Editing Goldirox (section)

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Goldirox appears at first as a nameless stone golem, buried beneath layers of rubble. After he is excavated, he immediately requests lumps of [[copper ore|copper]], [[silver ore|silver]], and [[gold ore]] to regain his strength. When he is told by Babs that the mines are collapsed, he goes and opens them up with a huge punch. [[Den]] and [[Magrog]] arrive at the scene, startled by the sudden loud boom, and the latter realises then that the monster is actually ''the'' gold golem Goldirox, the guardian of the mines spoken of in a common Khrumbul-Dunnian legend. Apparently, around the end of the Golden Age - when the metal in the mines had been turned to stone by the [[Madusa]] - Goldirox had disappeared. It is later revealed that he had been buried away by the [[Children of Hargon]].

He asks the miners to provide 1000 lumps of copper, 3000 lumps of silver and 5000 lumps of gold for him to reach his prime again. When he reaches his gold form, Babs throws a party and dances for the miners, but is shot down by the Madusa turning her to stone. Goldirox is visibly distraught.
{{spoiler|start}}During the construction of the Gold Bar in an attempt to coax the shiny-flashy-sparkly-hating [[Madusa]] out of hiding, [[Ordelia]] tells the Builder of another famous Khrumbul-Dunnian tale of love and loss. She tells them about a lady with lovely long hair that came to the island who quickly fell in love with a dashing bachelor boy. Unfortunately, he had too many admirers, and she grew so jealous she strangled the man with her hair and fled into the mines to hide herself. She tells the Builder that she theorizes that the maiden was Madusa and the man was Goldirox, and the latter confirms that most of the story was true except for the fact that Madusa did not kill him, only took his power and broke 'his precious', the [[Echo Flute]]. [[Den]] suggests that she kept the other half of the flute in the underground temple as a keepsake. It is unclear whether Madusa and Goldirox had actually been human, or if it was just an adaptation of true events.

Goldirox requests the Builder to find diamonds while the Gold Bar is under construction, to build a pair of [[Golden Gauntlets]]. He would use them to create a shield and reflect Madusa's petrifying beams when the people take her down. After they defeat her in battle, the Builder obtains the Heartstone she had stolen from Goldirox. He tells them to use it to create the Golden Glow, and they can use it to break the curse on Babs and restore the Golden Age. However, he told the people that using the Golden Glow on himself would make him disappear, but not die, as he would live on in the face of the Gold Bar and watch over Khrumbul-Dun. After Babs is freed from her curse, the Khrumbul-Dun folk party all night, and she gets a chance the next morning to have a heart-felt talk with Goldirox's spirit before she leaves to join the citizens of the [[Isle of Awakening]]. {{spoiler|end}}