Homunculus

A Homunculus (人造人間, Homunkurusu, Latin for "Little Human", Japanese for "Artificial Human") refers to the medieval legendary concept of an artificially created human, presumably brought into existence by certain means of alchemy. The correct Latin pronunciation of "Homunculus" is "ho-MOON-cool-ooss" (every "U" is pronounced the same way); the plural "Homunculi" is pronounced "ho-MUN-cool-ee".
One of the big problems with homunculi creation is time. It takes a lot of time to make good stable ones. In fact there is a whole branch of research on how to accomplish quick homunculi creation and the most effective means, in theory, seems to be to make homunculi blanks. Essentially they are generic bodies that can be customized in the moment for whatever form they need. Now, that's all theory as no one has really managed it outside of pretty trivial cases. This is seen in the ones created by Teesha to deal with the kitsune, while they were pretty good looking, internally they were nothing like the originals. Another way to identify a homunculi is their spirit. A new homunculus is... well, new. So would have a spirit like a child's.
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