perhaps it is a bound mozzarella djinn, so old it has reached bone-like hardness and forgotten its true nature.... Or perhaps not, who can say? Certainly not the Automaton. The Charcuterie Sultans cannot find any record of its origins even in their ancient Palace Libraries...
Right now I'm thinking of an ancient Cheese Automaton- so aged and fermented that it's not sure what who or what gathered the milk and rennet to build it in the first place, or for what purpose. Due to the nature of such a hard-fermented cheese, it is resistant to the rot that plagued the lands...
I'm thinking of playing a character who's a wizard from the outside world with old friends amongst the fairies, who's coming to the land on the minor account of a fairy war being catastrophic for y'know, everyone and everything else
I'm interested in playing a 'magical duelist' Assassin then, one that focuses on disorienting and blinding opponents with magical skills before attacking them to get that 'sneak attack'. Lots of evasive swordsmanship combined with spell-work