during the quest A Paragon of Her Kind.

There are three types of golems in Dragon Age: Origins: The regular stone golems; Shale (a size-reduced stone golem that can be a companion through The Stone Prisoner DLC); and Caridin, a metal golem. More metal golems appear in The Golems of Amgarrak DLC standalone adventure. A unique fourth type of golem appears in the Awakening expansion: The gigantic Inferno Golem, forged in the dwarven smith city of Kal'Hirol.

From Codex entry: Golem:

Once a crucial part of Orzammar's defenses, golems have all but vanished as the secret to their manufacture was lost over a thousand years ago. What few golems remain are guarded closely by the Shaperate, brought out when the battle with the darkspawn grows desperate enough to risk their loss. No one now would sell a golem for any price, but in ancient times, dwarves sold many golems to the magister lords of Tevinter. They are devastating weapons in war, living siege engines, capable of hurling boulders like a catapult or plowing through enemy lines like an earthquake.

The horrible process of making a golem is briefly mentioned in Caridin's Journal (but strangely, not at all by the golem companion Shale):

... I have put off saying this, even in these pages. But I must say it now. My golems will be powered by their deaths. ... No one hears the screams as I pour molten lyrium through the eyeholes, the mouth, every joint and chink in the armor. They silence quickly, but the smell lingers, just a trace of blood in the greater stench of hot metal. I must work fast. The armor is malleable now, as I shape it with hammer and tongs. ...