Caduceus Clay

 is a firbolg cleric. He is played by Taliesin Jaffe.

Appearance
A tall, not necessarily healthily thin firbolg with pale skin and grey fur. He has a shock of pink mohawk hair paired with a a light fuzz of a beard. He wears a gentle silk shirt with one long flowy sleeve.

Personality
Caduceus is jovial and dedicated. Long after his family abandoned the crypt they tended, he remained, ensuring that the graves of the dearly departed remained undisturbed while cultivated the plants that grew from the remains seemingly for personal use. Kind and welcoming, he offered The Mighty Nein (then his house guests) tea before they even introduced themselves. Caduceus is also humorously blunt; as a follower of The Wildmother, he believes in the "natural order" and happily informed Beau that the leaves for their tea grew from the dead. He considered gauging time in seasons the only method that seemed to matter.

Background
Caduceus lived with his family at the sanctuary like gravesite of the Blooming Grove. Located within the depths of the Savalier Wood, it was know by those of Shady Creek Run to the southeast as the Bone Orchard. Predating Shady Creek Run, and surrounded by the cursed blighted woods, the old stone church that stood there was surrounded by three consecutive rings of rusted fence built to hold back the continually encroaching razor-like grey-purple thorn wines, which had just breached the third fence in 835 P.D.

Relationships
Caduceus stated that he had a couple of sisters, a brother, and parents, though he was not aware what state they were currently in. His family members had gone one by one to find and fight off the source of the cursed blight that had possessed the Savalier Wood. The Savalier Wood has for at least the past hundred years encroached upon the Blooming Grove, the graves, and the stone church that stood there. One of his sisters was the most recent to leave him to go east, this had been between 18-20 seasons ago.

Firbolg Abilities

 * Firbolg Magic
 * Hidden Step
 * Powerful Build
 * Speech of Beast and Leaf

Cleric Abilities

 * Channel Divinity
 * Channel Divinity: Turn Undead
 * Destroy Undead (CR 1/2)
 * Divine Domain (Grave Domain)
 * Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave
 * Circle of Mortality
 * Eyes of the Grave
 * Ritual Casting
 * Spellcasting

1st-level

 * Bane
 * False Life

2nd-level

 * Gentle Repose
 * Ray of Enfeeblement

3rd-level

 * Revivify
 * Vampiric Touch

Cleric Spells
In addition to his domain spells, Caduceus has access to four cleric cantrips, the Spare the Dying cantrip, and 1st- through 3rd-level cleric spells. As a 5th-level cleric, he can prepare up to 10 of these spells per day.

Cantrips

 * Spare the Dying
 * Thaumaturgy

1st-level

 * Cure Wounds
 * Guiding Bolt
 * Healing Word

Notable Items

 * A bag of leaves and flowers cultivated from the Blooming Grove grave garden, these were used to make tea
 * A metal-like breastplate and shield made from pearlecent turquoise green-blue chitinous plating. It is covered in lichen and was made by one of his sisters
 * A knotted wooden staff that was topped with a large amethyst rock. Like his armor, it is covered in lichenCaduceus Clay4.jpg

Quotations

 * "Have you ever been in nature? Yes! Violence is extremely natural."


 * "Well, I think there's always a plant somewhere that needs compost, and I'm willing to make some more."

Trivia

 * Caduceus has the highest wisdom of all of The Mighty Nein.
 * A caduceus is an ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined around it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury, and is associated with healing in the US due to its similarity to the rod of Asclepius.
 * His name is likely also a reference to Cassius Clay, the birth name of Muhammad Ali.
 * Caduceus claimed to be a good gardener, having grown lilies, bramble, mushrooms, and moss within the sanctuary of the Blooming Grove.
 * Caduceus' resemblance to RPG designer Adam Koebel quickly drew comment from Adam, Matt, and Taliesin.