Not an official answer, but what Nerakh said. I did give my golem a personality, but I played it off as Tekias imprinting it with the runework, rather than it being truly unique. A sliver of his own personality, if you will.
Temple Circle near the Pilgrim's Bridge. The noonday sun shines down, tinged grey by its passage through the thick clouds above. With flared nostrils and wild eyes, a roan brumby stallion gallops about here. A granite pillar stands here beside …
The way I got mine was to buy a custom. It has no powers attached to it (and when I did attach a power to it, then removed it cause I realized it's stupid to not be able to share a hunt arti, it went POOF as powerless artis do). Trust me, been talki…
The choice to turn them into runes is to make them refundable (at least partially). Customs aren't normally refundable, but at least this way you can get a tradein or something.
S'Far as I remember, Oonagh is right. Might be an Achaea carry over, since it was there way back in 2004, and at THAT time, it actually had a purpose as well (Touching the statue would grant access to your cache)
Slight derail, but I was so tempted to click 'Awesome' on your post, @Tiur , just because it has the heart icon. So...just be warned if anyone awesome's your post. Hop…