Homunculus (plural Homunculi) are terms used by Tremere to describe the thaumaturgically created servants that are useful into completing menial tasks.
Overview[]
A homunculus is basically a tiny creature crafted out of the caster's blood and tissue. It is animated by a ritual called Soul of the Homunculus. Once birthed, it becomes as an extension of the caster's will, acting according to its master's orders – which may be issued nonverbally as long as the creature is in its creator's presence.
Many types of homunculi exist; different thaumaturges create different sorts of beasts. The most common are flyers (which resemble tiny winged demons), grubs (which look like worms with their masters' faces), and hoppers (small, bald, implike entities with their casters' features reduced to miniature).
The grotesque animated creatures known as homunculi are the prefered servants for work around Tremere chantries and must not be seen by mortals as this would constitute a terrible breach of the Masquerade. They are unfailingly loyal, but there it is rumored that at least once in the past a homunculus managed to befoul a ritual in a laboratory and dispatch its master in a conflagration, so that it might run free.
It is said that, over time, some homunculi develop their own personalities and goals.
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References[]
- VTM: Clanbook: Tremere, p. 33-34
- VTM: Clanbook: Tremere Revised, p. 41, 63
- VTDA: House Tremere, p. 19, 24