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Like Hex, Golems are artificial life.
They see themselves as possessions, and, while they desire freedom, have decided that they can only get this freedom by buying themselves ( a previous attempt to get freedom by creating a king proved dangerously unsuccessful ).
The first free golem, Dorfl, had the plan to buy other golems and give them to themselves.
Since then, the Golem Trust has been established to facilitate the freeing of golems.
Technically a charity, it refuses to accept donations from any other than the freed golems, because the golems are clear they must free themselves by their own work.
The charity buys golems with money earned by the free golems and hires the acquired golems out in the same way as an agency might hire out butlers to the wealthy.
The money earned in this way allows a Trust golem to eventually buy itself from the Trust and become free.
The hiring service is run by Miss Adora Belle Dearheart from a tiny office in Ankh-Morpork ; she is very, very protective of the golems ' welfare.
It is apparent that they are hired for Government purposes: Mr Pump is hired by the Patrician's office and programmed to act as Moist von Lipwig's probation officer, and later reprogrammed to capture Mr Reacher Gilt.

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