Artificial life, created at the hands of man in an attempt to mimic god. The very notion is blasphemous and forbidden, yet one man cannot stop in his pursuit... And his pursuits bear fruit. The first artificial human, homunculus, golem - whatever it may be known as - is born in the basement of scientist Arnold Abts, in the plateau of Kirnstraadt, in the kingdom of Kerdt. Caught in the rhythm of create-fail-bury, he throws it out, never to be seen again as his creation wanders the ever-expanding horizons of the world.