Nightmare Night Special (HA! 1 More post!) Sapient Constructs · 3:22pm Nov 1st, 2013
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Constructs are artificial life. some are flesh and blood. some are cold metal and stone. some are powered by magic. others are made by science alone. robots, golems, equimunculi, AIs, Daleks... all the same category of creature.
however, not all have free will. a golem MUST obey its creator's commands.
not all are intelligent. all except one species of gargoyle act like animals.
then there are these constructs
CONSTRUCTS OF THE FLESH
artificial creations of actual flesh and blood, usually with separate genders, though reproduction is impossible
Equimunculus
Equimunculus (Roaman for "Little Equine") refers to the mythological concept of an artificially created pony brought into existence by certain means of alchemy. Though a common concept, well known and understood by alchemists in Germaney, the idea of equimunculi is regarded as no more than a farce or faraway fantasy as no individual or group of alchemists has come anywhere close to successfully creating such a being in officially recorded history. Even so, alchemists have been forbidden by the Germane government to attempt or research in the transmutation of ponies and State Alchemists have such a restriction as part of their creed.
however, rules are broken constantly.
Equimunculi are identified by an Ouroborous cutie mark and lavender eyes. they have heightened strength and speed, and incredible regenerating abilities. beyond that, they have unique abilities per individual, such as shape-shifting, incredible speed, functioning as a bag of holding, or covering their body in armor.
Flesh Golem
a flesh golem is made by stitching body parts together and reviving them through magic, electricity, and alchemy. flesh golems are the only golems who eventually develop their own free will, and often gain the personality and memories of whoever's brain they have. this often, sadly, drives the creature mad as the pony sees that "they" have become a monster.
Toyol
One of the darkest constructs to create, a Toyol is made by taking an 11 month old fetus from the mother's womb and re-animating it through dark magic. strangely, the construct becomes an actual pony within a matter of weeks, though it is a fully functional adult by then.
Polong
a rare construct, the Polong is a type of Equimunculus no more than a foot high and with a poisonous bite. they are always female. interestingly, the Polong can create another construct called a pelesit. these short-lived beings resemble crickets with scorpion tails.
victims of a Polong's bite or a pelesit's sting usually hallucinate, for some reason developing an extreme paranoia of cats
Titan
an attempt to create a more obedient equimunculus. instead, it created 50 giant beings (ranging between 18 and 100 feet tall) who ate the flesh of sapient beings. they had no digestive system, so they simply filled up their stomach and regurgitated its contents when full. the debate as to whether they were truly intelligent still goes on. possessing the enhanced strength and regeneration of their equimunculus cousins, they were also surprisingly light. a titan's one weak spot was the nape of the neck, and they became inactive when the sun was not out.
thankfully, all were killed.
CONSTRUCTS OF CLOTH
made of cloth, burlap, and other materials. these beings usually have a psychological gender, though they are genderless.
Ragamoffyn
the Ragamoffyn or Ragamuffin is a complex artificial construct made of cloth and string and animated by magic. the first one was developed by Prince Blueblood in order to take some pressure off the Canterlot staff. they are intelligent, polite, and quick to defend anyone in danger. besides the earth pony variety seen here, Pegasus and unicorn ragamuffins exist.
Mommet
the Mommet or living scarecrow is a fairly simple construct, yet HIGHLY unnerving. no one knows why the first Mommet was created, or why they are still made.
Manikin
Rarity's five "employees"
simply made by making a cloth pony, like a clothing manikin, and bringing it to life. within a day, the construct develops sapience, psychological gender, and its own personality. the stuffing in its body becomes replaced by a black tar-like substance. they can be really creepy when they want to, and protect their creator and friends fiercely when they are threatened.
in response to asking if they would ever harm Rarity
CONSTRUCTS OF METAL
due to the unwillingness of Boardor to share the details of the robot, we will not be including them, nor will we be including AIs.
a Metal construct is made of metal and wires, as well as some kind of power source, electrical or magic.
Dalek
Made in the middle ages by a mad alchemist/blacksmith named Davros, the Daleks are a mercifully rare construct, as the average Dalek is highly aggressive, and most encounters end with them firing up their magic and shooting while shouting a carefully enunciated "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!!!"
occasionally, a single Dalek will deviate from this mindset, and Ponyville is home to a single Dalek, Sha, who lives in the Whooves/Doo household as a servant/babysitter/bodyguard of Dinky.
Dalek's deviating from instincts to destroy? To conquer?!
1471458 simple. it's an anomaly in the "programming"
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Hmmm.......
1471476 i'll tell you now. the drawing I made of a Titan creeps me out
Wasn't that first picture you used for Equimonculi, of Wrath from the original FMA? (The one who got Ed's original arm and leg? And thus later, got his Automail one?)
and also Aren't you forgetting somebody else?
*voices*
DELETE. DELETE. DELETE.
1471763 I left Cybers out on purpose, and that's Envy changing out of Ed's form
1471789 Envy doesn't have Green hair. (ironically, he does in the original...but still.)
1471792 that is the original