Bastard Homunculus: Reborn in the Corpse Pit

“ThemissingingredientisatestsubjectwithRoyalBlood...”RavenKyzer,aCommonerboy,grewupinanorphanagealongwithhistwinsister,afterlosingtheirmotheratayoungage,havingnevermettheirfather.AfterbeingdiscoveredtopossessRoyalblood,thetwinsareabductedbytheChurchofPersona.RavenisusedasatestsubjectinanancientformofForbiddenMagic,knownastheHomunculusRitual,whilehissistergoesmissingintheclutchesofthechurch.TheHomunculusRitualisconductedtoturnRavenintoapowerfulbutmindlessMonster,aloyalweaponforthechurchwithnosenseoffreewill...butsomethinggoeswrong,theritualfailstodestroyRaven'smindandheescapestheclutchesofthechurch.FuriousatbeingturnedintoaMonster,Ravenswearsrevengeagainstthechurch,determinedtomakethempayforwhattheydidtohim,aswellastorescuehissisterfromtheirclutches.Butthere'sonlysomuchhecandobyhimself,evenwiththenewpowershegainedthroughtheHomunculusRitual...that'swhenhehasafatefulencounterwiththenation'smostwantedcriminals,agroupknownasTheIrregulars,who,likeRaven,havetheirownreasonstodespiseandgoafterthechurch,aswellasthecorruptNobilitythatoppressestheCommoners.Withtheirgoalsaligned,RavendecidestojoinTheIrregulars,takingthefirststeponhislong,arduouspathtorevenge...