Editing Gearknight Lore (section)

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The GEAR KNIGHTS are a mechanized race of unknown origins. While they are technically machines, they evidence all the personality of the other races of Dereth.<ref name=CharCreation>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Character Creation/Racial Lore#Gear Knight]]</ref>
[[Aetherium]] is the sustenance of [[Gear Knight]]s <ref name=Interactions>2009/09 [[Cogs in the Machine]] - [[Interactions and Observations, 'Gear Knights']]</ref> and essential to create or activate [[Gear Knight]]s <ref name=GearKnightConstruction> 2010/01 [[Reforging the Past]] - [[Gear Knight Construction#Lore&Dialog]]</ref> <ref name=WinterRollout>2010/02 [[Winter's Knight]] - [[Announcements - 2010/02 - Winter's Knight#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] </ref>, with the [[Aetherium Power Core]] being described as the "heart of a Gear Knight. <ref name=CogsTeaser>2009/09 [[Cogs in the Machine]] - [[Announcements - 2009/09 - Cogs in the Machine#Teaser|Teaser]]</ref><ref>2009/09 [[Cogs in the Machine]] - [[Iron Blade Lieutenant#Notes]]</ref> Though they seem to be animated in a similar manner to [[Golem]]s, they instead rely on a maze of small interconnected parts and gears, which allows them a far greater level of stability, and far less dependence on any sort of animating magics.<ref name=Interactions/>