Unaligned Constructs

Species made by mortal species with unaligned energies.

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Homunculus

• Alignment : Unaligned

• Lifespan : 20 years

• Diet: Common mortal fare in small amounts

• Habitat: Anywhere

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Homunculi were created by mortals seeking to create life from their own flesh. Homunculi usually look like 6” tall humans. It is possible to make them in the form of other species, especially metahumans and others with potent body magic.

Homunculi have the ability to draw on their own body magic at will, using it to shape other beings’ bodies with their touch. Thus, they can make people bigger or smaller with their touch.

As beings of body magic, they are often skilled with the other body magicks: haruspicy, bonecasting, blood magic, and chymosian medicine. They have these skills innately.

As artificial constructs, sometimes they ironically lack certain bodily needs - some do not need air, produce waste, or need to drink water. These are rare and are a result of an imbalance of materials in the creation process.

The original homunculi were created by alchemists in western Ansulym long ago. They formed their own culture after he died, living in a tiny village he created for them.

As short-lived beings, homunculi concern themselves with making sure their lives are well-spent. They find it important to create new homunculi to replace themselves when they go as well. These two focuses influence their culture greatly. The custom is that new homunculi are created “full size” (about six inches tall) by multiple homunculi practicing the standard Jesenranic method to create new homunculi. For this reason, they are farmers of gourds and herders of horses. Though horses are immensely huge compared to them, they are very capable of handling them. It takes a small team to do so. Because this method involves rotting animal parts, they keep it very secret.

They use small stones, dried gourds, and odds and ends from other mortals’ homes to create their villages - buckets, boxes, and soon are used for whole structures among them. Similarly, they will use table knives and forks as polearms, napkins as tablecloths, and socks as full-body clothing. They buy these objects from other mortals in exchange for services, such as cleaning between walls, repairing tiny objects, and handling matters in places bigger mortals cannot reach.

New homunculi are trained and taught the basics of their communities within a few days. They are created with full consciousness. Most are farmers and horse ranchers, but other roles include handyfolk, healers, alchemists, body mages (wisin), tinsmiths, gatherers, traders, and cleaners. Every village is run by a mayor who is elected locally.

It is said that they are excellent clockmakers and makers of other finely tuned machines that their small limbs and digits are useful in making.

In the colonies, they are used as servants by the powerful, often enslaved or controlled, except for some few who have escaped and live as refugees.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 2 AWA 8 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 14