A towering machine in the form of a hippopotamus, its body clad in rounded armor plates shaped after the true muscle flow of its living counterpart. The plating is forged in embered bronze and deep lapis, every surface etched with runes chronicling the tale of a forgotten smith-god who gave breath to metal, and a river goddess of storms and rebirth. Beneath its shell lies the living under-gear: iron bones wrapped in gold-threaded hydraulics, pistons that burn with controlled fire, and gears that contract like sinew. Its bionic eyes shine turquoise, flickering with data and divine will. Steam rises from its back like an offering, and with each step, it hums the chorus of the old gods' forgotten wars.