Saltus
Crew member aboard the starship [Eurynasir](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/jaddian-starships/page/eurynasir), captained by [DEMETRI ARELLO](https://www.suneater.wiki/books/sollan-empire-vBP/page/demetri-arello)
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The homunculus, Saltus, squinted up at me, twisting his hair in an awful parody of a little girl. 'You didn’t say he was like me.'
I started, nearly jumped out of my skin, hackles rising. 'What do you mean?' I had to will my fists to unclench. We couldn’t have been less alike if the little monster had been Cielcin. Homunculi weren’t human, not truly. They represented a loophole in the Chantry’s technological regulations—their religious decrees—and like all loopholes, greed and human cruelty poured into that space like wine. Homunculi were bred for tasks that normal men, even the planetbound serfs, found distasteful. To have one compare itself to me . . .
'We are both homunculi!' he said brightly, and he offered me his hand as Juno had. I didn’t take it, not then understanding the gesture. 'Both children of the tanks.'
— Chapter 20: Off the Map, Empire of Silence
Saltus is a homunculus of inappropriate humor.
Crew member aboard the starship Euranasir, captained by Demitri Arello.
Appearance and Personality
A gaunt, high-voiced product of gene tailoring, Saltus is no more than four feet tall, with a heavily wrinkled face, grey hair-covered arms that nearly drag on the ground, and short, bowed legs. He has a long rope of grey-black hair that exits from the back of his otherwise hairless head.
Saltus is crass and revels in his rejection of the Palatine genetic advantage.
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In The Lesser Devil (Novella)
In Howling Dark
In Queen Amid Ashes (Novella)
In Ashes of Man
In The Dregs of Empire (Novella)
In Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
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