![]() ![]() In Carl Jung's studies of alchemy, he believed the first record of a homunculus in alchemical literature appeared in the Visions of Zosimos, written in the third century AD, although the actual word "homunculus" was never used. Currently, in scientific fields, a homunculus may refer to any scale model of the human body that, in some way, illustrates physiological, psychological, or other abstract human characteristics or functions. Historically, it referred specifically to the concept of a miniature though fully formed human body, for example, in the studies of alchemy and preformationism. Homunculus (masculine, Latin for "little human", plural: "homunculi" from the diminutive of homo) is a term used, generally, in various fields of study to refer to any representation of a human being. Thraxxia, though described as resembling an alu-fiend, is the daughter of Graz'zt and a mortal female, and thus a cambion by most definitions of the word.Ĭambions breed true with each other, but they often prefer to seek out humanoid mates to create tiefling children. Isair and Madae, the children of Belhifet and leaders of the Legion of the Chimera in the game Icewind Dale II and are often catalysts for major events. They then warn demons of the mortals' approach and let them do what they do best so the souls can be turned into larvae or manes.Ĭambions are very ambitious and always put as much effort as they can into whatever they try to do, maybe either to prove themselves to a parent or to themselves, but regardless, they make great leaders, information brokers, etc. Good-aligned cambions are rare, but sometimes, if their mother was good or neutral-aligned, they take on her nonevil nature and are subsequently doomed to a life of loneliness as not even their demonic patrons will accept them.Ĭambions excel in luring mortals to the Abyss, the only demons better at it are succubi. Loners by nature, they like to get lost in the crowds of large cities, especially in places where people don't ask questions. Many though, have been made the ambassadors to the worshipers of various demonic powers, usually Graz'zt, Demogorgon, Orcus and Lolth Never accepted by either societies, cambions invariably grow up bitter and twisted but, due to their powers, they often become exceptional assassins. The mothers of true cambions always die in childbirth, serving to strand the newborn on the Material Plane where it will be orphaned, or in the Abyss where it will be abused by the demons who look down upon such children. In more recent times (since the Spellplague), the terminology and usage of this term has shifted to mean the union of a mortal female and a devil. They also further delineated this terminology to create "noble cambions": Marquis and Baron cambions are similarly sired by a demon lord father and a female humanoid half-fiend. Past scholars used the term to denote "the union of a planetouched woman (usually a tiefling) and a tanar'ri". ![]() Scholars have differed over the years as to the exact meaning of the term "cambion". In general, a cambion is described as any humanoid creature that is half-fiend. ![]() The offspring of a mortal male and a succubus is a different creature known as an alu-fiend. Cambions are considered to be the result of breeding a devil with mortal females. ![]()
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