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Herb (ハーブ, Hābu) is a fictional villain in Rumiko Takahashi's manga series Ranma ½. The blatant pun...

Herb (ハーブ, Hābu) is a fictional villain in Rumiko Takahashi's manga series Ranma ½. The blatant pun of his name, and those of his henchmen Lime and Mint, is that they are named after seasonings. The Musk Dynasty are presented as an ancient community of Chinese martial arts masters, at one point claimed to have existed for 1400 years (or 14000 years, depending on the translation), who went to extremes to emulate the movements of wild beasts. To this end they threw animals into The Spring of Drowned Woman at Jusenkyo and used the Pot of Preservation to trap the animals in their human forms and breed with them, and produce heirs with bolstered genetic fighting potential. The Royal line tracks its lineage to transformed dragons, which is the source of Herb's thorough chi-mastery. In present day however, they simply interview skilled female martial artists in the vicinity of their village, but continue their tradition of being raised separated from all women, including their mothers, by the time they are weaned, all in order to strive for the pinnacle of the world's martial arts mastery. It is unknown what happens to mothers, once they have 'fulfilled their duty', or to female