The Golden Army, or the "unstoppable force", was a clockwork army composed of 70x70 (4,900)mechanical warriors. Far larger and stronger than any human, they could repair themselves from all damage and were effectively indestructible due to this.
It was commissioned by King Balor during the war against mankind, and later locked away by the same to prevent its power from falling into unowrthy hands. The Golden Army can only be controlled by an individual of royal blood who wears the Golden crown, though command of the Army can be won over in honorable combat.
History[]
Hellboy vs the Golden Army
The Golden Army came into being countless ages ago, when a Master Goblin blacksmith suggested to King Balor of the Elves that to defeat mankind, they would need an army capable of destroying them utterly, if not to do so, then as a threat. With his son Nuada convincing him to allow it, Balor commissioned the Golden Army's creation along with the only means to activate and control them: the mythical Crown of Bethmora. However, as Balor learned too late from watching the complete destruction of the opposing humans, the Golden Army were incapable of both mercy and remorse, and such held nothing back in combat. The Golden army did not distinguish between friend or foe—they had no pity for the weak, the feeble, the young or the elderly. They simply destroyed wherever they roamed, leaving countless corpses in their wake.
The sight of this carnage convinced Balor to forge a truce with the thoroughly cowed humans, and as part of that truce, ordered the crown broken into three pieces: two for the Elves and one for Mankind, while the Golden Army itself was deactivated and sealed away in Bethmora, located in Northern Ireland, before it was ravaged with disease.
Centuries later, returning from his self-imposed exile, Nuada began to reassemble the Crown of Bethmora to bring the Golden Army back to life for the complete genocide of the human race. Though the B.P.R.D. agents attempted to stop Nuada, they found themselves outnumbered and overwhelmed by the Golden Army. Luckily, being the son of the Fallen One, Hellboy was able to challenge Nuada as the Golden Army observed the fight, ready to obey the orders of the victor. Once Liz Sherman melted down the crown, the Golden Army was finally shut down for eternity, never to awaken again.