Sham

Sham is a homunculus created by Huey Laforet. Strictly speaking, Sham is actually one of the children of bottle, in that his consciousness is in his 'water'. Anyone who drinks his water becomes inhabited by Sham (unless Sham chooses to give his host control). He is the male part of The Twins, his partner being Hilton. Unlike Hilton he considers all of his vessels equal and his first vessel is dead. He mentions to Huey that losing a vessel would be akin to losing a limb but that he would recover from the loss.

Unlike Hilton, Sham is not fiercely loyal to Huey. He has branched out and controls more than 5 times the number of bodies than Huey has allowed, but Sham still retains some loyalty to him; he seeks only to learn more, not directly disobey his creator. He began disobeying Huey after Ricardo Russo drinks his water. Sham refused to possess Ricardo due to Ricardo being biologically female. However, because Ricardo chose to give Sham some control, the two gained access to each other's memories and the ability to communicate Between them. Shaft is one of Sham's most notable vessels, as he is close to Graham Specter, who Sham finds to be more interesting than most people, leading him to keep Shaft in Graham's gang. Sham is known to be working for Nebula and the Daily Days, as well as the Lamia.

Sham was one of the major masterminds of the events of 1934, having infiltrated both Alcatraz and Nebula. He worked privately to sabotage Huey's plans for Chicago, and greatly assisted Rail's efforts against Nebula. His most direct action was gathering Graham Specter's Gang, Christopher and the remaining Lamia, and Jacuzzi Splot's gang at Dolche, a Chicago rib joint, which resulted in a major fight between the factions. He also enlisted Firo to steal Huey Laforet's eye and attempted to control Ladd by threatening Lua, but loses her before being able to confirm to Ladd that he ever had power over her. He also guides Isaac Dian to Miria Harvent's location in Chicago after talking with him on the train about the morality of sham's actions. He also reveals that one of his vessels had picked up money in New York and another was among the Lemures. He then plays a large role in the climax of the novel, after which Ricardo reveals to Christopher that he is one of Sham's vessels. It is also quite possible that Sham was guiding Shaft's actions in 1932 Summer: Man in the Killer but this is never confirmed or denied. He also likely had Shaft tell Czeslaw Meyer and Rail to rescue Neider during 1935, but this is also unconfirmed

Hosts
Shaft

Lydia Russo (semi)

Dragon

Gig

One member of Jaccuzi's gang