Hermians

Hermians are artificial creatures and living machines constructed or bred by Neorian hermetists mostly during the time of the Great Hermetical War. They were made in huge numbers and usually served as soldiers, field workers, menials, protectors, and transfer mechanisms.

History
First artificial creatures were made centuries before the Age of Searchers. They were weak, ugly and awkward. Most ancient alchemists worked with dead flesh and extensively used demonic possession, that often turned their creatures into uncontrollable bloodthirsty monsters causing great destruction and murdering every living being on their way if they happened to break free. After a series of bloody incidents the Grean Inquisition declared a crusade against the unnatural life and started persecuting the hermetists all across Grea. Only a tiny number of secret societies survived to the Age of Searchers and left for Neora in the hope of reviving the forgotten art of artificial life.

Thus Luceria became the center of hermetical science. The Colonial Government supported the hermetists as the Colony always sought protection from aggressive Neorian population and competitive colonies from the Southern Farlands. However, the demonology remained illegal, so the new generation of hermetists had to find new methods of working with living matter. The discovery of Elemental Magic started a new chapter in the history of Hermetism.

Types of Hermians
There are several types of hermetical creatures, classified in accordance with their primal essence.

Energumens are organisms composed of dead flesh and usually driven by a lesser demon or an outer spirit. Due to their wildness and furiosity, energumens were commonly used as guards, pit fighters, and laborers. The latter had to constantly bear the Seal of Suppression that made them relatively harmless, yet very slow and dull.

Chimaeras

Homunculi

Golems