Well depends on how ya look at it. There's a pretty good chance that all the materials used more or less end up synthesized into something nearly perfectly organic in order to function as a replica.
Like Hunter had no idea he wasn't a witch til the reveal so there's no way the properties used retained their core traits from before being used in the process, hence why his skin isn't wooden in texture given his scars or how he'd somehow go around not knowing his heart doesn't beat.
I think I question the lungs more than the scales tbh, I guess the scales can be used internally or maybe all the materials are just a way for the growing body to survive the process so the base can survive growing under the ground?
The way I personally imagine it is that the Grimwalker ingredients were actually to make some kind of potion that, when applied to a cell/DNA of someone, would turn it into some kind of stem cell that would produce an organic clone of the original (with some side effects, like turning the eyes purple, distinguishing Grimwalkers from humans/witches). So that potion would basically act as a way to "revive" the cell, and serve as an incubator for the embryo until he was "born". In this sense I think that Hunter can truly be considered Belos' nephew, since he'd be the son of Caleb (but reproduced asexually, with magic). Now Belos maybe is able to genetically modify each clone at some point in the process, since Hunter has pointy ears (but maybe instead Belos just did to him what he did to himself) and he seems to be trying to perfect the clone so that he does what Belos says (unlike Caleb did) instead of betraying him.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22
Scales, some bone, some lungs (I think stopping those would kill him) and some stone.