Help Us Move People So They Don't Die to a Homunculus-Beholder

Father,

Will these not increase Icarus' power, should she consume them? If you think what they will add is negligible, then this seems a logical step. I will leave the specifics of luring Icarus tot hose actively working on the evacuations.

Please contact me when you can - I have something else to discuss with you.

I believe I have missed the explanation in which Icarus' ability to gain power from the consumption of other things works. If I could have a missive sent to me privately describing this and what it includes or how it occurs it would be greatly appreciated in my ability to prepare my forces to counter or negate the chance of feeding Icarus anything useful.

-Leliana Kainen

P.S : The explanation could be put here if it is not secret, but I can understand that even some imperfect creations have secrets linked to them.

Icarus gains her power not precisely by consumption, but rather by attaching living beings to herself in whole or in part and adding them to her biomass. They become extensions of her body, and she can use any ability they possessed. She is also capable of detaching some pieces and using them remotely as scouts or additional attackers - they remain part of her, and do not suddenly regain their prior level of sentience.

Her bulk is made up of corrupted/flawed homunculi, but she has notably absorbed other things such as a beholder. We do not currently know if there is any kind of limit to the beings she can absorb.

Lois has explained it far better than I could. Make your preparations accordingly. Father, if you will be in the proper for feast I'll discuss evacuation plans with you then, I will be speaking with several nobles and lords to make sure everyone is pursuing the same goals.

Can poisonous things be given to her so that when she attaches them, they poison her or weaken her?

In theory, yes. Given the nature of a homunculus, a proper poison can be created to combat it as they are, but even if the alchemists do manage to create that specific of a vial, due to Icaurs's ability to absorb the lifeforms of others, (including a Phoenix. Seriously, someone explain to me that one.) I feel the effects are far too unpredictable to predict. For all we known, the poison itself could harm the lifeforms it has absorbed in addition to, or for that matter, gain an immunity to it all together. At worse, we may end up with a walking blight on our hands.