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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4942829" data-attributes="member: 54707">The Parah (the Homonculous) – The homonculous was created on Ghantik through the use of Ilurgy or Ilturgy (powerful Ghantikan sorcery). Those evil beings responsible for the creation of the Homonculous call it the homonculous in mockery of both men, and of how the creature is created. In their own language they call the thing the Cǻforil, which means “misshapen flesh,” or the Parah, which means the “little slave.” A homonculous is created out of the remains of stolen and murdered human children, the corpses of men, and the bodies of women. The Homonculous can vary in size, but is usually between one foot and three feet tall, and is made primarily from human flesh. Because it is a sort of magically created hybrid, and because the body contains elements from other creatures as well, it is both part chimera and part monster. Embedded and woven within it’s bones is secret information as well as the formula of an Ilturgical spell that will allow for the enslaving of human minds and the transference of control over the minds of men so that the masters of the homonculous can use it to create a group of mentally and psychologically enslaved sorcerers. The Homonculous begins as a flesh-pot shaping (literally) of human flesh that is slowly transformed over time into a statue made out of rare Ghantikan mineral substances mixed with Elturgical alchemical substances that can be used to enliven and animate dead flesh. The creators of the homonculous also use Elturgical quicksilver for the creature’s blood. Anyone drinking the blood, which instantly replenishes itself within the body of the homonculous, can be turned into a mind-controlled user of Ilturgical magic. The creators of the homonculous, a shadowy group of underground Ilturgists (outlaw sorcerers), hate all human beings. They also fear and despise Thaumaturgy (miraculous or divine power.) They plan to create several powerful sorcerers on Earth by giving each their own homonculous. The sorcerers and warlocks on Earth assume these gifts are for service to the ilturgists, but the ilturgists plan to enslave their human servants in order to use them to assist with various nefarious plans including cultic murder and human sacrifice, human trafficking and enslavement, using humans for experiments, and interference in human affairs so as to weaken human societies and assuring that Thaumaturgy never infiltrates into Ghantik.Appearance – The homonculous can appear as either the creator or user desires to see it. It is short, one to three feet tall. As a façade it can appear as any sex or race. Those who stumble upon the homonculous unintentionally see it initially as a small, bat-winged, distorted, misshapen and mutilated man about with long claw-like hands and feet, bent nails, sharp, uneven teeth, glowing eyes, and with a noxious and nauseating odor which is repulsive and sickening to most everyone except the owner. The eyes are apparently made of gemstones with a third eye centered in the middle of the forehead. This “other eye” is extremely dangerous and has several secret and arcane functions, all of which can be lethal to the unwary.Powers - When acting as a familiar the homonculous can be used by a sorcerer or warlock to see visions, to listen in on or read the thoughts of others, as a spy, to increase fertility or sexual desire and lust in self or others, to enchant and encharm others, to read magical texts, to transfer knowledge of Ilurgy, to increase and augment magical power, or to create or sustain illusions. The homonculous has a base of known spells and charms of its own (unique to each homonculous, and these spells can vary in power as well as in kind), but it will usually be unwilling to share these, even with the sorcerer for whom it is operating as a familiar. It can help create more of itself if necessary through the flesh of innocent victims who have been tortured and murdered. But these sub-homonculous are usually little more than robotic automatons, incapable of sophisticated action. They also lack all but the most basic powers and capabilities of the true Ilturgical homonculous.As a disguise the homonculous can transform itself into a raven or an alien bird or a reptile or a crab or spider. The homonculous gives protection to its creator or owner up to within a distance of 50’. These forms of protection include increased resistance to magical charm and psychic influence, immunity to poison, and resistance to being turned to stone. While in contact with the homonculous the sorcerer or warlock also becomes much more charismatic and believable, even when engaged in an intentional and obvious lie.The homonculous carries with it a multi-colored and gilded Egg (of unknown origins), very beautiful and desirable in appearance, whose shell is actually a clever composite of various Ilurgical glyphs, symbols, and magical scripts. If the writings can be deciphered correctly, and the riddle contained on and within the shell solved, then the shell will magically unwind revealing inside a substance that will allow the user to create Chimeras of various kinds as well as totally new life forms and creatures that have never before existed. This Egg is a sort of secret communication and covert weapon entrusted to the homonculous by its creators for the day when they intend to undertake a secret plan to attack humanity directly and openly through their sorcerous agents. For this reason the homonculous usually keeps the Egg well hidden in a secret location, as well as disguised with wards of invisibility.Invention and Creation – The homonculous must be created over a long period of time. For raw materials the Ilturgist must obtain a human body, preferably that of an honest old man or woman, or of an innocent or chaste young boy or girl, who was murdered through treachery and deceit. The body must then be buried in an unmarked grave for three days to which has been added various small insect-like creatures (created by the Ilturgists) that both partially consume and transform the corpse. Thereafter the body is retrieved and through evil sorceries and various ilturgical spells, potions, and alchemical and Eldarikal processes is slowly shrunken and transformed into the homonculous.Destruction - If a homonculous is killed and then its bones ground up and dissolved in its own blood then it will make the sorcerer who drinks of this calcified-blood potion immune to all disease, magic and psychic charm or influence (including that of the original creators), except for Thaumaturgy, will cause aging to slow greatly, will greatly magnify the magical powers of the sorcerer, and is the first step in a shortcut method for creating a sorcerous human Lich. This is a side effect of the creation process of the homonculous and is unknown even to the original creators.A homonculous cannot be bled to death, nor is it afraid of or affected by undead creatures or beings. It cannot be killed by normal methods, but it can be frozen or reverted back to its statue-shape. If it is sufficiently damaged in a short enough period of time then it will fall into suspended animation while it regenerates. At that point it can be dissolved in strong acid, or burned to ashes within an Elturgical or miraculous or even a very hot normal fire of not less than 3000 degrees. It is also said that if the homonculous can be tricked into drinking a potion made of freshly dug mandrake root then its flesh and various components will unravel and it will be forever destroyed.Next: The Gorkîllion (the Corpse Taker, or the Shambling Mound)</blockquote>

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