
Astarte, a Homunculus
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A creature artificially created by alchemy. In the narrow sense, it only refers to human-like creatures. In many cases, they are physically weaker than normal humans. They were once expected to be a cheap source of labor, but production costs are high and production is currently low. They are mainly used for purposes such as clinical testing of new medicines. For humanitarian reasons, they are not permitted to be used for military purposes or in the sex industry. Torture, abuse, and slavery are also prohibited. However, there are still many businesses engaged in illegal trafficking, which has become a social problem.
Appearance[]
Their hair was indigo, a color impossible in the natural world. This demonstrated that they were a homunculus—a product of alchemy and genetic manipulation.[2]
History[]
The first methods for producing homunculi were supposedly established by the sixteenth century and research has long continued at the hands of a wide variety of people, either to produce a cheap labour force or to develop a partner for mankind however, in the end, widespread use of homunculi never happened.[1]
There were two rather large reasons people cited for this:
- The first was the ethical problem. There was deep-seated opposition centred on religious institutions against creating life, viewing such behaviour as humans intruding upon the realm of the divine. Furthermore, a fierce debate raged as to whether homunculi should be granted human rights; the debate remained unsettled to this day.[1]
- The other reason was a simple matter of construction cost. The methods for producing homunculi simply cost too much to use them for labour or sending them onto the battlefield as soldiers. Cloning technology, etc., using genuine human beings, was decisively cheaper. For that reason, homunculi production was now rarely undertaken, and the number of scientists researching it has greatly dwindled.[1]
However, even now, there was one exception: a field that incorporated homunculus research. That was using homunculus technology in the development of pharmaceuticals. Homunculi, whose genetic construction can be artificially altered, were optimal for clinical trials and researching immune responses and so on; criticism has been blunted to a degree because it was for the just cause of the advancement of medicine. For that reason, most large pharmaceutical firms had their own facilities for the construction and research of homunculi.[1]
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Combat Homunculi[]
- Astarte: is an example of a homunculi who has been created for the sole purpose of combat.
- Rogi: A pyrokinesis user
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- Natural human hair colors doesn't include indigo. Human hair color is determined by pigments such as eumelanin (which can be brown or black) and pheomelanin (which provides red and yellow tones). Indigo, a deep blue color, isn't part of the natural pigment spectrum found in human hair.
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