A Gift

Annora and Blue Kestrel have expressed my thoughts on this.

If you wish to create Homunculi based on this formula, at least wait until after the one who has usurped Father's power and knowledge sleeps on the red snow, or is otherwise defeated.

And even then, be aware you are creating life, not simply an object to do your bidding.

Annora and Kestrel are right. We are facing a war against a great foe. I have seen the devastation he has wrought, I have faced his forces head on alongside Magnus and the Komyrian Army. Good people died in order to fight his influence, and we need resources and help in order to face him at our full strength. Just not from her. It would be a mockery to those who have fallen if we accept aid from her. As Annora has said, the ends never justify the means.

Kaiva, I admire your devotion to your god. I respect your steadfast resolve to seek compassion for others. But don't assume that someone who is offering to help is truly seeking redemption. This is someone who has broken our trust time and time again. Trust isn't something that is easy to repair. Keep in mind that though she has an olive branch in one hand, there is a knife in the other.

Heed Kestrel's suggestion. Find proven allies. Fight with valor and conviction. Fight for the ones you love without compromising who you are. We'll beat this bastard.

-Kanas

This is certainly a trap. And a very obvious one. I was there when the Kormyrian army fell. I was there when Magnus had to drop kick us through a portal. We don't need numbers to win this fight. Numbers mean nothing in this battle. We had numbers. They all died with their weapons still in their sheaths. A humunculi army will only serve Edens own ends.

The above is not inaccurate, this is most certainly a trap. I'm sure Eden wants Necrophitus gone as much as the next powerful immortal throwing in with our lot, but she's also planning the long game. Any homunculi we make are either going to be an army she can take control of or a snack, probably both. If I was her, I'd be pretty bemused watching us all go "its a trap" and then doing it anyways because of how desperate we are. Hell I'm kind of surprised she didn't include "Yes this is definitely a trap but your going to do it because otherwise end of the world and all..." in her missive.

On that note, I love a good trap, and like any good son of Coast Haven I learned a very long time ago that just about every offer of help is from someone plotting to betray you, so we started doing this thing where we accept the help, and then we check it out, do a bit of reconnaissance, maybe ask a few people, do some research and figure out exactly what the trap is. So top priority, getting ready for lift off, but while on the cart ride with supplies for Magnus I'm gonna look over this formula, if anyone wants to join me, and compare notes feel free to send me a bird.

Kaiva,

I don't think you understand what it is she's offering. You won't see these soldiers as lesser, but they are called "flawed" because they are not like other living things. They exist only to serve one purpose, which is, in this case, to fight. And they will fight, and die, and fight, and die, and fight and die and fight and die over and over and over and over and over and over...Even if she didn't plan to turn them around on us, they have no free will. They can't think for themselves. They just do what they were made to do with no question. No choice. No thought. Just blind purpose. To even bring a creature into an existence like that has to be one of the cruelest acts I can even think of, and I will have no part of it. I hope none of you will either, please.

-Midori Suarez
Daughter of Mercy

An army will not help us defeat the god-eater. We had an army. They all dropped dead. This humunculi army would not serve to see Necrophitus defeated but would only serve to see Eden victorious. Numbers won't defeat Necrophitus; they mean nothing against an enemy such as him. The strength of our convictions, our unity, and our valor is what will win us the day.

I am with Midori, I will have no hand in this cruelty and foolishness. it's not just about why we decide to fight Travance but also how we choose to do so.